It could have been a disaster, but summer 2020 shaped up just fine. It’s the first time we haven’t escaped the heat and gone home in 4 years, but we made the best of it by joining the British Club.
When we first moved to AD we looked into it, but didn’t join because it was too expensive for us and too far from our house. Once Josh retired and we moved houses those two barriers were less of a factor, but we were too busy to make use of it. With work, sports, and church taking up any free time we had, we couldn’t imagine spending leisurely afternoons by the pool or on the beach.
And then, corona. With Camille restricted from malls and restaurants and beaches, parks and everything closed, we wanted to have some place for her to run free. We joined in mid June, right after school got out and Carter left, and a week later their beach opened and a month after that the pool opened. This change in scenery has given us exactly what we hoped for: a sense of normalcy.
Once the pool opened, the kids and I started going for a few hours at midday a few days a week. Yes, it’s the hottest time of day, but that meant no line to get in the pool (covid rules — only 20 people in the water for 20 minutes at a time). It turned out that the same type of people also showed up at that time regularly and our kids started playing together — Marco Polo, diving/somersault practice, and other versions of underwater tag. The sweetest part of it was seeing the big kids with the littles and everyone getting along.
Even my previously dedicated gamer/couch potato started asking if we could go to the club or if he could bring his bike and stay later. Hours of time spent outside in the sun and in the water was great for his energy and mood.
I’m in my last week of summer vacation and I don’t know what our schedule will look like in the next month. It’s still technically illegal to have people over to our house and there won’t be any after school sports or PE for the kids in the near future, so I don’t see our need for this space going away any time soon.
Wow…That sound like a wonderful addition to your summer…Actually sounds like MY SUMMER since June.
But our pool only allows 4 in the water at a time and you have to sign up for your 30 or 60 minutes!
So glad you can get out and about more these last weeks…
We’ve been in the high 90s these last days and that kind of jump into the pool has been renewing to my attitude!
hahaha!