I say "my side" since there is this unspoken code between me and the ladies that use this pool that I can do what I want on the western 1/3 of the pool.

They "exercise", if that's what you want to call it.

They kind of do these things with their plastic floating "noodles". But, mostly they exercise their yaps. Complaining about something. Boasting on something. Gossiping about their friends who aren't in the pool and how much they don't really like them.

But, I'm really exercising. Water is the one place I can run without pain. So I run. Walk. Swim laps.