“First ones here!” or “The puffin out front should have told you”

Yes, we finally made it to a swimming pool yesterday. There are only 8 in the city and with the “settling in” we have been trying to do, simply hadn’t gotten to one yet.

Okay, and there is something weird about having to fully shower before you go outside while it is pouring rain to go swimming, but that is just me. I am sure after a few times, the whole thing will seem perfectly normal.

So, we got ready, drove to the pool and parked. I pointed out that the parking lot looked somewhat empty and Pete said, “Oh, everybody is just still at work”. I jokingly said, “Pool’s closed, the puffin out front should have told you”. Yes, the classic Wally World line from Vacation. So, Kelsey and I head in and stare at the empty vestibule while the worker we almost tripped over tells us that the pool is closed for maintenance! His actual words were, “Let me translate this sign for you”.

I told Pete and we headed to a pool closer to home. He thought surely they rotated the maintenance, while I thought it more likely they shut down all the pools the same week (first week back at school for Icelandic kids) and get the work over with. Guess who won the bet?

So, we went out to dinner last night and spent our daughter’s inheritance to make up for the fact that she couldn’t go swimming til at least next week. Then they spent two hours in the Nemo paddle pool and, yes, they wore their swimsuits.