Regrets, I've had a Few

Does Frank Sinatra’s song ring in your ears after Happy Birthday is through? Every year do you think,  “This is the year I will do________?” Have you noticed yourself or your friends or partner saying things like ”In my next life”?

Regrets, I have had a few too but I want to say upfront that I have lived a great life and am living a great life. I never wanted to be movie star or rock star famous or marry George Clooney. I never wished to live forever in the South of France or skate in the Olympics. While these are all great momentary fantasies, my regret is a more singular possession.

Men are said when they buy their sports car or Harley that they are going through their mid life crisis. Women may relish a shoe shopping spree or a vacation or cruise to settle their mid life restlessness. After the newness wears off the sports car or the Harley, it is usually sold. The cruise, vacation or shopping spree is often accepted into the yearly budget. So what about that nagging regret?

My biggest regret is an indoor swimming pool. I don’t need a deep pool or a big pool but it must be indoors and it must be mine. I will not share it with the neighbors or babies so I won’t have to use many chemicals. I want the end of the pool building to be able to open so when the weather is nice I can enjoy it while I swim. I would heat the water to 80 degrees so there would never be that initial cold-water chill. I would swim everyday!

I am not sure I will ever get my pool. If I don’t, the scales of my life won’t be way off balance. I regret not putting the pool in 15 years ago for long-term use. That is the practical side of me, and this is a whim regret. I have my health so who’s to say I won’t get another 20 years of enjoyment out of my pool, if I would put it in?

What is your nagging regret? Is this the year?