No P in the Pool

Now that the temperature is scorching, I am happy to put on my swimming suit and jump in a pool. The problem is in finding a pool. Yesterday we did our best at looking for a pool, but failed miserably.

The first hotel we went to is the one we use to have a pool membership at. We paid an arm and a leg one summer to be able to use their pool. It was such a welcome relief from the horrible heat that summer. So we drove to the hotel and had our bag of swimwear and walked to the pool. I didn't notice the signs that said, "Pool under renovation." Sure enough, to our disappointment, it was closed. Now, who works on a pool during the best swimming time of the year? Why not work on it in March or February?

The second hotel is one that doesn't have a great pool, but I thought it was worth a try. We drove to it and I went in. We could see the pool from the car. No one was in it. It looked cool and refreshing. But the manager said it is only for hotel guests. Strike two!

So we decided we would try the 5 star hotel that is close to our home. We were with our friends who even offered to help pay for our pool experience (because I am cheap and they really wanted us to swim with them because we are fun people). I wasn't really going to let them pay for us. So we all walked down to the pool and went outside to the pool man. Again, no one was in the pool. It looked so lovely. We knew it would be expensive since it was expensive 8 years ago. Something like $10. to swim. The pool guy looked at his list and quoted us a price of around $23 per person. And it would only be for two hours. Then a swim class would be starting. We couldn't bring ourselves to spending that kind of money on a swimming outing, so we left. Strike three!

And our last try was the community pool that is close by to our house. Men have to wear speedos there. We didn't feel like driving all the way over there to be disappointed again, so we called. Last week, when our friends went to go swimming there, it was closed for renovations or something. Since no one answered the phone, we didn't drive over. We just cried and drove home.

By that point we were all hot and tired and getting grouchy. Very disappointed. I would say I was as disappointed as I would be if I opened a birthday gift and found it was empty. A cruel joke. So we never got a chance to P in the Pool.