because it seems like everything at Chez Puckett these days revolves around the pool.

We do have other things going on - we have more landscaping going in to the front yard, such as this 10' Schott's Yucca:
                                   

I did seven miles this morning, and it has left me feeling bad all day. I think that I should stop doing that - but then I think, "when will I be able to build my mileage up? If not now, when? If not me, who?" or somesuch silliness. So I'm trying to get back into shape, but never - ever - have I been in as bad a shape as I am now; when I started running recreationally 18 years ago, I was in better shape at the very start than I am now, after 18 years of running, purely by virtue of being 32 years old.

The pool is in. The house is a mess - the yard is a mess - most things are a mess, but the pool is in. Is this the way that most folks live their lives - does everything always go to maximum entropy just because something new is introduced? I can't believe it - were that the case, then every time the US added a state, all of the previously-acquired states would have shut down operations and driven over to the new state and said "Ooo! Look at that! - a new state!" and stood around while everything back in Delaware, Maine and Pennsylvania went straight to heck.