So today, I Triumphantly went swimming. I was invited by 3 beautiful young ladies to attend their swimming lesson at a club called Patels. Patels...it just has this maffiaesque feel to me. Anyway, let me tell you that it was hotter than blue blazes today. Good day for a little lappage at the pool.

Right, so I arrived at their house to see them flit down the stairs in their awesome swim suits. From shoulder to knee with a little attached skirt. Welcome to India my friends. I told them "I was SO gonna buy one so that I could have one for the next time we swam together." I think it could be the new fad back in America...I am going to get one, and when I get home, drive to California so I can swim off the coast right before sunset in my cool new suit. Then send pictures back to Margit, their mom, who laughed when I told her my plan! OH, I forgot the best part, they not only had the full coverage suits...my favorite being the red/blue, and some other colors I forgot, one with the word "LOVE" scribbled all over it, (it made Gaubby's blue eyes come to life.) but they had matching swim caps to boot. Sweet! A day I wish I had brought my camera.

Then I realized I had no swim cap. Drat. No cap, no swim at Patels. But alas, the girls came to my rescue with a very beautiful PINK Triumph swim cap! They were not going to lose me to the adult conversation on the side of the pool! They had me at the hand over of the goods.  (I told Margit the next time I swim with it on, it is cloth so you can see your hair inside, that I was going to try and wear my hair like a Sikh with the little bun up front )

So we finally go through the entry process to get to the pool and I find that their swim lesson consists of the teacher telling them to swim 5 laps across the pool and he then proceeds to walk away and never look at them again! Are you kidding me? What in the world! You better believe I wanted to have words. BUT, they are not my kids, so what could I do? Anyway, I offered to teach them to swim for free. What is that about...some dude getting paid NOT to do his job! Ugh! So not ok. OK. Done with that little rant.
I did end up spending the better part of the hour making an attempt to teach them how to dive. Ha...it was belly flop spectacular! But it was a sure bonding experience. I loved seeing the eldest girl over come her discouragement with a shy smile as she reached out her hand to me so I could pull her back to the wall so she could have another go.

Today was good. It made me realize I miss hanging out with kids. I miss seeing kids accomplish something they did not think they could...

Now if I could just remember how I learned to dive...