Foot Protection

“Mom, can you come here?”

This request came just as I was sitting down to relax for the evening.  We were staying in a beautiful condo in the mountains for a much needed weekend getaway.  I could make this sound even better if I had a glass of wine in my hand and a roaring fire in front of me, but I was really too tired for either.  I just wanted to sit.

“Why don’t you come here, Izzy?”

“Well, I’m naked.”

Alrighty.  You had me at naked.  I will be right there.

I find Izzy standing in the doorway of her bedroom.  It’s true.  No clothes, except for the pink socks on her feet.

“Mom I’m going to take a shower, but you know how the bathtub is a little dirty?”

It’s not.   Maybe a few scuff marks on the tub floor.  But this is the cleanest, most updated mountain house I’ve seen.

“I was thinking I could wear socks to take my shower, so my feet stay clean.  They’re old ones.”  The socks, that is.

“Um, there is so much about your request that makes absolutely no sense, Sweet Child of Mine.”

“Well, the socks will keep the dirt and germs from getting on my feet.”

Oh dear me.  This is why we don’t camp.

“Let’s think about this for a minute.  The bathtub is clean.  There are just some marks and dings on the floor.  It’s still clean.  And, do you really think socks would protect you anyway?”

She agreed and took her shower.

This is probably not the time to tell her about the community showers she will face someday in the college dorms.