A pool of emotions

My pool continues to challenge me every day.

This algae problem has been killing me. Keith came and put some algae killer into the pool, and it is definitely looking better. It's no longer green, but the water is cloudy. I've back-flushed the filter about 4 times since yesterday, and this last time when the water came rushing out, it was green for just a little while. Good news, right?

Now I'm scrubbing the sides and trying to make sure that the pool sweep has just the right amount of flow. My pressure level is perfect. If I can just get the algae cleared up, get rid of the cloudiness and keep the pool sweep running efficiently so that my kids can enjoy the water this summer, I will be in pool nirvana!

I'm proud that I know how to take apart my filter, clean it, reassemble it and get the system back to proper pressure. It's something I would never have been able to do, or wanted to do, before I started flying solo. And now, I've made even more progress because I now can tell which way the water flows through all of those pipes and stuff around my filter, as well as which ones are coming from the vacuum line, skimmer and drain. Now if only I could master the water chemistry part, I could save myself $40 per month.