It’s the last half of May, which of course means it’s lacrosse playoff time. The local Community College won their third straight JUCO National Championship yesterday, and top seed Syracuse overcame the shame of losing in the first round last year by beating Siena in the Division I opening round. So, for now, things are right with the world. If everything goes as planned, it’ll be Syracuse vs. #2 Cornell in the finals on Memorial Day.

Speaking of Memorial Day, I’m actually optimistic that we’ll be able to see the bottom of our pool by then. The water is actually the right color now, but it’s very cloudy. So we’ll see what a few days of running the filter (at about $2.40 a day, not that I’m counting) will do.

I know the black flies and mosquitoes must be anxious to see us get this up and running, because they seem really hungry, and can’t wait to get a shot at some exposed skin. Not that we’ll be exposing much for the next few days, as it’s turned rather cool. Yesterday it rained all day long, and it looks like it’s gonna be a rainy kinda week.

Once the water clears up, I have to try and get the part of the liner that’s off the track (or whatever you call it) stuffed back in. From what I hear, the best bet is to heat it with a blow dryer so you can get it to stretch. That’s cool, ‘cuz I’ve always wanted to try dropping a blow dryer into a swimming pool.

Oh well, time to get going. I’m going in to work early today so I can leave early.