Another Day, ugh!

Well here it is another day and hotter than a firecracker! Got me to thinking about a nice cool creek, or a nice cool anything! Over 100 today! When I was a kid and on the farm, pre-highschool days, we always ran down to the creek not too far from the house and with the willow trees and other types of shade, we had a great old time spashing in the creek! It was only, probably in some places, six or eight inches deep but we really got cooled off there. The river, (Snake River) was too far away to walk in the heat and besides I don't think Mom and Dad would have let us go in there!!! Oh, we did once in awhile when we went up to my Uncle Lances farm! It didn't seem so dangerous there! When we moved into Couer d'Alene, we had the wonderful Couer d' Alene Lake to go to and believe me, I went as often as I possibly could! I didn't know how to swim but sitting on the piers and letting your feet hang in the cool, cool water was heavenly. I had a cousin, Norman, who lived in Spokane come over one day, (he was older and married but a regular fun person to be around.) He said to me, "hey Angela, can you swim?" I told him no so he pushed me off the dock and said, "well, now you do!" I hit bottom, I think, but my eyes were wide open and I found myself kick and paddling and there I was up to the dock again! Then there was no stopping me! I'm not, and never have been an Olympic swimmer but I was never afraid of the water after that!!! Just the sight of a nice cool pool, pond, lake, creek or any sort of water, even the ocean made me want to just jump in! I bought a bathing suit a few years ago thinking I would take swimming classes down at the big pool downtown but then my sister Barbara had to stop going and now I really don't have any desire to go down and show off this"bod" Even though looking at some of these old geezers in our Senior Club and knowing they swim there, I think, "I can't be any worse looking than that!" But forget it! I'm not about to try it!!! I'm quite weak anyway since my bout with Virtigo! I know, excuses, excuses! Son Bob tells me that their pool is cool but Marilyn says, (plain cold!) More tomorrow. I'll get back to Dad again some day and then there is Mom! Who could ever leave her out? almost 99 at her death, but still wanting to walk, etc. She couldn't, of course because she had broken a hip and that really put her in a wheelchair!