The Boat

The exercisers fessed up and said their lives were miserable without us. Ok, that is an exaggeration, but they did say that the routine of meeting here five days a week at 8am for pool exercises had helped everyone's outlook on life and they did really miss us while we were gone on vacation. We thought we had arranged for the pool to be clean and the gates opened at 8am so they could continue their routine, but there were a few snags with that arrangement.

Yesterday everyone arrived all smiles and ready to work out. Slave driver Pablo was rather easy on us having had a few weeks off. Everyone, myself included, agreed how much better we feel maintaining this exercise program. We eat better, we sleep better, we feel better in general, and are firming up and in some cases losing weight. Later in the day when the temperature crosses that 100 degree mark it is not as unbearably hot as it would be without our daily cooling off.

So why is this article called the boat? Because I have realized that owning a pool is much like owning a boat. I should paint a name on the side! For my afternoon cooldown I now take tools into the " boat" with me, a brush to scrub any new algae that is contemplating formation on the sides or bottom, a strainer to catch little leaves and these tiny weird black grease balls that show up on the surface, the chemical test kit to make sure the "cocktail" is just right.....but hey, it is just more exercise and cooling off, isn't it?