Good morning from the East Coast. It’s been awhile since my last update, and I’ve been busy! We have just about finished up at Mountainside Hospital and we are making preparations to move on to the final and most prestigious hospital for this project, Morristown. That move should take place on Wednesday.
We have received three new additions to our team, Jason, Louie, and Diana. I am told we will be receiving two more additions this week sometime. Louie, Jason, Diana, Sergio, Mauricio, Esam, and myself journeyed back to New York this weekend. Again I think a good time was had by all. We saw just about every part of Manhattan we missed. We also found a better way to get around in New York—the subway. What a concept, huh? Details are now on the web, but here are the hilights of the trip:
Central Park (very big)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (we actually just bought a map there)
Rockefeller Center
United Nations
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Radio City Music Hall
World Trade Center
We also (finally) hit the statue of liberty today (er, yesterday). We missed the ferry again on Saturday, so we made a follow-up trip this afternoon. Took longer than expected and we froze our asses off, but it was neat to see and I think everyone had fun. We got to climb all the way to the crown! Great photo op—I’ll work on uploading those this week.
Very cold today on the East Coast. We had rain off and on and we even had a small thunderstorm. Tomorrow it will probably be 90 degrees and sunny.
Further proof that everything in New Jersey is done backwards (I’m going to start compiling a list): Instead of waiting for the water in the faucet to get hot, you have to wait for it to cool down. I’m telling you, these people are crazy. On the positive side though, there are more Italian Delis here than anyway I’ve ever seen in my life. I had Italian food practically all weekend. Some was better than others, but hey, it’s still pasta, right?
One last item before I turn in for the night, don’t ever underestimate the power of a map. We finally bought a map of Manhattan Saturday that we could take with us while walking (instead of my laptop, which is awkward outside of the cah). We probably looked like tourists, but at least we weren’t stopping every 2 minutes to ask where everything was. And speaking of maps, I’m also working on uploading a map to illustrate the places I’ve been so far and the places I hope to go. Suggestions and souvenir requests are now being accepted (but not necessarily honored :-)
Later,
-Sean