So there I was, on my way home from the office, completely unaware that in just a few minutes things were about to take a turn for the worse. I get home, get out of the car, and as I am approaching our back door I get a glimpse of a foreign large blue object in our back yard. As I walk by a very large empty box I realize I better turn around and take a closer look at the large object in the backyard. And there it was, just sitting there, droopy, sloshing about and looking rather odd. I paused for a second, sighed, and went on to ask my wife: “what in the world is THAT doing in our backyard?” (some of the words have been edited to protect the easily offended).
If you are still wondering what monstrosity was waiting for me upon my arrival that night, here she stands:
That’s right, what we have in here is your typical Walmart-special-above-ground-pool. Nice, ain’t it? Not only is this something I was never expecting to find in my backyard, but something my wife purchased without my approval, carried all by herself (big very heavy box), and unsuccessfully attempted to setup up before I got home. Good try Mandi! 
When I first got sight of the beast it was about half-way full of water, but obviously lob-sided and slightly oval in shape. Looks like the “select a level site where you want to place your pool” part of the instructions weren’t clear enough. So I had to drain it, move it to a more leveled part of the yard, and start the whole process again. I know what you are thinking, I should’ve seized the opportunity to pack it all up and take it back to where it came from…but sometimes the best way to make a point is to not do anything at all and just let it all unfold on its own.
