Ok, Ben...got the kit (Taylor K-2006) and took readings today... I'll try to give extra details...just in case I screwed something up.

Rained hard for a bit today...but pump was running after that for about 2-3 hours. I think it was running for 4 hours before I grabbed water in a cup about 1.5 feet under the surface...away from the jets.
[Granted, the pumps don't seem to be pushing as much water...but filter might need to be sprayed again]

Chlorine Test: Aborted...because
Did 25ml test...put 6 dippers of DPD Powder and STILL didn't turn pink. Thought I'd try the other tests first then

pH test:
44ml of water
Color appears to show pH above 8.0 but not by much.
3 drops of "acid demand" seems to put it around 7.8-8.0
4 drops total of "acid demand" seems to put it around 7.0

CYA test:
did the 7ml pool water, 7ml of cyanuric
then dropped in to small comparator tube. Filled to top and could still see black dot clearly. My guess is that CYA is near 0

Alkalinity Test:
Did 25ml test
6 drops changed color but not really to pink or red.
7th drop definitely changed it to red
so, 60-70 ppm total alkalinity

So, I didn't run chlorine test again since without CYA I'm guessing that chlorine is probably non-existent in the water. But I'll try again if you tell me too.

As a reminder...this is a salt-water pool. I'm trying to keep the junk out of the pool but can't see the bottom...

I still need to check Home Depot/Lowes/BJ's for dichlo or trichlo

Sounds like I could use one of those first to get CYA up...that's if I follow the different info I read on this site.