I look over the lady’s shoulder to find my name on the sheet. Addison. I can see the timer trying to talk, and I point to my name. I can’t hear anything because I was born hard of hearing, but I started to lose all of my hearing as I got older. As get up on the blocks to get ready to swim the 500 yard freestyle, I take a look around and I see my mom in the bleachers and she gives me a thumbs up. I tighten my goggles and get ready. I look for the light to go off but the girl in front of me is blocking it, and I can’t hear the buzzer go off. All of the sudden the girls jump in the water. “Oh crap! I missed the buzzer.” I think as I quick jump in the water to try and catch up to everyone else. As I swim I think about trying to catch up to
