> # Back to the pond again

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> Posted by Jamie on May 23, 2015 at 05:33:00

> Chris’s dad came home from Germany yesterday morning so he was there when we got home from school, which has finished now for the week of half term. He told us that he was due to exchange contracts on their new home at the end of next week and complete the transaction the following Friday. The agent we met at the house called in during the afternoon and gave Uncle Greg a set of keys for the house and all the outbuildings and said the owners were happy for his builder to have access to do estimates and plans etc. so it seems that things are moving quickly.

> Chris's parents are returning to home on Monday, flying out on his company’s jet, to arrange to pack up all their belongings for shipment to the UK. They are leaving all the furniture and their cars as Uncle Greg’s replacement in his job over there is renting the house for the time being and wants time to explore the area before deciding where to settle for good.

> Chris has been told he will be welcome at my school on a permanent basis and the Head even offered his mum a job when he discovered that she is a qualified teacher of maths and science. Chris was not too keen on having his mum at the school but when the head said it could be arranged for her not to teach his class (they do it for three other parent teacher/ child pupil combinations) he said he would be fine with it. I told him later not to be silly, she’s been home-schooling him for the last five years; what’s the problem ?

> We went back to the pond at the house last evening. Chris wore his old Levi STF jeans, which are looking decidedly shabby now, and a red sweatshirt as it was a bit chillier today. I wore my old Diesel jeans and a green tee over a long-sleeve black tee. When we got to the pond Chris waded straight in and walked around and around the perimeter going further in on each round just to see what the pond was like all over. It was muddy at the edges but the water is quite clear, so presumably the reeds are acting as a filter. It took him four full circuits of the pond gradually getting wetter and wetter further up his body until he found it too deep to walk and ended up swimming.

> When he got out he asked me to try and drag him across the gravel driveway to see what effect it might have on his wet jeans. I tried just using hand to hand contact but it was too difficult dragging him whilst bend over so that his jeans actually remained in contact with the gravel properly, so I went off to find some rope as I was sure we had seen some in the stable yard buildings. When I had found it, Chris lay full length on the gravel on his front and grabbed one end of the rope and I towed him along, once he was moving I found I could go quite quickly. Chris rolled as we careered around the pond and after a bit he called a halt. His previously merely shabby wet jeans were now caked in dust and were even more worn across his thighs, knees and backside. They had also acquired a few more tears and one back pocket had partly ripped away.

> He jumped back in the pond to wash the dust off and when he climbed out I could see immediately that the jeans were really distressed and worn, frayed down the fly and edges of the pockets. Chris poked a couple of fingers through one hole on his knee and gave it a tug which tore the denim with a satisfying rip. I grabbed the flapping rear pocket and gave that a tug as well and it came away almost completely, leaving a dark blue patch where it had been. Chris was delighted with the result and said he could go much further with it before totally destroying them or making them impossible to wear.

> I asked Chris to do the same for me, so he pulled me around for a bit until I felt a sharp scraping on my knee and called a halt. My old Diesel jeans had not faired as well as Chris’ Levis and had worn almost through on both knees, one thigh and the backside where both pockets had partly torn away, leaving holes big enough to see my boxers. I jumped in the pond to wash off the dust and dirt. My newly very worn jeans felt great and much softer than before. When I got out of the water, I tried pulling apart a couple of the tears and the denim ripped so easily that I stopped before totally wrecking them.

> We went home, had a quick swim, changed into dry clothes, got something to eat and watched some TV and eventually ended up going to bed in our wet clothes again. I woke up this morning to find my Diesel jeans had got more torn during the night as I had slept restlessly throughout, disturbed by Chris snoring loudly.

> Not sure what the plans are for today, but Uncle Danny has asked us to help him and Paul measure up for some plans at the house. No doubt we shall get a chance to get wet at some time.

> Follow Ups:

> - Re: Back to the pond again Bruce 02:10:12 5/24/2015 (9)
>   - Re: Back to the pond again Chris 09:11:57 5/24/2015 (8)
>     - Re: Back to the pond again wetchas 16:21:03 5/24/2015 (5)
>       - Re: Back to the pond again Jamie 19:01:40 5/24/2015 (4)
>         - Re: Back to the pond again wetmark 19:24:45 5/24/2015 (3)
>           - Re: Back to the pond again Jamie 22:35:28 5/24/2015 (2)
>             - Re: Back to the pond again wetmark 23:51:54 5/24/2015 (1)
>               - Re: Back to the pond again Jamie 09:06:29 5/25/2015 (0)
>     - Re: Back to the pond again Bruce 12:37:22 5/24/2015 (1)
>       - Re: Back to the pond again Chris 18:07:09 5/24/2015 (0)

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