Sunday, August 22, 2010

"Who's the Adult here Ronda?!" -Betty

When I was a kid I loved to swim. My mom signed my sister and I up for swimming lessons at the college's pool and we learned several dives and strokes. I'm glad she insisted we learn, it is a vital skill to have. My family owns part of a time share thing in the smokies and we go there a few times a year. We've been going there ever since I was born. They have a couple of pools at the condos that were the best as a kid. They have an indoor andoutdoor pool so you could swim  what ever season it was. One summer week my maternal grandparents decided to go with us. My grandmother is a great lady in a lot of ways but to quot my mom "She should never have had children" My mom is her only child and to some degree she is right about my grandmother. She's not really someone who does well with kids. But she was the age where in the mid 1950s you had children, lived in the suburbs and married the man in he gray flannel suit. So its always a bit of a stressful vacation when they come. So my sister and I went swimming and my mom and grandmother came to watch us, to make sure we didn't die. Caitlin and I had the typical water toys, splash bombs, diving sticks and water guns. I had a water gun and was having loads of  fun shooting cait when i remember turning around and seeing my mom and grandmother talking. I saw my grandmother all perfect looking with her clothes neatly pressed, and not a spot on them, she wasn't even swetting in the summer heat. (she just doesn't swet) The thought popped into my head to try and spray her with the water gun. I can still see it in slow motion in my mind's eye. I began pumping the water gun, trying to conceal my manic giggles. I squinted, aiming at my grandmother's lap, and pulled the trigger. I don't know how far back in the pool I was but it seemed like quite a way back at the time. I started cackaling like a nut job as my mom's dropped and my grandmother lookd for a second like she was going to end me. My mom was so embarassed and ordered me to swim over and apologize. I did not seeing what the big deal was. I now realize how stupid that was, especially to do to my grandmother

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