The Empress' New Clothes

The Empress' New Clothes

I take aquatic classes at a local YMCA during the week. The routine is generally the same every day. We go to the locker room, shower, then go out to the pool area where we walk the length of the pool and lay our towels on the bench until we are ready to come out of the pool.

Yesterday was no exception to the routine. I laid my pretty colorful green and white towel on the bench, went into the pool, had a great workout, got out of the pool and headed for the showers.

Our shower area is arranged basically into the open shower area and 3 small enclosed cubicles which cause even the most non-claustophobic to become claustophobic. So I proceeded to shower, taking off my suit under an open shower, squeezing it out, walking a few feet to another bench area and placing it in my plastic case to take home. I then finished showering and went to grab my towel on the bench where my suit just laid and realized that I had not brought it in with me from the pool area.

In the meantime, other women were coming in from the pool area. When I realized I had no towel, I muttered "Oh, crap!" and headed for the door which lead to the pool area. I was just reaching for the door handle, when one of the other women asked me where I was going. I told her and again reached for the door handle when all of a sudden I was pulled up short when she firmly said, "You can't go out there like THAT!" I looked down and realized I was stark naked as I had already removed my suit before I took my shower. "Oh My God ". I cried and meekly went back into the shower area to wait for my friend (who was still dressed in her suit) to retrieve my towel.

By the time she got back, I was laughing so hard at my almost-near humilating experience. After all, if you can't laugh at yourself every once in awhile, then you have lost your sense of humor.

Answer to 2/25's trivia question: What does DA (the haircut) stand for? Duck's Ass as the back of the hair was slightly parted and arranged in the back to look like the back end of a duck.

Today's trivia question: The 1950's gave us 2 presidents..............who were they?

Thought for the day: Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctr Alt Delete' and start all over?