Taking the Plunge

Summer in Ohio is short, but it’s still nice and hot and sunny.  My husband and I have talked about putting in an inground pool for years, and that conversation finally became reality.  I did have hope earlier this year that my New Year’s resolution of playing (and winning) the Lottery would help make this dream a reality, but we sold out to the lure of the home equity loan.

My sage friends all assured me that a pool was a wise parenting move because “you’ll always know where your kids are” and “the party will be at your house, so you’ll have control” and “your kids will be grown up before you know it.”  With a shimmering pool now taking up its share of the backyard, I can confirm that my friends were all correct.  They did forget to mention, though, how many wet footprints I’d find to my bathroom and how much ice cream my freezer would have to cough up.  And the towels to wash every night? I have job security as a Mom.

Seeing my kids have fun in my own backyard is totally worth it, though.  Especially since the monstrously rainy spring has handed over the keys to an exceptionally sunny and dry summer so far. Now, if I could just convince our 90-pound Labrador that he cannot walk across the solar cover, I’d be swimming pretty.