It's kindda funny...

Wow, what a difference a kid and dog make...take this afternoon, for instance: I spent a half-hour hunting down Milo who wasn't where he said he'd be and another haof-hour watering my lawn to dilute dog diarrhea. There was once a time when I had no strings to tie me down...oh, wait, I think that was Pinnochio's beautiful life. Both kid and dog are okay, just in case you were wondering.

So, we took Milo to a waterpark on Memorial Day b/c it was buggy outside. We did start the day off with a walk at the Herbert Hoover Memorial Museum, but damn the gnats! Milo said, "Ummm, I've got an idea for an INDOOR activity." And so it was. Here's the funny part: I've lost some weight and was quite surprised when I put on my age-old swimsuit and it was comfortable. I still dawned the fashionable black cover-up out of habit and low self-esteem, but I secretly felt better about myself than I had in ages. So, we had been playing water basketball for about an hour when I decided I was overheated and most of the women in the pool area had their own beauty problems to worry about so I thought, "Screw it, I'm taking the cover-up off and I'm going to win this game!" So I got out of the pool and slowly removed the black hoody...and then Joe got this terrified look on his face and shouted, "Put it back on! Put it back on!" To which I responded with a half-hidden middle finger, yet he just kept yelling, "Put it back on! Put it back on!" People started staring and I realized he wasn't messing with me...I threw it on and jumped back in the pool, only to learn that the front of my swim suit had all but deteriorated due to age. No wonder it felt so comfortable--I was more nude than not!

It still wasn't as embarrassing as that time The Pidges and I went on a drinking binge during college and wound up at the C'ville truck stop. I was too off my rocker to realize that I wound up in the men's room at the exact same time every male trucker east of the Mississippi had to stop and take a bathroom break. It still makes me shudder. I don't think I've ever run so fast in my entire life!!

Oops..gotta take the dog out!