Yesterday, we started work on getting the swimming pool opened. The agreement with Joe, who, until last year, ran the pool, is that he will show me how to start up the pool and get it running and then I will run it for the summer. He will take the opening fee and I will get the money for running the pool over the summer. When it comes time to close the pool, Joe will take the closing fee. So, over the summer, I should get paid about $900.

The main thing we did with the pool yesterday was to take the tarpaulin off the pool and clean the sides of the pool. We also had to take the railroad ties (which hold the tarpaulin down) to a piece of land a block or so away. That was the biggest job as the ties are heavy and difficult to handle.

Now that is all done, we have to wait for Kelly to come along in the next few days to get the pump running.  Then we can chemically treat the pool and start preparing it for opening before the end of the month.