Hick finally had POOLIO ready for swimming last Sunday. Way later than usual. Hick generally starts working on POOLIO in mid-May, getting the cover off, scooping out leaves that escaped the cover-removal, running the filter, taking water samples for testing, and buying chemicals. I have told him he spends about $50 per swim, by the time the summer is over. Not that I begrudge Hick his pool pleasure. He works hard all day, and deserves an hour floating around in the evening.
That's the problem. Every summer, Hick either throws away his floaty things, or they get blown off the deck during storms. He has had a variety over the years. A basic air mattress, a fancy air mattress, a mesh version with a floating rim that left his body below water, a chair shape with a can holder, kickboards, and of course pool noodles.
When the boys were living here, they loved those pool noodles for sword-fighting and clubbing and using to blow jets of water at each other. That's all Hick has in POOLIO right now. Two pool noodles. Not even the long ones. Just the cheap Dollar Store short noodles.
Hick cannot find any pool floaties.
That's what he says. He has only tried the Dollar Store and Walmart. Saying he couldn't find any. Which is different from saying they are out of them. Maybe they are. Maybe everybody bought them for the 4th of July weekend, and they haven't re-stocked.
Hick makes use of his noodles. He sits on them! He looks like a giant baby, suspended in one of those door-hanging bouncy thingies. He can still walk around the pool. His chest and shoulders are above water.
I really hope Hick can find some sort of air mattress. Even a cheap one would be fine. Though Hick says, "Them cheap ones ain't good for me." Heh, heh! That's the point! It is quite entertaining to watch Hick trying to get on a narrow air mattress!
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