Day 1, back in the thick of it

Only in nyc can you be sweating walking down the street at 6 a.m. while it,s raining. I brisk 2 mile walk with dive gear in tow will do that, even in mid october. And where else could the hardest part of the day be just reaching the river! I was within a stones throw of the dive site, but couldn,t get across FDR Blvd to reach it! Took a half hour just to find access, and i,m sure i made the UN complex,s security nervous crossing back and forth. And wow... Dive work in NYC really is the world series of this profession. After 4 years of looking at relatively new and well kept bridges with a few piers and not much to say in the ridiculous paperwork, i,m back in the thick of it inspection-wise. A post-war timber wharf with nearly 2000 piles.. A little intense for week 1! No doubt i,m back in the city. Anyway, after an exhausting day, i got to relax and listen to adamski-diver banter with a local cinemetographer about techie movie making stuff i haven,t a clue about, after which he showed me how to whip up some killer pasta east village style, and finally i got to skype with tiff and the kids a bit. All in all, a good first day of work back in the big apple. An update othe colorado front on the move: dylan was home sick for the first time in her 3 yr school career. Poor kid... I feel a little to blame. But better news: tiff conquered the appraisors! After 5 or 6 of them wussed out on us, she finaly got one with cahones. He apparently went as far as denver for comparables, one of which was a converted mosque! How about that for tenacity! Love ya babe.