My daughter rushed past me yesterday morning to get ready for her swim teacher job. When I peeked in on her, I saw her wrapping her head in plastic wrap.

Usually, we’re in such a big hurry to leave, she doesn’t have time to properly prepare her hair. After wrapping her head, my daughter put on an old wig. She had the wig pulled back into a ponytail.

I thought nothing of it; she wears wigs like hats before and after swimming.

But when I walked past the pool and saw her in the water teaching her class, I saw that my daughter still had her wig on!

Most of the swimming she does during lessons is treading water and guiding students. If if weren’t for the splashing, she’d be in no danger of even getting her hair wet.

She later told me that she was wearing the same wig she’d worn to play in the lake last summer. A picture of the wig slipping off her head, much to her chagrin flashed through my mind. I don’t know whether that happened or not.

But the thing is, after she got home, my daughter removed the wig. Her hair was still dry.

So there’s that. If you are a swim teacher or a water polo player, you could probably get away with doggie paddling in a wig. your own hair carefully preserved in saran wrap, of course.