Okay after looking at a million pictures of snakes I discovered it was a ringneck snake in my pool.
Diadophis punctatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Totally harmless and in fact beneficial. It was an adult snake not a baby- they just don't grow very big. I feel a little better (and kind of silly). I found this on one site
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herp...punctatus.htm:
Ringnecks are the snakes that are most frequently found in Florida swimming pools — they crawl in to get a drink and then cannot climb out because they are too small to reach the lip of the pool. If you find one in your pool, lift it out with the leaf skimmer or a dipnet and turn it loose in the shrubs where it can get back to eating things you do not want in your garden.
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