Swim Updates

I think I've cracked my open water training strategy...Wildcat Lake (5 min away) has people swimming almost every night (crappy weather they swim at the pool). Last night I met a guy just getting in and asked if I could swim with him, the course is straight out for half mile (it's marked for races) and back, it took us just under 30 minutes. Everybody wears wetsuits, but me, and the water temp was 64. It felt a little cold, but I was more tired then cold; he was trying hard because he didn't want this chick to show him up (I think) and I was trying hard because I didn't want to lose him and swim alone. It does get me to know that I'm not even close to being ready for this relay. That was just a mile and only half an hour. I'm going out today and I'm going to try to do it twice in an hour.
Enough about me...how are things going with you?