Today was my all-time favorite day. The day we take the blessed pool down. I HATE THAT JOB! Seriously, it was already hard enough to put the sucker away when it had been sitting in grass all summer - but MUD? As I listen to Ben outside powerwashing the driveway so we can lay the disassembled mud-pile of a pool on it to scrub, I'm thinking I'd rather burn it (not sure that would be so eco-friendly) or gleefully drive over it multiple times with the lawnmower. It is more pain than it's worth!
In the past, I have secretly snickered at people who leave their 3 foot pool up all winter in their backyard, like it's a 'real' pool - closed for the season... but I'm suddenly kinda getting the logic! How is it possible to get this huge thing completely dried and cleaned before rolling it up in a wad and packing it away for a year? It's not!
Ben curses the full pool every time he looks at it, already thinking about the upcoming date (even though it might be 3 months away) of when we have to take the MOFO down. And as much as I hate to admit it, the public pool is sounding like a good option, now that the boys are a little older. I'm gonna think REALLY hard next year before dragging this thing out.
BUT WAIT. Through all the cursing and spraying and de-mudding today, one positive discovery was made. I LOVE POWER-WASHING! It's true. As I was methodically spraying the dirty water and mud off the pool and concrete, I found it oddly satisfying and yes - fun! I have to say that we haven't used our power-washer much before now, mostly because we had no concrete surface to wash things on, and because power-washing on gravel... well it's kind of pointless. I was amazed at what this thing could do! Dirt that I had scrubbed and SCRUBBED with a brush, came off effortlessly with this thing!
And in the end... we got the pool clean! And dry! Now, if I only had somewhere to put the darn thing...
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