I had just finished doing some things outside and kicked off my shoes when a story came on TV showing relatively large beautiful blue pool. Surrounding it was a nice manicure lawn.

I turned to my wife and said, “I would love to have that pool.”

After a short pause, I added, “Unfortunately, we don’t have anywhere to put it.” I don’t know, if there were a way, maybe I could put both my front and back yard together. Then, somehow, I might suspend the house above the pool to provide enough area for sunning myself.

The neighborhood might not like the architecture, but I suspect I would be very popular with the neighbors during the late days of summer. I could have a poolside BBQ once a week and dozens would be begging tickets.

Yeah. It would be amazing just how many friends I could buy and influence.

Well, we don’t have the pool, or the fortune. So. what we do, about 2 or 3 times a year we rent a room at a nearby hotel with a nice pool.

The thing is, neither of us can swim well. But we love to try.