It's taken quite some time. For several of the past summers I have been soliciting my friends HARD to built a pool so I could be their Pool Boy. But no. Until THIS year!!
For the past month I have been staying at my middle brothers house while in the southern IL area. And he has a walk-out basement with a very nice pool. I'm in heaven. There is a lot more work to keeping a nice pool than many people think.
You have the chemical balance to maintain, obviously, but there are several filters that need cleaning and the pool needs skimming daily to get the leaves out. Then there's the area around the pool. Weeding and watering and picking up. It's tough work being a Pool Boy. The pay isn't so hot but the benefits are outstanding!
My Pool Boy days are about over, for now. I'm flying back to FL this weekend. Trading in my skimmer net for a beach towel. Works for me.
One 'business' note; Nathan (my oldest son and newest driver) just completed his first solo trip - 1200 miles from St. Louis to Minot, ND. At least it's the middle of the summer up there, actually quite nice. So in the two trips he and I did together and now his first solo trip, he has yet to cross an open DOT scale. Oh well; he's gotta get home now. I'm betting they get him before he gets here.
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