Just this morning, I looked out the back window at our squorpse pool, trying to assess how much worse it was after yesterday's rain (and mentally broke a brick on my knee).
Let me first say that 364 days out of the year I am weirded out by the fact that my parents read this blog regularly, and casually mention topics-that-which-I-have-only-mentioned-via-blog. Whenever this happens, a little part inside me dies. I'd rather not know, you know? Today, however, I came home from work to find that my dad, who had arrived for the weekend, was already plotting ways to resolve our nast-o-pool. Blog = Cha Ching! Prayers answered!
He had already shaken the pool back and forth enough to cause at least 10% of the brown swill to spill out before I even got home.
Next thing I knew, he got together with JP and they both lifted up the side of the pool and FLIPPED IT OVER. Buh Bye 1,000 leaves. Buh Bye brown swill. Buh Bye squrrel juice. My troubles all draining away.
Of course, the consequence of being upside down for eternity, through snow, rain, and wind, meant a certain amount of mud and muck on the pool.
Mud and muck I can deal with. Squorpse juice not so much.
So, I'm sorry, Camp Hack-it-to-Bits. The pool lives on!
Now, who wants to come over for the first swim of the summer season?
Seriously what would we do without dads?
Posted by: aimee | Friday, March 27, 2009 at 11:35 PM
well now, that looks downright tropical...
Posted by: flutter | Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 02:26 AM
Will there be umbrella drinks??
And I love how it's your cause yet JP and Dad got to do the dirty work - cha-ching!
Posted by: Manic Mommy | Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 07:57 AM
I'm afraid that I am otherwise engaged for the *entire* summer season, but appreciate your lovely invitation!
Are you POSITIVE that squorpse juice can't penetrate plastic?
Posted by: natasha the exile on Mom Street | Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 07:59 AM
aimee- you're totally right. Swooping on in to fix the problem. Whether it be your car or your squorpse pool.
flutter- is that a yes??
Manic - but of course! Sangria, margaritas, pina coladas. And yes, SCORE 1 to Mama.
natasha- if you have any change of plans, just let me know. Also, that squorpse was probably only in there for a very short period of time, and it was cold water...probably embalmed. That would be a couple of layers of plastic, separated by an air chamber, that would have to be infiltrated...don't get me wrong, I'm still going to nuke-bleach that thing.
Posted by: KC | Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Go Dad go!
Posted by: Kyla | Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 09:05 AM
cracking me up. as usual.
Posted by: slouching mom | Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM
I was actually going to post on your blog about your little pool and tell you to use a wet vac to suck all the yucky water out and then dump it somewhere far away! But I see that the problem has been taken care of!
Posted by: Courtney | Monday, March 30, 2009 at 03:41 PM