Score!

Yesterday, as I was dropping kids off after Bible school, I heard a commercial on the radio that said if you bought a drink at Marianas Coffee in Marianas Beach Resort (formerly the Hyatt that closed while I was here last summer) then you would get a free pool pass.  I did some internet digging last night, and it appeared that it was a March promotion.  I was a little disappointed, but not overly surprised that I could have heard a three month old commercial.  

However, I went into the coffee shop this morning like a fool asking if I bought a drink would I get a pool pass or was that an expired promo--and it is back for July! SCORE! 

Now if you know me, I think it's ridiculous to buy drinks out. They are over priced (and calorie filled).  But a $6 pool pass for the entire to day to the former Hyatt--totally worth that expensive-calorie-filled-drink. So I got my island coconut frozen coffee and lived the dream. 

Literally.

The first year I lived in Saipan, you could pay $25 which came with a massage, lunch, and a Hyatt pool pass.  During year two, the spa had a "remodel" and that promo went out of my price range.  Occasionally I would walking longingly through the gardens, but could never get in the water.  It wasn't one of those places I could sneak in to.  (If you remember from a few years back, Hyatt Guam was my last island hotel on my list to sneak in to.  But Hyatt Saipan was too small not to get caught.) So it had been twenty years since I had swam in these pools.

After Perry and I got our drink, it was pouring rain! (Of course it was. Sigh.) So we found this cozy spot overlooking the gardens for Bible study.

Eventually, the rain stopped, and we made the walk through the gardens, fountains, and fishponds to the pool.  

Once I got to the pool, there were only four Korean tourists in the water.  But soon they left (it was probably the platypus), and Perry and I had the place to ourselves with out own private lifeguard for the next two hours. Eventually, another family (also sporting the drink from the coffee shop earning a pool pass) joined me.

It was a great several hours.  I took all my upcoming lessons: (Sunday's sermon, 4 youth retreat messages, 5 sessions for the ladies retreat this Saturday).  I would review one of the lessons and swim two laps around the place (under the bridges and through the waterfalls).  I'm sure I will be back!