Monitors

Before the pool opens for the season, we have a meeting to go over rules, turn in our old keys and get our new ones, and sign up for different jobs to keep the pool nice and running.  It is a 30 year old pool, after all.  One of the things that each member is required to do, though, is monitor the pool one night a year.  From 6:00-10:00pm, you make sure that all is well with the pool, that all are following the rules, and that the pool is left clean and ready for the next day.  

Here's my secret: I love to sing up for the last Sunday night of the season.  It gets pretty cold by then, as well as like 70% Latter-Day Saint members, so we have always been able to close the pool earlier than the 10:00pm close time.  I understand it's on a Sunday, but we don't swim, we spend time together, and it's a duty.  Justification Queen, thank you very much.

Last week was our night.  I planned to take a book and just read, but last-minute, Randy decided to come along.  It was so much fun to play games for 3.5 hours, just the two of us.  

 6:00-7:00PM-- A family of four swam.
7:00-9:00PM-- A guy and his girl played games to the tranquil lap of the pool water.

9:00-9:15pm-- The bathroom cleaner came to clean the bathrooms, since she realized not many would probably be swimming.  When her kids saw the cool lights of the pool, they asked if they could call their dad to bring their suits.  9:05-9:15, they swam.  And then they realized they didn't bring towels, and that it was dark and much colder because they were wet...

9:30pm-- Closing duties complete.  OK'd closure with the Board.

9:45pm-- We're home.

It was a wonderful Sabbath Day evening, spent with my Mister.  Whom I beat at most of our games.  I'm just saying.