I will miss: The Leisure Pool

Immediately after I arrived at Texas Tech, my wonderful colleague Julie Willett offered to show me some things around campus. Julie and I drove around campus in the Saturn, as she pointed out certain buildings and useful places. In particular, she directed me out toward Flint and 18th to show me the Rec Center, because in her words, "you need to see the Leisure Pool." She had mentioned the Leisure Pool before, several times, so I was starting to wonder about this magical place. And she wasn't lying.

The Leisure Pool deserves its own post. It is fucking amazing.

The Leisure Pool is, hands down, the best thing about Texas Tech. There is like a half-mile long lazy river (actually 645 feet) where you can just float and float and float. There is a huge "wet deck" which is basically a huge set of shallow steps with water flowing over them. There are play pools for basketball and volleyball, fountain spouts for the little kids, a diving pool with a huge slide, and hundreds of lounge chairs, not to mention, a huge lap pool and hot tub. I spent most of June at the Leisure Pool last year sprawled out like a beached whale beside the pool with my favorite people, Jackie, Nataleigh, Samantha, and Nolan, and floating in circles laughing with/at Patrick and Judd.

Texas Tech should arrange for all students to tour campus between May-August to see the Leisure Pool. They are always talking about student enrollment and retention. Those number would be through the roof if they just sold the Leisure Pool for it's full potential.  My mom fell in love with it the second we walked in. It was literally the only thing she wanted to do in Lubbock. She is currently visiting for about 10 days. I estimate that at least 5 of them will be spent at the pool.

I will miss the Leisure Pool so, so, so much.