Besides a birthday party, a play date, moving leaves, and working around a family member with COVID we ended up putting the cursed trampoline together in the late afternoon sunlight. Almost moved on to uncovering the pool, but since our third hand was watering at the farm, and unreachable, we opted to wait on that project for a day, or possibly two.
Luckily this trampoline is more forgiving than the salvaged one from the cottage which is missing parts, colour coded dots, and any semblance of intuitive design & construction. It’s a real nightmare. Should be crushed into a ball and sold as scrap metal. Useless piece of junk that it is. The one located at my in-laws is better quality, but still a pain in the ass. I’ve spent many an afternoon baking in the sun, hand stitching the safety net back together when the kids poke finger holes through the mesh. One tiny hole becomes a massive rift in just a few short bounces, and full body weight catches under tension. Believe you me.
The water trampoline at the cottage is the second worse one to assemble. The sand pit trampoline, mentioned previously is the bane of our existence. Pure junk that one is. Followed closely by the 19 year old water trampoline. The vinyl spring covers has been so ravaged by UV rays it’s brittle, hard, and shrunk as to be three sizes too small for the diameter of the ring of springs it is supposed to protect the kids from. I too would like to see this trampoline launched into the sun, never to be seen from again. We have the far more favourable water Lilly pads now, easier to store for the winter, lighter to carry, and simpler to affix to the anchors for the summer. No hard swimming real early, or very late in the season to install/remove it either. No mid year, boat launched, expeditions for inflating a Lilly pad are needed. Far superior product!
After a whirl wind weekend of activity we are back to Monday once more, and a whole new work week laid out before us. I hope it is at least a little calmer than last week, which was, as they say in the movies, “a bit much”. I can do a load or two of laundry, run the dishes again, attack the floors too if need be. Just waiting to see if my inbox will flood with work emails before I commit to anything. Best of luck to you all! Ciao Bella!
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