Rat in the pool

Eric and I live in a gated community right on the Saigon River and the resort is fully equipped with many amenities including a pool that I swim laps in every morning after yoga.  This brings me much pleasure and enjoyment!  So the other evening I was expressing my appreciation and gratitude for this opportunity and bragging to another resident that I get 100% solitude in my swim because I swim at a time of the day in which everyone else is at work.  Lori, who has been living here at the resort since last August, looks at me and says, "ya, I used to swim in the morning until I got attacked by a rat."  What!

There are three things that really freak the beegeebies out of me: 1)snakes, 2) rats, and 3) bats so this new information is not OK by me!  I will not share MY pool with rats!  I am still processing this information through my brain when I hear Eric say,  "well that make sense, they come right out of the river and into the pool."  This logical thought process has never crossed my mind.  I turned and looked at Lori and told her that this new knowledge does not serve me and I will no longer be able to swim blissfully without thinking of rats.

She felt compelled to further share the details of the attack.  She was swimming around 5:30AM before all of the Asian men take over the pool.  At this hour, there is no resort supervision on staff so the lights are not on in the pool.  Lori claims that she felt the rat crawl over her shoulder and it's claw got stuck in her bathing suit strap and got tangled.  Needless to say, this was traumatic for Lori and she has only swam in the pool twice since this occurrence.  She reassures me that since I swim in the daylight that I should not have issues.  You can best bet that I will be on the rat patrol day and night!