I had hoped to post pics of the first shovel of dirt scooped out for the new pool, but as it happens, I don't have any.

Yesterday morning we met with the people who were going to start later in the day to map out the position, which plants were going to be sacrificed, blah blah blah...

I even worked remotely from home so I could be available for questions should they arise.
At the dark hour of 7pm, I gave in to the idea that they weren't coming. So, Day 1 of pool construction has yielded us officially one day behind schedule.

I think I understand why everybody keeps warning us that we will hate our pool company before its all over. Stay tuned.