now what?

[asterroc]

I finished grading last night. today I emailed those students of mine who asked for their grades ahead. at 4pm I was done with everything, and didn't know what to do. My colleague L*** wandered into my office, with the same dilemma. we chatted for a hafl hour about how we really didn't know what to do with ourselves now that we didn't have to grade for hours. she said she was thinking of going shopping. "Me too! For what?" I replied. It couldn't have been for a new bathing suit. Mine still fit and all, I'm not growing anymore, and it's not shrinking, but it's faded and the chlorine smell won't go away. But yeah, it was for a new bathing suit. We went to the same places, different cars and slightly different times though. I wonder if she thought it'd be awkward to be around a colleague while shopping.

Tankinis these days have plunge necklines. The whole reason I buy tankinis though, is that I want to show my midriff (which 1-piecers don't let you do), but I *don't* want to show my cleavage (which bikinis force). I found a flirty little strapless thing that'll replace my current bikini (the old one's not faded, but as my chest/cleavage is worse than it use to be, from my skin condition, my confidence in baring that portion of myself goes down), but I couldn't really swim in it. It would be for sunning or lounging in the water, or whirlpools. Not that I swim well. And I'm resigned to my armpits showing, I have to be or I couldn't function. :-\