The Bath tub

Last week my family and I went to Branson, MO for spring break. I had one thing that I wanted to do while I was there, SLEEP. Boy, I had no idea that we would have as wonderful a week as we had though.

We started out on Monday loading the van in the pouring rain. But it was ok because we were on our way to a wonderful week of fun and relaxation. I must say that for a little while I was nerves as we drove because we found out that the blower to the AC and all that other stuff wasn’t working and the windows got all fogged up so it was heard for Dad who was driving to see. But we drove out of the rain and soon were wishing for the clouds again because they afforded is a little protection from the hot sun. We made it with all our stuff, food and lots of soda. I’m not sure how I did it but I went out to buy soda for the trip and came back with way to much. The boys made sure that we took it all too. We could have just drunk soda the whole trip and still had some left (that was an exaggeration). We got the van unloaded and every thing put where it was to go, got into our swimming suit and went to the pool. IT WAS COLD!!!!!!! There is really no way around that fact. I think that we all turned blue. Joy and I got out before the rest of the family so we could get dinner ready and get a hot tub bath ready for when Joanna got back from the pool. I started the water running into the tub then went and took my shower. I figured that by the time I got done with my shower the tub would be almost full. When I got out the tub was only about four inches full. Joanna was back and wanted to get in so we both got in to the tub in our swim suit. Then figured out that the stopper wasn’t stopping the water, it was letting a little out all the time. So for the next 20 minute I sat ether on the stopper or with my hand holding it down. Joanna had a great bath! The next day Joy, Joanna and I decided to get in again (this was after we had maintenance up to fix the stopper!). This time joy and I got the bright idea to try this body mask on our arms. I kind of stank. Ok not kind of it just did, but we wanted to try it any way. By the way it was this lovely color of mud green. After you put it on the stuff has to dry. You know it’s really hard to have stuff dry in the bath tub. We had to set in the tub with our arms out in front of us for what seemed like forever. I had wanted the stuff to work really well on me so I had put it on really thick, so my arms took longer to dry then Joy’s. Finally I just gave up and stared to wash off the nasty stuff (that is what I started to call it after smelling it for so long) only to find that it was making the tub turn the same lovely color of mud green. Then when we stared to try to wash the tub it wouldn’t come off. I was thinking about how fast we could get to Wal-Mart and back with something to clean it with. Joy was trying to come up with a plan of how to explain the mess to house cleaning. Then I got my great idea for the day. We could use dish soap to clean of the gunk. Because, you see, the night before we had used these bath beads that are filled with oil in the tub and that was making all the green gunk stick to the tub. I have never seen anything work so fast in my life. It took all of the green gunk off in no time at all. We were so relived, we didn’t have to tell housekeeping or go to Wal-Mart. After that we had a very uneventful stay at Branson. By the way we did get to sleep, rest, and watch movies and all that great stuff. We also got to go see one show. I will tell you more about that at a later time. I also have to tell you about our lunch at Lamberts where they throw the rolls at you. I also have to tell you about our shopping trip in downtown Branson.