It's been a while, but that is because the pool builder isn't doing much -- one small thing each week.
The coping (85 linear feet) took 4 days because they only worked 2 hours at a time. I think they had a lot of jobs, so they did just a bit on each one to make everyone happy. The only reason they finished is because we had scheduled the 2nd pool inspection.
As you may remember, I had to cut my pool decking, which originally was going to be concrete. However, the minimum pour was going to be more than just doing pavers, so that is what we did. The nice thing is that I can do the rest of the deck with the same type of pavers later and it won't look like I did two sets of concrete. They hand-cut the corners because the arc of the pool wasn't consistent. While the size of each cut is different, they pattern they used help hide the irregularity.
I decided to put down the brick patio that was there originally (with a different shape) rather than do rock or leave it unfinished. I need to get about 2 tons of fill dirt to raise the patio level to the existing one. When I get the dirt and the time, I'll pull the bricks up, raise the soil, level it, compact it and set the bricks for real. Then in a few years, I want to replace the bricks with pavers that match the pool coping. However, the brick patio keeps the dirt from being tracked in and doesn't look too bad. You can also see the glow-in-the-dark accent tiles.
Another view of the tiles. The base was built up with motar, then thin set, then a mixture of thin set and "white" (which I think is some type of glue)
Close up view
I want to visit Arizona so bad... Its on top of my bucket list... 
