[gardeners] Heat wave!
penny x stamm (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 26 Jun 2000 01:43:49 -0400
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We were supposed to have a Con Edison strike today at noon.
It's so hot and especially humid that I told Jim if it happens, we
will have to climb in the car and drive up to Canada, and i don't
care where!
What makes it worse is that both of our showers sprang leaks
about 4 weeks ago, and the contractor never showed up. Jim
manages to take a real, old fashioned bath every day, with a wet
wash cloth covering his face, and only his nose above the water.
I guess he can't drown because he's just a bit too long for the tub....
I'm the sponge maven. Well, actually, wash cloth and soap. I have
learned to reach just about anywhere on my body to lather up, and
then anywhere again to rinse off. My feet go in an old photographic
wide pail which we used to warm up 6 quarts of Kodak chemicals
to 76* -- it's kinda nostalgic, for we haven't used the dark room since
we brought a computer into this house. Five years ago I would have
put one foot at a time in the sink, but nowadays I would never be
able to get it out . . .
I tried taking a bath last week, but I got stuck crosswise in the tub,
no kidding. I could not properly sit myself down in the water, so I
tried to kneel and turn. Hah! Can't put a square plug in a round hole,
can you? I tried twisting and pushing up and forcing down and just
about everything, but I remained stuck. Well, one has to make use
of the time, right..? So I proceeded to wash. Darned if I were
gonna scream for help from Jimmie -- and he never would have
heard me, anyway. Unless I called him for dinner. .
All right, the washing over, I gave a big lurch and freed up my
knee which was jammed crosswise on the tub. And darnit,
I found myself with my back to the water inlets. What a rotten
predicament! I had wanted to lie back in the water just the way
Jimmie does, with a wet washcloth across my face, and only
my nose above water -- but you can't do that when you're
backwards in the bathtub! So I said the devil with it, grumble,
grumble, and decided to get out. You see, I'm not limber
enough to reverse myself in the tub, unfortunately. And not
stable enough to stand up and then sit down again, the other
way. Too bad...
But I couldn't get out. Actually, I couldn't get up. What to do...?
In a move of bravado I flung one leg over the side of the tub,
and then set off a bomb under me which flung me over to
follow the leg, in a heap on the floor. Success! A brisk rubdown
and I was ready to lick my weight in wildcats.
But I'm not taking no more tub baths . . . .
Penny NY
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