Bridgeport City Pool

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Jumping off the diving board



After two years of asking, I finally took Bethany to the Bridgeport City Pool. Why did it take me two years? Well, we travel a lot in the summer, we live at a lake, and I just plain didn't want to go. I did not want to go prancing around in front of all the high school kids I knew would be there in my bathing suit. I avoided going to the pool at every request. Brian finally went with us. He didn't swim. He sat and read a book. It made me feel better to be there with another adult. I only saw eight kids I knew. We went on a Sunday afternoon after school had started, so there were not too many people there. We had a really nice afternoon. I regretted not taking her earlier. I suppose next summer I can manage to take her on a Sunday afternoon. I still am not sold on going on a week day, when the pool is crawling with kids that I teach. Maybe we could find a pool in Fairmont we could go to. The drive would be worth, not seeing my students. There is just something about being in a bathing suit around your students that bothers me. Bethany enjoyed the day, but said the water tasted funny. Lake water tastes better than chlorine water in her opinion.