Day one, (real) construction started 
Like most older homes, our electrical is one big spaghetti bowl of tangled noodles. The first full day of construction focused solely on electrical as well as removing the dreaded post.
Spoiler alert! It (obviously) was not load bearing as we suspected, but just not sure until today. Relief!
We purposely did not immediately replace the floor when we dropped the raised floor so that they could cut directly into the subfloor to lay the significant electrical for the oversized cooktop and dual oven. One unexpected decision happened within the first hour of construction this morning and that was having to decide where our recessed lights were going.
We had taped the layout to the floor so that the contractors knew exactly where everything was to be placed, but that layout came in big time handy when we had to figure out where those recessed lights would live.
Another day of electrical tomorrow so not much to see and then we get to the fun stuff.
Christine Anne Scott 