101222 Something wicked comes this way

 wicked bad insomnia last night starting around 2am and eding at around 430 when i went back to sleep till 6.

The pool is drained down two steps.  Even after running all night it did not drain past the last step and the deep end has not started yet, although i should be in a good position to start power washing it as a large part should be exposed by this afternoon.

I will have to back wash the sand after it is drained and refilled or change out the sand, the second seeming a little overkill right now.  i hope the pump survives the idleness.

The deep end is quite murky, not sure what the bottom will look like but this algae is like a super fine dust and the pump seems to have no problem with it.  plus the chalky water from power washing will also be diluted if i start now which might help keep the pump from being clogged.  either way the pump has to have fresh water run through it after the treated water from the pool although i intentionally let the chlorine dissipate a little before draining, hence the murkiness although i suspect it would be murky anyway.

Probably time to make the first of several trips to the hardware store, high quality rollers (to prevent loose threads in the polymer) lare and small and enough for both coats, a roller extension (threaded stick); some thick painters tape since i will be putting on two coats both polymers, this seems like a time saving idea.  That is probably 30 dollars worth of stuff together, certainly under 50.  the paint and supplies will end up being close to Fifteen hundred dollars, the water will probably be fairly expensive.  Once it is drained i need to fix the lights, but i have everything for that and its probably within the estimate anyway; 1000 of it is the primer and paint.  I will  try the power washing before i go because if it does not get all of the black algae i need to add the sand papers to it.  this  should be a fun family project, but that doesn't exist in my world and i wonder if it exists in yours.

This blog post is about insomnia and pool maintenance, time to get to the more difficult work.  I am not going to get the ai help i was hoping for; but i learned a powerful lesson and will budget for it.  likely wont get the grants anyway; but i am going to budget to license or buy an existing ai program and the expertise to edit it.  Not going to reinvent the wheel.  My experts job will be to evaluate it and then adapt it to my algorithms.

And here is something calming to think about.