clementine | Unachievable dreams

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Maybe I'm too old to be having silly dreams, especially since I know they're virtually unattainable.¹ Even so, I definitely do.

If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you'll know that I adore the Olympics². For the past few weeks, the 2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships have been going on in Rome, Italy, and I've watched most of CBC's coverage³. I guess you could say that I don't just love the Olympics – I love swimming and diving in general.

I must confess, watching swimming gets me very excited – just ask anyone who's ever had a conversation with me about it. In real life conversations about swimming, I will talk loudly and quickly and jump around; in IM conversations, I will often use all caps and abuse exclamation marks. I just love it.

One silly dream I have is to become an Olympic swimmer. That's nearly impossible at this point; I'm almost certainly too old to start training for the next Olympics, and I'd DEFINITELY be too old for the 2016 games! It's just unheard of to have your first Olympics⁴ when you're already in your twenties. (Most Olympic swimmers start training seriously when they're 10/11 and go to their first Olympics when they're 15/16 – by this pattern, I should have already gone!) Besides, I'm definitely not a strong enough swimmer, and no amount of training will change that.

Oh well, a girl can dream, right? What are your unachievable dreams, if any?