Still No Patience

In addition to the patio stuff we’re doing in the back yard, we’ll also be getting a pool. The kids are, unsurprisingly, very excited about it.

In a perfect world, the pool would have been installed a couple of weeks ago like we were initially told. Thankfully, it is not a perfect world. The reasons are pretty simple, the unpredictable weather kept them from getting other installs done, so we got bumped back.

Try explaining that to a kid.

As I said, I was glad for the delay. It allowed me to get the pavers installed before the pool was in. Why was that a big deal? Here’s why:

Those are sitting right where the pool will be going. If the pavers couldn’t be there, then they’d be in the driveway which would have been a long walk with all of those.

Kids don’t understand that though. Rather, they only see a pile of dirt where a pool is supposed to be.

So last week, we though the pool would be installed while we were visiting family. Unfortunately, the weather once again prevented that from coming to fruition. So when we arrived home, the kids were just short of despondent. In fact, they were now convinced that the pool would never be installed.

Then, almost magically, the installers arrived this morning. The kids were now positively giddy- convinced the pool would be done today. Welcome to the bipolar nature of kids managing their expectations. The Wife ended up taking them to the local swimming hole because she didn’t want to listen to the equipment. I stayed behind to finish the paver cuts.

Suffice it to say, the pool still isn’t installed. But the site is all prepped and ready for the pool to be set on it on Monday. Arguably, they got the most important part done.

When the boy and the lass arrived home, the both came dashing out to the back with the boy declaring “I was right- they didn’t do anything while we were gone.” Even with the pretty clear evidence of the work that had been done.

There is just no satisfying their expectations.