mamaLove

I don’t think my husband realized when we got our pool that it would take work to keep it maintained. I think he might have been thinking that all he had to do was put water in it, a few chlorine tablets and be done. Not so.

It’s been so extremely hot, it’s been hard to keep the algae from blooming. Our pool right now is extremely green and I cleaned it out last weekend. But the chemicals I used didn’t do anything. He’s ready to take it down (it’s an above-ground vinyl pool), but I want to enjoy it. He doesn’t want me to spend more money on it, but if I want to swim (which we bought it so I could get in and take the weight off), I have to buy the chemicals to at least try to get it balanced and clean. I really want to be able to get it in when I feel like it, but it’s yucky.

So I went out and bought some stuff and I’m praying that it helps. If not, I’m not sure what else I can do except to drain it (or at least most of it) and refill it. If it comes to that I know my husband won’t want to put more water in it.

I just don’t know how to deal with him. It makes me sad that he is willing to take it down and not bother after he was so gung ho about getting it so I could take the weight off. And now he’s not willing to take the time to maintain it. I’m the one getting out there trying to get it balanced. I hope I can enjoy it a few more times this summer, before the baby comes. I know it will help, especially as we get into August and September, supposedly the hottest months of summer.