Pat, any chance you can cure not willing to be seen in a bathing suit since the number 6 is no longer my size???
When I was a kid I loved the beach and pools - as a young child we lived a block from the ocean and then never more than a short drive. Until moving to NC I could always smell the ocean. Now I sink, will not go in a pool and only walk along the edge of the water on the beach (terrified of whatever lurks in the water. )No idea when I forgot how to swim...I cannot even dog paddle.
Thankfully, my kids also loved the water and were great swimmers. My son was jumping off the high dive backwards at 11 - no idea if that is the norm, but it seemed young to me and scared the heck of me when I watched him!
Rosie, have fun!!!