Hard Workout Wednesday and other news

I have to say that Wednesday's workout was really challenging for me. Our main set was 4x(3x100) on various intervals. Initially, I was going to go on a slower pacetime but my teammate Dan in the next lane was kind of goading me on to try and make the same intervals that they were doing. Never one to back away from a challenge (and also feeling like I would be perceived as a wimp if I backed down), I said yes. The pace times that they were going on were: 3x100 on 1:40, 3x100 on 1:35, 3x100 on 1:30 and 3x100 on 1:25. I didn't have any problem making the times until the last set. 3x100 on 1:25 nearly killed me. I did make 2 out of 3 (1st one I did a 1:21 and the 2nd one I did a 1:24 or 1:25) but by after the 2nd one, I was literally hyperventilating as my body was just pushed to the breaking point. The third one, I let my teammate Kyra go ahead of me as she was already catching me on the 2nd one and I didn't have any energy left to go hard on the last one. I ended up swimming the first 25m backstroke and swam the other 3 lengths easy freestyle. I actually felt quite ashamed of myself since I felt I wasn't able to make all 3 on 1:25. I just literally ran out of gas and air as well. Let's hope that I will be able to do a good workout tonight.
I haven't been able to go to the gym lately as much as I have wanted to but that is actually due to some good news. I got hired for a job starting this week and it's 15 to 20 hours a week at a school downtown. I have to buy skytrain tickets to get there since I don't want to drive but the pay is good and at least it's something. I hope that after June, it can turn into something more permanent. I'll know more by that point. I will still try and get to the gym at least once this weekend for a weight training session and do some cardio as well. Provincials are coming up soon and I hope to be able to get in decent shape. I certainly didn't feel like it after Wednesday's workout but I hope that can change.
On a side note, last night I made a bit of a blunder while cooking tacos for myself and my girlfriend. I had forgotten that I didn't turn off the element on the stove after I cooked the beef and I left a plastic bag full of tortillas on the element. Well, the next thing I know.. the bag caught fire and burned some of the tortillas inside as well. I was able to put out the fire but after I did and moved the bag from the element, I noticed that some of the plastic from the bag had somehow melted its way on the element and I couldn't get it off later. I think the element still works as I tried it later but it looks like crap. I guess I'll have to be more careful about things from now on in the future.