That sounds like a good title for a children’s book…. Unfortunately it is not a book but reality.
Over the weekend my wife and I decided to take our two children to Aunt P’s pool. It was a beautiful day, the water was 90 degrees, no crowds to worry about. When we arrive my wife and daughter immediately jump into the water, leaving me the duty of getting our 1 yr old son changed into his swimming trunks and floaties on.
I get his swim trunks and swim diaper on (not in that order) and then we move to the floatation devices. This is were the drama begins, these floaties won’t hold him up, these other ones make him float on his face, the life-jacket makes him float on his back. What if we put the life-jacket AND the floaties on him? (FYI, then he cannot move…there is just no happy medium.) After I have tried about 5 different combinations, my son looks up at me and said “ALL DAY?” I assure him that this is not going to take all day, and luckily the #5 combo worked well enough to hold him afloat, somewhat.
Now we are ready to enjoy the water, I make my way down the steps, to the shallow end, grab my son and we are off. Oh, but wait, I have forgotten something, what could it be. I stop for a second to ponder, then, Oh Yes, I remember, I reach down and out of my pocket I pull out my small, sleak, Motorola Razr phone.
I was a little disappointed that I had let the “floatie” issue distract me so, but there was nothing I could do about it now. I quickly handed my son to my wife, jumped out of the pool, took the phone apart and let it lounge on the pool chair in the warm sun. Could it still work, if I let it dry out, will it still function. The answer ………… Not a chance.
Poor phone……
On the bright side, at least I am not on call this week.
