Trying to get back to posting happy things, and not all the issues that my heart is going through. It has been a journey to get me back to focusing on the things that bring me happiness and joy. I am not promising that I won't blog about deeper things again, since this blog is really my stress reliever and it helps me to process things that I am going through. But for now I am going to try really hard at writing the happy and funny things that abound in my life. So sit back turn the volume up because I have been waiting for a post that I could use this music for!!
Mitchell State Park seemed to be a really nice park, at least the area's that I saw of it. The first night we arrived it was dusk, the water had been turned off for the night. This was because of the Arctic temperatures that we have been seeing, so we had to do some "rustic camping" in the JW Marriott (that's what Kevin's cousin, lovingly calls our new trailer).
What does "rustic camping" mean??? Well, I had to dig deep within myself to remember how it was that I used to camp growing up. You know, like actually go to the bathrooms to go potty, wash your face, brush your teeth... I had bottled water with, so we let the kids brush their teeth in the trailer with the bottled water. When it came time for me to get ready for bed, I actually had to go to the restrooms so that I could wash my face. It was definitely a blast from the past for me.
Well, morning finally came and guess what...I needed to take my daily shower. We were still out of water and even if we had water, I wouldn't have been able to shower in the trailer since it would have used all our fresh water and filled our tank in the first day. I again had to dig deep within myself to remember all that I had to bring to the shower, all I needed in the shower, and my clothes to wear back to the trailer after the shower. Thank goodness, I have a good memory and could remembered all my Mom had taught me about showering in a public shower.
I got all my things organized on the hooks and the little "seat" that was in the shower. Next is taking off the clothes so as not to get the bottoms of your pants wet. Then turn on the shower without getting blasted with freezing cold water. You all tracking with me here?? Then it's trying to take a shower without touching any of the walls and of course I have shower appropriate shoe wear on (thank goodness for crocks that stay in the trailer). At this point I am feeling pretty good about myself. Thinking that I have it all together, I remember everything to take a shower, I am doing good. Then........(wait for it).........THE LIGHTS WENT OUT!!
It was VERY dark in the shower stall now. There was one little frosted window located outside the shower stall, but that didn't give much light at all. I notice a motion sensor above the dressing area, so I started to wave my hands. The little red light started to blink, so I thought that the lights were going to go back on. They didn't, so I got out of the shower and started to jump around waving my arms trying to get the lights back on. They still didn't go back on.... My mother NEVER prepared me for this awkward situation. I figured that I better finish up my shower and try and get dressed as fast as I could and in the meantime, pray that someone would come into the bathroom to trigger the lights back on.
My prayer was not answered so now I had to do my acrobatic tricks to get my clothes back on without getting the bottoms of my pants wet ALL IN THE DARK. It was a nightmarish situation at best. I was now dressed and had all my stuff packed back into my bag and was on the way out the door...as I reached the door to the outside, the lights flicked back on....I thought I heard them laughing as the door slammed shut behind me.
It was a few hours later, when I was recounting my horrible situation, that Kevin and Rod both said that they thought the motion detector was a video camera, recording all my antics to get the lights back on. NICE....
That is how my weekend began.....
**so how did I do with my happy post?**
12 comments:
It sure gave me a good chuckle and reminded me why I don't like "rustic camping"....
So... did Kev turn the lights off on you? Or did they actually turn off? Note to self - never camp w/ kevin because surely he'd turn the lights off on me.
I don't remember mom ever teaching us to bring a CAMERA with us to the showers...
You did good with a happy post! Me again, I'm not sure how to post comments without using Anonymous, my pretty sure you know it's me. I'm sitting here remembering all the little crazy acrobatic shimmies and moves we had to do to stay standing top on the "shower appropriate" shoes (so we never touched the floor) WHILE getting our wet feet THROUGH the pant legs WITHOUT getting them wet. And remember the time we had to shower together because we had to pay for the showers. Good thing we were little then... :)
It all comes rushing back, doesn't it Laur. You would have had a good laugh, because I was also laughing trying to get my feet through my pants legs without getting them wet with my feet. Then hiking my pants up so high while trying to get my other foot through. Craziness!
When I went to wash my face the first night I thought of all the times we walked up to the bathrooms to get ready for bed and carrying the toothpaste on the toothbrush with A PIECE of paper towel to put the toothbrush on. Those were the days!
ps. to post comments with your name you have to have a google account. you can sign up where it says "sign up here" in blue. otherwise you can keep posting under anonymous b/c I can usually tell it's you :-)
Kaira, the lights turned on when you walked in the door and stayed on for a period of time. There was no light switch....I looked. However, it is ALWAYS good to look at all the reasons why the lights might turn off and in the case that we camp together, it would be very wise of you to remember that you are camping with Kevin.
Oh and Laur, I HAD to take pictures b/c I knew I had to write a blog about my bathroom experience even as I was balancing on one foot (in appropriate shoe wear) in the dark trying to get my pants on. It was a classic moment one that needed to be imprinted on my blog for all to read!
SO FUNNY that you talk about walking to the bathroom with toothpaste already on our brush and the PIECE of paper towel to set our brush on...when I first went to write a comment, I wrote EXACTLY that memory...then said, "Wait, this about taking a shower, not going to brush our teeth. So I deleted it. But that was the first memory that popped into my head. Oh wow...
I like being anonymous.
I like reading the memories of my girls.
SO funny!!!!! And happy!!!!! I have taken many a shower in those state park facilities, and they are difficult to navigate. But IN THE DARK?!?!?!? Now - that's a whole 'nother ball game!
You're superwoman!
...camping with you would be fun! camping with kevin would be an... adventure :)
now if only i had a non-rotted camper... someday...
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