Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pool

I am always late, or just in under the wire getting someplace. Tonight I had spinning class, but I was stuck in a meeting and couldn't make it. I was fine with this as I am adopting a more flexible life style, so I looked at the gym schedule and planned for aquasize instead. No problemo! I was running late as usual, 5 minutes until class started. I quickly squeezed into my bathing suit...using that little dance we all know and love (and would never perform in front of a mirror)! I liken getting on my bathing suit as trying to put a marshmallow into a slot machine! LOL! I ran to the shower to wet down before getting into the pool (the rules). Because I was in a meeting I was fully 'beautified' with makeup and hair, so I took an extra minute to ensure my mascara was off and that I wouldn't resemble 'nightmare Alice' with black running all down my face. I opened the pool door with an excited " TA DA!" and nobody was there. Thank goodness in my new optimism I just figured I would be the only one in class. It is not odd that nobody is in the locker room when I am late. But NO!!!! The life guard empathetically approached me and said " there is no aqua size tonight, it is tomorrow". Now the baby in the wet diaper with dripping hair and black makeup was ready to go into a DEFCON 4 level cry!!! Why me? How did this happen? I looked at the schedule!! But instead I said..well I needed a shower anyway! Even though I said it that is not how I felt. My smile was half convincing. The lifeguard said...well it is your lucky day, there isn't anything booked for the next hour so why don't you swim anyway? I said "Yippee!". I had the pool all to myself for an hour with a one on one coach. I did my training routine for swimming. I ended up doing 50 laps, 20 of them freestyle and then drills with kicking with flutter board and fins, arms only with hand paddles, sprints and other strength and endurance exercise for the full hour. It was fabulous!! I could barley walk I worked myself so hard in the pool. I felt like a million dollars! What incredible luck! Now, if anyone knows of any classes on how to read gym schedules for retards 101...please let me know!