June 16, 2008
I was thinking about air tubs all day. And then I was thinking about the time I took a bath in an indoor jet tub at a friend's parent's house. It was a Saturday afternoon and we had been trimming hedges, etc. My friend told me to go ahead and take a nice soak in his mom's air tub.I went into the master bathroom and got ready for my bath. Since my head was sweaty too, I decided to wash my hair. Funny thing....there wasn't any shampoo next to the air tub.
So I raided the shower for some shampoo and proceeded to enjoy my bath. About ten minutes into the experience, I decided to wash my hair. I soaped up really nice and then sank down into the air tub - and the shampoo reacted just like it was scientifically created to react when subjected to air tubs. It produced mountains and mountains of soap bubbles within moments.
And there I was sitting in this air tub with bubbles going absolutely everywhere.
I do believe I yelled SHIT or something close.
My friend tapped on the door and said, "Poolie, is everything okay?"
"Sure! Fine! Be there in a minute! Just finishing up!"
So I turned off the fookin' air tub and tried to get the millions of bubbles to go down the drain. They didn't want to. The more I tried to corral them down the drain, the more they evaded capture.
So I took huge mounds of bubbles out of the tub and tried to crush them into submission by rolling over them on the tile floor. I tried to smoosh them with towels. The bubbles were so light and airy that some of them actually took flight and started to float around the steamy bathroom.
Then, I thought how funny it would have been if aliens had landed in that bathroom at that very moment - only to see a naked woman rolling around crushing bubbles on the floor. I think about those aliens a lot.
Eventually, all the bubbles were swooped down the drain or crushed into submission. I wrapped myself in a robe and walked into the kitchen. My friend saw my wet hair and said, "Gosh, you didn't try to wash your hair in there, did you?"
I laughed with a bit of Mary Tyler Moore penache and said, "Don't be silly. I know better than that! I just dunked my head!"
Yeah....and that was my introduction to air tubs. I just know that all bubble mishaps are a thing of the past as I prepare to move into my new bedroom/bathroom with an air tub at the ready - just waiting.
