Ants in my Pants

So I've wanted to post about this for awhile, but I was waiting for video footage of the event. The only problem  is that the camera wasn't quite working so the video is a no go. Which is really too bad. The clip was pretty much a perfect combination of athleticism and grace. Okay . . . not really.
Anyway, everytime there is irrigation at Grandma and Grandpa Mack's house the whole family comes over for some splish splashin fun. All the grandkids get their swimming suits on and go play in the water while the parents visit and walk around with their shoes off. It's pretty fun.

Well the last irrigation party we had was no different. We were all outside, and the kids were playing and Marybeth and Janie came out and demonstrated to the younger children how to run and slide in the irrigation like a slip n slide. They slid right on their bellies and it was pretty impressive. The other kids had fun trying. Well, it looked like fun to me! I wanted to try too. So I did. I even got my son Hayden (who isn't a fan of irrigation because it is "dirty" water) to do it with me. I ran and slid and am quite sure I looked awesome. It is too bad that I can't show you how awesome I truly looked while I did this.
Anyhow, after such a successful first attempt, I couldn't resist trying to do it again. So I went and got in line with the other children. While I was standing there I was thinking, "I am such a cool Mom! I'm so glad I am so fun . . . " (You know . . . Really humble thoughts like that) When all of a sudden one of the kids turned to me, tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Um . . . you've got ants on your leg."
I looked down and sure enough my leg was covered with ants. And I'm not talking about a couple of ants either. It honestly reminded me of a horror movie or something. I couldn't even see my leg! There must have been hundreds and hundred of them. Well, I did what any cool, awesome Mom would do. I totally freaked out and started running around screaming. Then I dropped to the ground in the water and began to roll around kicking my legs and splashing water on them. All the rest of the adults were sitting in the shade and lucky enough to witness the entire ordeal. When I came over and explained what had happened Lamon's brother complimented me on my "Stop, Drop, and Roll" technique. Is that what they teach you to do in an "Ant Attack" situation? I don't know . . . but it may have saved my life. Okay fine . . . so the ants weren't exactly dangerous. Thank heavens for that too! Because when I went in the house and took off my drenched clothing there were tons of ants all the way up my pants, and in my underclothing . . .Ya,  it was pretty bad. I swear every time I am thinking how cool I am . . . something like this happens. Okay fine, things like that happen even when I'm not thinking I'm cool.