Well, after some careful thought, I drained half of it, then carefully placed the cover over it. It was a rough 10 minutes, but, thank God I pulled it off. Now, tomorrow morning will consist of draining the cover (flipping it off) and completing the drainage of the ENTIRE pool in careful preparation for the cleaning on Wednesday night (the lifting and squirting out) to be followed by the re-fill and chlorinating and re-covering. I'll be exhausted by 7:00 p.m., and if I have to do the truck pick-up, it could be 8:00 p.m. It's a heavy load I carry.