June 19, 2024
Driving miles saved today: 9.0 Total thrivin' miles saved in 767 days: 5820.7
Jim and I were home today due to the holiday and the pool’s hours were abbreviated for the same reason.
Jim rode solo on a sign-related errand before 7:00 am. I rode to the Y at 7:40 am for an 8:00 swim and chatted with Hip Guy and the other regulars while we waited for the Y to open.
A few minutes after 8 the doors opened. We went in, walked through to the pool. The pool gate was unlocked. But then we saw this:
Hmmmmmmmmmm. We asked the lifeguard what happened and she said the chlorine and the pH were off, she wasn’t authorized to put chemicals in the water, only the head guard could do that, and the head guard wasn’t there (late again - the head guard is often 30+ minutes late for work).
Hip Guy and I decided to wait on the pool deck to see if the situation would be remedied. After 20 minutes or so, I went in to chat with the front desk folks, which resulted in us being able to go back out to the pool to swim.
We watched a guard pour (a lot of) white powdery substance into the water along an edge of the pool. I wasn’t convinced the water was as it should be. Though the tiles in the pool are aqua, the water was not.
While swimming my first lap, the inside of my nose burned and my skin hurt and was itchy. After a fraction of the laps I usually swim, I got out. No thanks. Hip Guy looked at me and said, “Chemicals . . . .” . He stayed to finish his water running, as the forecast called for a tropical storm this afternoon and he wanted to get his workout in.
At home, I finished what coffee was left and made some more. I drew a BrewTime ©Post-It for Jim (even though the time wasn’t on it, and it wasn’t on a Post-It-Note).
I enjoyed my coffee while puttering with watercolors in my studio corner.
For today’s subject for The Bug Collector: Sketchbook Project from Adam Ming of Ten Minute Artist, I went for a walk in the rain; there was minimal bug activity. There were non-biting aquatic midgies floating on the pool’s surface.
Wow. More brilliant arting! (Glad you got out of the pool. It’s going to take quite a few guinea pigs to churn up the water enough to mix the chemicals in properly!)
Amazing drawing of midgy!