Do you have any idea what your CYA is? Zero? High?

You can use granular . . . but what kind you can used, depends on the CYA level.

By the way . . . right now I'm encountering one of the reasons I don't like it when folks try to be anonymous when they register. You're connecting via work, so I can tell what company you probably work for, but I can't geo-locate your IP address. And, telling me you're in Texas doesn't help much. As you Texans are fond of noting, it's a BIG state. You could be in Houston, and have everything in the world available to you, or you could be west of Killeen, in the middle of nowhere, with nothing nearby. So, I don't know what to tell you do do.

Except: if you let the chlorine get low, you'll not only stop making progress, you'll quickly revert to where you were, and essentially waste all the chemicals you've added so far.

Anyhow, if you can get one of these kits:
www.walmart.com/ip/HTH-6-Way-Test-Kit/17043668
they are a Taylor private label kit, compatible with your K-2006. Some are available in the Houston area.

Other things:

1. Turn your SWCG off, till you get the pool cleaned up. You're using up SWCG life for something they aren't very good at. You need to add LARGE amounts of chlorine by hand.
2. If you can't get anything else, get some 'guess-strips' so we can get an idea of where your CYA levels are.
3. Let me know if you have access to a Sams club
4. Go to this page -- http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?14994 -- and use it to order what you need, tonight. You don't have to use my links, but get the stuff.
5. If you have any calcium hypochlorite granular on hand, let me know.
6. When you are out of bleach, go ahead and use ANY form of chlorine you have, at the rate of 2# per day, till you get some test results. Adding too much stabilizer is MUCH better than not adding enough chlorine!
7. While you're at it, order borate test strips, and go ahead and plan to dose your pool to 50+ ppm borate. It will make the pool more forgiving and algae resistant.

IF you have access to Sams and IF you are willing to wait to swim, there's another option, to take the load off, without loosing ground when you can't attend to the pool.