Our super deluxe, white trash, above ground pool was delivered yesterday.
From Sears.
The boyfriend made quick work of putting it up. We placed it directly over the old, filled in spa, covering one eyesore with another. Not that I'm complaining. If we have to suffer through a Bakersfield summer, at least we can do it floating on cool, refreshing crystal blue waters.
There may have been one slight miscalculation.
Bakersfield tap water.
Which is white.
Why? Who the fuck knows. Industrial pesticide runoff.... oil company toxins leeching into the groundwater... decomposing bodies up in the reservoir.... really, the possibilities are endless.
Right now it looks like we have a giant vat of skim milk in the backyard.
The boyfriend thinks that, with a ton of additional chemicals, he'll be able to clear it up. It may end up boiling our skin off, but once the temperature climbs over 110, I doubt we'll even mind.
Before you know it, it will be just like old times...
or probably not.
