Friday, May 07, 2004
· posted at 8:00 PM
Aqua creatures. It’s amazing how kids have no concept of personal space, namely other people’s personal space. I was in the pool today, sitting on the steps and this little girl (she was probably 4 or 5, based on her articulate statement “Mom I need to go to the toilet”) doggy-paddled right up to me, opened her mouth and sprayed. There was probably 15 feet of space for her to choose from, and I was hugging the handrail in order to avoid a Titanic crash, yet she bee-lined toward me, practically sat in my lap and then spat.
There were two young boys hoping to start SuperSoaker War #428 in the pool when their mothers admonished that “We don’t play with the toys when there’s a grownup in the water.” I heard one of the boys saying, in a British accent that didn’t make him any more endearing, “Maybe she won’t stay that long.” Well with that kind of welcome, the pool spit and name-calling ( “grown-up”), definitely not. Really, if they wanted to clear the waters, they only needed to unleash the toddler in his floaties and Little Swimmers, which they did about 3 minutes later. There is only so much that chlorine can kill.
There were two young boys hoping to start SuperSoaker War #428 in the pool when their mothers admonished that “We don’t play with the toys when there’s a grownup in the water.” I heard one of the boys saying, in a British accent that didn’t make him any more endearing, “Maybe she won’t stay that long.” Well with that kind of welcome, the pool spit and name-calling ( “grown-up”), definitely not. Really, if they wanted to clear the waters, they only needed to unleash the toddler in his floaties and Little Swimmers, which they did about 3 minutes later. There is only so much that chlorine can kill.
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