I know I complain about the heat here a lot, but sometimes, I admit (grudgingly)
it has its advantages. I just went swimming, outside in my own backyard.
And the odds are good you didn't.
They finished doing the new pool
surface yesterday, in a nice white pebbly finish (P*bblet*c, but under a different
brand name) and began filling it today. That means the water now in there went
through today's 89F high and hasn't sat through a cool night yet, and the deepest
part (where it will be 8' when all the water is in) is just up to my belly button.
Translation: nice warm water, still-warm air. And there were leaves already
in the water -- so clearly Something Had to be Done.
Of course, I
hadn't planned this in advance. I had changed into a light short dress though. I
held the dress up to my hips (our yard is quite private) but couldn't reach all of
the leaves. So what is a girl to do? Clearly there was no choice but to shuck off
the clothes and wade all the way in. (The watch is waterproof for just such
occasions.) Naturally, once in, I had to submerge test everything out, and swim a
few strokes. There's no chlorine in it yet, so that was especially
nice.
I can now report that the "new" pool works just perfectly.
Posted by dichroic at March 25, 2004 06:52 PM