The Pool….

With the current temperatures soaring into feeling like the mid-forties (Celsius) and heat wave and hot weather warnings, pushing for this pool is making Greg look like a super-genius.

A couple of observations;

  1. I went from wearing cocktail gowns and feather boas to the school to pick up the girls to a soggy, wet-bun I like to call, “Swimmy-Mom-Chic.” It’s not a good look but if ever there was happiness in a damp elastic, this is it. I have considered short spikes for future hair-cuts so as not to announce to the world, I’ve been floating for most of the day but it’s not easy to pull off with chipmunk cheeks.
  2. Meal planning has got to become a priority. The girls often want to have a swimming buddy over after school which I have encouraged whole-heartedly. The problem is all buddies like to get the full value from their season’s pass so they stay until roughly 5pm at which time, I turn on the oven and we eat a frozen pizza because I haven’t done any meal prep of any kind.
  3. People who have pools and know how they work ask me questions I have no ability to answer. I know it’s refreshing and the water is blue. I know it’s a salt water pool so please refrain from asking me about chemical amounts, levels and balances. Someone asked about our Dermatitis Eradicator and when I looked scared and confused I just said, “Oh that, yeah we just refer to it as D.E.” and then I made a run for it. Cannon ball!
  4. There are towels all over the house. I didn’t even know we owned this many towels. We started the season (two glorious weeks ago) with the best of intentions. Every family member had a towel with their name stitched onto it (Thanks Mom!) so we would never mix up towels and they would be washed at a time of my choosing or, when Chloe soiled through one of the swimming diapers I wish I had bought stock in. I have been using the “Greg” and “Chloe” towels for about a week, Chloe has been using one of my good bath towels, Hanna and Ellie have wiped themselves on various plant life in the backyard and Greg drip dries while basking in the glory of what I think might be his best idea ever.

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