I'm teaching swim lessons again. Its actually more fun than I should get paid for. And the little tykes LOVE ME!!! In the last two days, I've had almost every mom or dad tell me that their 3 year olds all talk about "miss [teacher]" at home all day! They're all excited to see me at the pool... although it doesn't seem to stop them from freaking out about putting their faces in the water.
I can deal with timidity and nervousness in the pool. The water is a little bit cold, and a bit deep for someone that size, as most of their toes don't even touch the bottom. Oh to have a wading pool, or a removable table to stick in the water. BUT, the thing that drives me CRAZY is clinginess. Several of these youngsters have a grip like a vice, and it always seems to be sensitive places they tend to pinch. Like upper arm flab, around the neck, or (as it seems) a favorite: my boobs.
They jump off the wall, or begin a simple front glide, and... HONK! They got me! No wonder the dads like to watch from the sides, as each of their children grab the front of my body, or the neck of my swimsuit and yank. We've had some close calls, and its only the third lesson of the session.
Another, very odd occurrence happened in the last two days as well. Now, last week, one mother of a very nervous child asked what she could do to help. I suggested lots of songs and games in the bathtub, talking about how much fun it is to swim, come to Open Swim time as a family, etc etc etc. She asked if maybe they could bring a favorite bathtub toy, to see if that helped. I said SURE! What a great idea!
Monday morning rolls around (very quickly and early), and this vibrant young girl shows up, in her suit, and seems to be very confident today. She holds up a small toy, says very matter of factly "Jaguars are very good swimmers" and shows me her Jaguar. We used this toy as bait to get her to push off the wall and reach for me. It worked, a bit. But several times throughout the lesson, she apparently needed Jaguar storage, so she shoved it down the front of my suit. My protests of "thats not where Jaguars go!" didn't seem to bother her at all.
Then Tuesday morning a different girl shows up for her swim lesson showing off her Leopard figurine! Its about the same size as the Jaguar, but obviously from a different artist/manufacturer/zoo animal collection. This girl has been a bit of a challenge overall. Her mom speaks to her in Russian, and she doesn't seem to speak much at all. Now, she makes a lot of noise, but rarely are they recognizable words. I'm pretty sure they're not russian, and that for the most part she's just screaching. She is also very nervous in the water, and quite grabby. I've gotten honked a few times by this girl, and she's always got her hands somewhere... a lot around the neck. I try to use the Leopard in the same fashion as the Jaguar, and try to bait her to make attempts at the class goals... but no. She screams, reaches, grabs (at everything), then finally, once she's got her hands on the Leopard... boom. down my swim suit.
Two different girls, different ages, different days and times at the pool (I doubt they've ever met), both shoving cat figurines in between the ladies.
The ladies are very nice... CLBF still seems interested in them*... but they are NOT for storage of toy zoo animals!
That is all. Lemon out.
Yup, Still texting clbf. yup, he said he like my boobs. really, i'm not complaining.
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