On Hot Tubs And Getting Older

I consider being a young guy in my early 20’s, and questioning 30 changed into antique. My 20’s and 30’s have been in all likelihood my top, at least bodily.

To even don't forget being 50 turned into… no, it wasn’t even considered. It just wasn’t an age to recognize.

Now, a couple of a long time later, and I’m thinking – how did this creep up?

Changed into I just no longer paying attention? Not accepting it became coming? No longer developing up, and still taking into account my top years? Even though one look in the replicate can without problems verify these are behind me…

So What Does That Should Do With Hot Tubs?

Renovation, preservation, preservation…

This summer time, my wife and that i agreed to a prime assignment for our lower back backyard.

Our deck become falling apart, and our yard itself changed into on two degrees basically, leading to a flat returned yard to the aspect of our house and a sloped one simply beyond our deck.

This meant some things: our youngsters couldn’t absolutely play anywhere besides the facet of our house, it turned into a first-rate pain inside the ass for me to mow, and it made our outside appearance smaller because of the slope.

So, we employed a landscaper to redo the deck and backyard, as well as installation a warm tub (something my wife had always desired in a lower back backyard of our very own).

After a 6-eight week length, from planning to visualization and then implementation, it turned into carried out.

Our old, decrepit deck had been changed with the aid of a beast of a two-tier deck, that allowed greater play vicinity for our kids as well as a integrated warm tub.

Task achieved, right? Eh, perhaps now not.

Don’t get me incorrect – i like our new deck, the greater area, the enjoyable location, and the hot bath. It’s just… properly, I bet the new bath rings a bell in my memory of my imminent growing old.

The Hot Bath Is Difficult Paintings. Exciting Tough Paintings, But Tough Work None The Less.

I ought to maintain the chemicals at a sure degree; I should hold the water level simply proper; and, as soon as 1 / 4, I want to drain the vintage water, clean, and upload new.

That’s no longer even contemplating the filters and the way I need to easy and change them on positive dates.

In a way, it kind of seems like me aging.

Make sure you have any (meds) chemicals you need; look after your bladder and further want to pee (water level); and make sure your more youthful self isn’t impacting your older self (don’t suppose the new bath will appearance after itself inside the years to come).

I’m Hot Bathtub Man! 

Neglect the paintings, revel in the results

And, to a degree, being “hot bath guy” sucks. I’m on the age now where I need an clean existence. Or, at the least, an less complicated life.

I don’t want everyday responsibilities – if the hot tub water smells, I need it to be because a skunk pissed in it, instead of me forgetting to test the ranges.

However… Then I Do Not Forget The Feeling Of Being Within The Bath,

Calm. Relaxation. Peace. Warmth. Love. Protection.

And then I suppose, for all of the paintings wished, maybe it’s not a terrible factor. Perhaps the work is needed to make the pride a result of the [perceived] ache.

Perhaps the paintings is what makes it profitable. Much like ageing,

Perhaps all of the stuff I pass over now – flat belly, being healthy, being “warm” – was simply my schooling floor to finding real happiness.

Authentic love. Real consolation, calm, rest, and all that includes that.

Who is aware of? I’m just wondering aloud on a Saturday night time. No longer the greatest time to try to make a point, as every body receives prepared to have their happy time, as a minimum for them.

However that’s okay.

Due to the fact I’m not questioning aloud for them. I’m simply riffing for us – the older, the soon-to-be-vintage, and the ones that recollect what it become to be young.