Help!

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I hate to admit it, but after 23 years of city living, I consider mice, roaches and squirrels wildlife. So it will be quite a stretch for me to go swimming with seals during my upcoming trip to Cancun. I had agreed to the "dolphin encounter" but when C. researched the internet for things to do during our mother-daughter adventure, she stumbled on information about " Water Fun With Seals". My fate was sealed, so to speak. I am getting nervous. I know that seals are cute. I love watching them swim around and bask in the sun. But I really am missing the gene that makes me want to get into a pool with them. With my luck, I will be next week's newspaper headline. "Tourist dragged under water by trained seal in Cancun! Trainers are at a lose about savage nature of attack. Doctors try to reattach severed leg!" Maybe a bit overdramatic, but hey, I have seen the headlines about similar attacks. Just recently, a trained killer whale dragged his trainer into the depth of the pool and almost killed him, and that was his trainer. The seals in the pool in Cancun won't even know me.
I have been told that I need to go snorkeling during this trip. I am willing to try, but I guarantee you that I will experience the same emotions as Jerry Seinfeld who wrote that while he was underwater with tropical fish, he was so scared that he told himself over and over again : 'There is a fish, there is a rock. Who cares! Don't die, don't die, don't die."
But I promise you, I will try. I will risk being ripped to pieces by seals in a pool and encountering killer sharks while snorkeling. I will be brave, and with any luck, I will be able to report on the experience upon my return. Au revoir!