sad story

Maybe other people won't find this sad, but i did. When i got home tonight i had to go get the oil changed and then planned to clean out the hot tub so that when they people come tomorrow to replace the pump it will be clean and ready to go. well, there was about 15 inches of water at the bottom of it and last night when i meant to clean it out it was too cold and i wasn't prepared so i just left it for tonight. in the meanwhile a squirrel climbed down and probably lost his footing.. that's pretty deep water for something that's about 8-10 inches tall, and it drowned. when i discovered it Cat said she thought she remembered hearing a strange noise this morning out there but assumed it was the neighbors and didn't think much more of it. meanwhile the cats seemed to have watched the whole event.. at least that's our best guess. anyway.. i had to fish it out and throw lots of bromine in and then drain the tub. it was a disturbing lesson about how the tub is an attractive nuisance.. and i was really glad that it wasn't a child from the neighborhood or something that fell in. anyway.. never another time will i leave the cover off..