posted by EmpressSassy on Jun 16
Summer is upon us and our family has a slip n slide that we get out and attempt to use. Now, you’ve seen it right? It’s not rocket science, you just lay it out, turn on the hose and slide on it.
I watched the boys just go hog wild on this thing and I thought OK this will be a piece of cake. They were running back from the garage and jumping onto this piece of plastic and just sliding down to the mini-pool of frigid water as if it was the slickest thing since the ice storm of 76′, and it was hilarious.
Diving head first and never looking back seemed to be quite harmless until it became my turn. I started my run and when I got closer to the yellow plastic; fear overtook my brain and it began to tell my body, “We are SO not doing this you idiot. You can’t just dive onto the hard ground onto a small piece of yellow plastic. What if you don’t slide? What if you roll off onto the grass? What if you break a body part - we are NOT 20 anymore!” I stopped dead in my tracks and froze like a iceberg! Much to my dismay and many catcalls from my family.
This is what I would envision my slide would look like; butt all up in the air, body all stuck to the plastic and not being able to finish my slide! Why I have no idea, but I have a fear of the slip n slide! I am going to try an conquer this over the summer, but I’m not sure I can. My first thought is that we had it on flat ground and for some reason in my head it should be on a hill or slope to make this an easier process. Not that this mattered to the boys in our family, but for me, I’m needing the slope!
Wish me luck to overcome my fear, but I am hoping to overcome my yellow plastic, slip n slide fear! Make light if you will, but when is the last time you old people has really tried it? PS: The water is as cold as a North Pole waterfall just in case you are curious. That doesn’t exactly make you want to dive in either!
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