I think a colony of bees has invaded our jacuzzi.

Spa.

Hot tub.

Whatever.

I went out to chlorinate the water this afternoon.

Chlorinating the water is not normally my duty.

Let me clue you in on a little secret though.

The best way to get your man to do what you want him to do is not to ask him.

Or sweet talk him.

Or even bribe him.

The best way to get your man to do what you want him to do is to do it yourself.

If you do it yourself one of two things will happen.

#1 – You will do it wrong.  If you’re lucky, you’ll just fail miserably.  If you’re not, you’ll do irreversible damage.

#2 – You will guilt him into never, ever making you do it again.

(We all know that #1 isn’t really an option.  Of course you’re going to do it right.  We do everything right.  If you don’t think number two will work for you though, screw up the chore and make him think you did it wrong.  He won’t want you tinkering with stuff again and therefore he’ll do the dang chore in the first place.)

Back to the bees though.

Asking the man was doing me no good so I had to resort to the ‘do it myself’ method.

So I went about the doing it myself.

I lifted the cover and saw a dead bee floating in the water.

I poured in the chlorine granules and the other chemical stuff that reacts with the chlorine to add pH to the water thereby creating yada yada yada, you see where I’m going with this.

When I turned on the jets to toss the chlorine around a bit I noticed a few more bees.  They were hanging out by the water filter.

Did I just say the bees were hanging out?

Any-who, then they started coming out of the little air hole in the cover.

Bee after bee after bee.

And then I remembered hearing once that funny sounds can aggravate bees and cause them to swarm.

As the jets blasted away.

I picked Jayce up and made a beeline for the house.

Beeline.  Get it?

So anyway, I had to work up a whole lotta courage to go back out and shut the dang thing.

And for this experience, my friends, the man will pay.

As for the bees…I’m unsure of how to proceed.

I’m guessing they like the heat and moisture our hot tub/jacuzzi/spa provides.

Problem is, so do I.

And since they aren’t contributing to the monthly costs of keeping up the hot tub/jacuzzi/spa…I’m totally gonna win this one.

Just not quite sure how to manipulate the bees the same way I manipulate my man into doing what I want.

Somehow I doubt the ‘do it myself’ route will work with them.