a return to swimming?

i swam 2,000 yards yesterday (1.83 km) for the first time in about a year. nothing tells you you're out of shape like swimming. i could barely get through 100 yards 15 minutes into my workout. still i'm surprisingly not that sore today which is always a nice feeling.

there are lots of bittersweet things about swimming for me:

• you can't listen to music - which can be boring, but calming since you can't hear anything so it's really a time to think
• you stink of chlorine even a day after you swim (of course if you've grown up with that smell you sorta secretly love it)
• you're going back and forth in a straight line in water - it's boring, but you are semi weightless which is always a great feeling