A few weeks ago I signed up for SCUBA lessons. I knew when I paid my money for the class that there could potentially be an issue with "the locker room". Let's start with, I'm pre-op.
The weather in Chicago in February meant that wearing a wet bathing suit home was not an option. I could wear it there under my clothes but... what to do after the class.
The night arrives the class has a total of two students. I, as my typical self, am 30 minutes early. I ask the instructor "how many people in the class?"
His response "two, you and one other."
tick-tock-tick-tock. Then SHE walks in. Bummer. We do the class portion and go down to the locker room and as luck would have it, we both had our suits on under our clothes. One sensitive trip avoided.
In the pool for three hours and then back to the locker room which was about 8 feet by 8 feet with benches facing each other against the wall. I happened to get all my stuff put away quickly and that allowed me to change before she came in. Number two situation avoided.
Class number two again had suits on under clothes. After the second class, I ended up only about 30 seconds ahead. I had decided to take a shower this time to wash the chlorine out of my hair. The shower was a single stall shower with a curtain. I "took my time" and by the time I was done, I wrapped a towel around me and stepped out. She was already dressed and we chatted as I put my clothes on under the towel.
Bottom line - NO ISSUE. I'm glad there weren't 6 of us (the locker room would have been very cramped.)
I guess the bottom line is - why worry about things you have no control over. In the end, it all turned out well.
BTW, going underwater and continuing to breath is not natural!
