A Day in the Life of Saanvi

Apprehensive. I think that’s a word. Moms pulled up to the so called stranger’s house and I knew where we were. Before we even stopped the truck. For once, I did not want to get out of my car seat. Somehow, Mom coaxed me out of it through the guise of playing in puddles. She’s sneaky. But boy are puddles fun.

We walked into the pool and there was this so-called stranger again. I was ready bolt. As we were walking in, I did a bit of recon this time and took a mental note of all the exits. I don’t know why I had not done this sooner. As I walked to the pool, I did not cry. However, in my noggin I was repeating the following: “Though I walk through the valley of concrete roads, I will fear no strangers in pools, for my moms are with me, their arms they comfort me.” I have no idea where that came from, it’s weird, but it popped into my head as I was taking the long stroll to the so-called stranger’s pool. Mom’s weirdness is really starting to rub off on me. Send help friends, please?

As I was saying, I did not cry. I was brave. I walked up to the pool. And there she was. In the pool. Waiting like some sort of sea monster. I wonder if she thinks I’m a land monster and she’s trying to help me understand that sea monsters are real people with feelings that just want a Vespa? Maybe I have watched way too much Luca.

What was I saying?

Oh yeah! I walked up to the pool. I did make Mama sit on the pool with her feet in the water. They let me play on the step for a while to get used to it today. I played with some of the toys. Mama and the so-called stranger started throwing toys into the water! Why??? The so-called stranger would then pick me up and swish me away to the toys while singing weird songs. I did not cry friends. I did not cry.

The so-called stranger did teach me something super cool though! She taught me to blow bubbles in the water! I didn’t know you could do that. Then she put me in floaties and swished me around more….and I pulled out the best resting b-i-t-c-h face I could because I was not impressed.

This “learning to swim” thing may not be so bad friends. And this so-called stranger could be a potential “friend”. I’m using that term very loosely. There was a little girl that came after me to do the same thing and she was diving under water and using her arms to flail in the pool. Maybe one day, I could do that too? I guess I’ll have to give this so-called stranger a chance if I want to do what the little girl was doing.