So tired...

[netmouse]

Have not been getting enough sleep. I feel like I could sleep for days. Have begun shopping for a new mattress, which should help with the rest thing. Recommendations of stores or brands are welcome.

In other news, 60% of black kids in the U.S. can't swim and they suffer a much higher rate of drowning than white kids.

Uh, if anyone knows someone with black kids who don't know how to swim I'd be happy to give free lessons. I nearly drowned when I was a kid, but I have always loved swimming. I believe it would be best if every child were taught how to swim. I wonder how many public swimming pools there are in Detroit, compared to other cities, all of a sudden...

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[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Some South Asian immigrants died here recently when their truck went into a river in the dark. They died slowly, talking to the dispatch on their cell phones, and one of them was quoted in the newspaper as saying, "We do not know the swim." It broke my heart. And I got very worried very quickly, because we have a lot of immigrant kids here in Minneapolis, and we have a lot of water. I am particularly concerned that someone do some kind of outreach for Somali immigrant girls that points out to their parents that falling in is the problem, that even if their kid isn't allowed to go swimming, the problem is not solved. I know there's a Y that has women-only swimming hours because of the Somali population. I just hope that the women who are doing that swimming are reaching out to others in their immediate community.