Pool Life

I believe I may have mentioned we have a swimming pool. In Northern NJ this can be both a blessing and a curse.

The swimming part - absolutely delightful.

The maintenance part - excruciating. Sure, there's an automatic chlorinator, but there is no automatic PH increaser, Alkalinity balancer, Hardener balancer, etc.

Then there is the cleaning of the skimmer and dumping out whatever the Polaris found at the bottom.

Let me be frank here - the first time you empty the skimmer of all manner of dead bugs, you puke. The first time you smelled the dead worms and whatnot the Polaris had picked up, you puked.

The actual swim part is the least of the things.