Pools Are Too Much Work!!

This weekend the grandkids were here. I didn't have to worry about Billy and Shelly. They never want to get in the pool. But Rebecca and Nicholas do. The water was so cloudy you couldn't even see the leaves on the bottom of the pool. YUK! So...I did the only thing I could to clear it up. I shot holes in it! (not really) There is a chemical called floculant you can put in it. I put a bottle of floc in it, let it circulate for an hour, then shut the pool down for 24 hours. At the end of the 24 hours, the floc has taken all the gunk out of the water and it is lying on the bottom of the pool in a cloud like substance (this is the floc after it's done it's job). But the water is clear! Then comes the vacuuming! The pool has to be really full in order to vacuum this stuff out. Cause it takes forever, and as you vacuum, some of the stuff gets displaced and goes up into the water. Well, I was almost done with the first vacuuming and the water got too low. So I had water going in the pool until it started getting dark. It still doesn't have enough water so I'll start it back up in the morning and vacuum some more. What really irks me is that the pool doesn't get used that much. I'd still have to do all this even if no one used it. The only time it's ever used is when the grandkids come up and when Bucky, Mary, the kids, Sandy and Robert come up. I get in it occasionally but it's not fun when you're in there by yourself. So I don't get in it much. So if I know you, and you're reading this, PLEASE come swimming in my pool. And Mary and Sandy, you all and the rest of the family are welcome here any time. And Lilly, I hope you come too. I love you guys. It should be ready to swim in tomorrow after I vacuum it again (hint, hint!).