a chat in the hot tub...

I finished breakfast; read some news; brushed my teeth; combed my hair; guzzled thirty two ounces of water & then headed directly to the pool. It is time to start my day. The first encountered is Miss Lacy relaxing in the hot tub:

"You would be awesome at it Miss Lacy! Listen, all you got to do is do what you do every day. The only difference is the cameras will be rolling & you'll follow an easy, humorous skit or two. It will be ad lib time after that. The goal is to show everyone how much fun we are having at the pool."

Lacy is a senior member of the sewing circle. She could be a key addition to my concept of a reality show premised on the comings & goings of the patrons at the LaSolana pool.

"I don't know about all that stuff. I'm kind of shy. I didn't even go on a date until I was twenty one," Miss Lacy is in her mid eighties now & witty as ever, "All my kids took drama & speech & all those kind of activities. I'm not any good at that kind of stuff."

"I beg to differ," adding with all honesty, "You would be perfect for what I am envisioning," adding with even more honesty, "By the time we are through with it people won't know what hit them."

"I don't know Rob. It seems strange to me."

"Look," adding in a reassuring voice, "People would eat you up. Who wouldn't enjoy seeing an eighty plus women in good health & spirits still kicking ass? We'll formulate some humorous dialog & interactions for the camera & see what happens. People will love it!"

I can see she is intrigued by the look on her face.

"Think of it this way Miss Lacy," adding with even more exuberance than before, "If this goes how I believe it can go you will appear a lot cooler to your grand kids."

The grand kids reference brings a smile to her face:

"All this talk of yours reminds me of something my nephew said when he came to visit a few years ago," adding with a wide smile, "He said, 'Someone should write a book or start a show about all the old people around Sun City.' He's a Hollywood type."

"He's seeing & thinking like me. Is that what you are telling me Miss Lacy?"

"That is exactly it," she says with a smile.

"Tell him to give me a call; or have him read the blog; I need all the help I can get."