Mid April

 I am missing church again today because Daniel is quite sick. He just has a bad cold but in spite of his comparitive age (he is almost 14) I still don't want him home alone when he is sick. 

Kevin took several other kids to church. The older ones do their own thing with their own churches. We have a lot of cars and people going here and there!

I felt off all last week which was annoying. I had days when I felt pretty perky and days when I took three hours naps at noon.

A year ago, a dear friend of mine from college died of cancer.

This year, an old acquaintance of mine is in hospice for cancer, and she is younger than I am. We used to interact a lot as we went to the same church and lived in the same neighborhood (this was 20+ years ago) but then they moved and we moved and we changed churches and I haven't SEEN them in a long time. But I am FB friends and am praying for them. She is at the point where nothing can be done and they are just keeping her comfortable. She is home, at least. Anyway.

I get irritable with my body sometimes, but I know I am blessed that my biggest problems are digestive issues and occasional mild illnesses.

The biggest excitement of last week was the pool. We paid a company (lots of money) to take off the old liner, which literally had holes in it, and replace it.

 

The two men were incredibly quick. In a few short hours, we had a brand new pool liner.

Then came the refilling the pool part.

It took well over 24 hours to fill it up to this point. That was important because when the water got to this point, the pool people came back and removed a vacuum system which was sucking in the pool liner until there was enough water.

While we were filling it up the first day, we had two hoses in the pool all the time, which meant the water pressure inside was hilariously bad. To the point that showers had to be planned. We would turn off one hose for a little bit and then turn it back on when the showers were done.

After the pool people removed their vaccum, we turned off one hose and last night, latish, the pool was full again. It took more than two full days. Our pool is very large.

Now the pool is "open" for the season, but no one is getting in yet. The water is hideously, hideously cold.

I am hoping with the solar cover, we can get it up enough to jump in by the end of April but that seems a little optimistic. We will see!