Sabotage

I am really starting to get suspicious.

I mean, not a few days had gone by after Mike left for his Afghanistan training when mysterious green patches started appearing in the pool.

I smell sabotage.

Either the pool has a mind of its own and likes to torture me when he leaves or he is rigging it so that the pool decides to self-destruct as soon as he makes his exit from the scene.

I know what you're thinking and you can just erase that thought from your mind right now. I swear to you I am not an incompetent pool caretaker. I PROMISE.

Day by day the pool has been getting greener... and greener.. and I finally broke down and emailed Mike about the situation. He was indignant. Hose out the filters! Go buy more chlorine tablets! Brush the sides! Do not let the pool turn green!

Hrmph.

So I did. I followed orders. I did what I was told. I moaned and groaned about it the entire time. I was no happy camper.

And after all of my hard work, I tell you, that pool darn well better be less green tomorrow when I get home from work or I am going to be peeved.

Personally, I would just let the whole thing turn green. In a few days the pool guys are going to show up and drain all the water out of the pool, anyway, so who really cares at this point? But, Mike is somehow convinced that they might refuse to work on our pool if the water is absolutely disgusting. I have my doubts about that. I would prefer to continue with my first thoughts and believe that Mike and the pool have somehow joined forces against me to make my life miserable every time he leaves. I think he does it so I'll miss him more. Well, I can tell you right now...... it's working.