A Nasty Surprise On Your Feet

Oh, the relaxing bubbles of a hut tub. Our villa on Portugal's coast had the best view of the sunset. SPLASH! That was the sign that my sister - Maja, made it into the steaming waters.

"Ah. It's so warm." She said. The pleasure lit up her face.

The orange sky made this summer night in Europe… perfect. My mom said that she was going to go into the hot tub tonight with us. Finally! As my sister and I were swimming around I bumped into my mom. 

"Hi!" I exclaimed.

"Whew! It is so warm… and relaxing." she said.

"I have an idea I will give you and Maja foot massages!" I said.

I dove down to Maja's feet. The were soft like a babies. Her foot wiggled, like I was tickling her. I resurfaced for air then dove down to my mom's feet. I expected smooth feet from lotion and soap but instead I felt something slimy and sticky; but nothing was there! So, I swam back up.

"Mommy, there is something slimy and gross on your foot! What is it!"

She looked surprised, "It's probably sunscreen!"

I laughed at that. We spent the rest of hour evening in the hot tub, marveling at the beauty of the ocean. As the sun slipped past the horizon we went inside. Nothing unusual… yet. The three of us walked into the bathroom on the first floor to brush out our tangled hair. I kicked of my flip-flips then vigorously started brushing and combing my blonde hair. Suddenly my mom was screaming at the top of her lungs. That never happened before! Then my sister started screaming and jumped onto the table. My mom was hopping up and down like she had seen a rat. Then I started screaming from the unrest. A chorus of yelling arose from our bathroom, "Ahhhhhh! Eeeeek! Ahhhh!" Then I looked down right by my feet there was a big, fat, juicy, slimy slug! I screamed even harder! It looked like a leopard's pelt and was as big as my own foot. I realized in that moment, that slug was in my mom's sandals!

Our chorus died off. Then we all started laughing.

"Really Mommy! Sunscreen!"

"It's a slug Mommy! I think it's sort of cute now!"

"I couldn't help it Ania, it was under my foot the whole time!"

Then my dad rushed in with a plate, I carried the poor, poor slug outside.  The moral of the story is: Don't think your sandals are slimy from sunscreen at midnight! And also look into your shoe before you step into it. LOL