Bathtub Trauma

My stomach is still churning and my body is still shaking from an exciting event that took place about 45 minutes ago here in the anything but exciting town, Vernal aka VernHell. I had just bathed Tess because she puked all over herself and me as a result of a coughing fit she had. When I got her all cleaned up I turned on Nemo in my bedroom and got in the bath. Tess is afraid of the shower and doesn’t like that I have to shut the shower door, so I have baths and leave the bathroom door open so she can check on me. When she’s in the bathroom she’s likes to stick her hands in the water and pat in on her cheeks. Then she hears what must be one of her favorite parts in the movie and runs out and watches it for a few minutes. Then, you guessed it, she’s back in splashing her hands in my bathtub water.

After a few “in-and-out’s” I noticed Tess was back in the bathroom as I had my head under the faucet to rinse the shampoo out of my hair. I didn’t look up to see her and continued on rinsing my hair. I then noticed that I wasn’t just hearing Tess’ voice. My first instinct was that Nat had come home for a minute like he often does throughout the day so I continued to rinse my hair. When I was done I looked up, and, to my horror, I saw Tess and my neighbor’s little boy Jett (3 years old) looking at me with huge smiles on their faces I screamed so loud I scared all three of us. Jett was only scared for a second and then started giggling and said “Hi Jah-chi!” I then proceeded to scream “Jett! Get out!” I was trying to cover my body and still have a free had to point to the door. His face melted from his normal happy go lucky smile to a scared, sad, worried look. I felt so bad but it was just my instant reaction.

After he fled I hurried and got out of the tub and called Annie, Jett’s mom. I didn’t want her to think I was exposing myself to her child. I’m sure “hey mommy I saw Jah-chi naked” wouldn’t sound quite right. Luckily Annie is way cool and would never suspect anything weird, she apologized profusely and we had some laughs.

For Jett's sake, I'll try and remember to lock my garadge door the next time I have a bath. I just hope Jett won’t have too much permanent damage from becoming witness to my doughy physique.