A song from my early childhood. My dad used to sing it. I had no idea what the implications of the words were when I was a small child. In fact I didn’t really think much about it until I was well into adulthood. I am not bow-legged. In fact, although I in NO WAY resemble Twiggy (remember her?), I am one of those weird people who have space between their thighs, which is different than bow-legged. Maybe TMI but also, go figger.

You are happy that I didn’t post a pic of meeeee in this wet bathing suit. You’re welcome. I like to call this my Walmart bathing suit but in fact I think I ordered it somewhere online. Even my Walmart bathing suit was not actually from Walmart. It was from J.C. Penney. I am not really a Walmart shopper although my old boss the LSCHP used to sometimes send my team down to Walmart to buy Halloween decorations or whatever.

What happened was I drove my mouse and goose (her good friend) up here for a week one year in mid-JUNE when they were in middle school. I told them to pack bathing suits even though I expected Gitchee Gumee to be too cold for swimming at that time of year. As it turned out it was NOT too cold for swimming, EVEN FOR ME. Problem? I had not packed MY bathing suit. I did find a decent one that didn’t make me look too much like a whale at J.C. Penney but I think this one is a newer one. They were in middle school a long time ago when the grandparents were still alive and VERY MUCH kicking!

I went swimming today for the first time this summer and it is definitely NOT too cold for swimming but then it usually isn’t in August. It was SO hot and steamy today the lake was the only way to cool off. Swimming for me these days constitutes walking out until it’s deep enough to get fully immersed, including my head, dunking, and slowly walking my hands along the sand on the lake bottom back to the beach. Our bay is SHALLOW this year. Usually I can get to waist deep between the first and second sandbars.

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