Exciting But Not Really

Yesterday I...

• went to a funeral at one only to find out that it was at eleven
• went to work
• tutored
• spoke some German
• fell asleep at work because no one was there
• went swimming at 8:30 with my sisters in my life-guarding suit. I thought the suit was a little bit weird...
• watched three hours of iCarly episodes. I got to bed at 1 a.m.

Today I went and jumped on my trampoline in the rain. Plus, I don't have to work today because it's raining. YEA! but also, Dang! at the same time.

I also found my Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass which I lost some two weeks ago. It was buried under a pile of clothes in my room.

Isn't it so exciting?

Slip n' Slide Adventures

Yesterday, my sisters and I wanted to go swimming. Our pool was busy so we went to the pool I work at. There was a party and we decided we didn't want to go swimming there either. So we decided to get a Slip n' Slide. We thought, "Oh, slip n' slides are everywhere! We'll go to Aco and find one!" So we went to Aco. They didn't even have a little kiddy pool. Then we went to Rite Aid and they didn't have any Slip n' Slides. Then we went to Target and they didn't have any either! Finally we tried Meijer's and voila! They had a Slip n' Slide! We bought it on clearance so it cost five dollars. We took it home, set it up and what do you know? There's a HUGE hole right where the hose hooks up to the slide. We use the tiny little repair patch they provide and that doesn't do anything.

So we break out the duct tape. We wrap it around the hole multiple times and it doesn't hardly do anything. The pressure from the water slowly breaks the fortress of duct tape and it just keeps squirting! After trying to play with this thing, we decide to go swimming in our neighborhood pool.

At least the slide was only five dollars.

My mom took off all the duct tape and we're returning the slide along with my sister's gum that expired October 2008.