Howdy, all! It's been a bit of a roller coaster week around here as we attempted to dive headfirst into the perpetual paperwork machine that is local government. To start on a positive note: we got our business certificate! Sure, it's not exactly the biggest accomplishment,* but we are now licensed to do business in this fair city of ours for four whole years!
We were the only people in the clerk's office who weren't getting married.
But we did notice that the building inspector seemed a bit... hesitant when dealing with us,** and that's seldom an encouraging sign when dealing with city officials. Remember the lack of permits that we mentioned last week? Well it turns out that in addition to not having the building permits for the work that's been going on (which is already kind of a big deal, apparently), our landlord didn't have the permits that are necessary to apply for said building permits (because of course that's a thing). And - go figure - there are more than a few people in city hall who are less than pleased about this situation, which ends up having a direct effect on us.
So... that's a huge bummer. We might still be able to get some things done while this all gets cleared up (that's up to the building department, who may not be feeling the most charitable right now for reasons I've already mentioned), but it's definitely a pretty big delay since the hearing isn't for at least a month. Admittedly, this is hardly the first or the longest delay we've run into,*** but we thought we were this close to being able to Get Down to Business. And now that's been pushed back. We had no real way of knowing this was going to come up, so we're pretty bummed about the whole thing, but we'll just keep movin' along in any way we can.
And! Just so we don't end on a total downer, we got a new door! Sure, it's just a fire exit that leads out to the part of our parking lot that's mysteriously filled with dead tree branches, but there's nothing more exciting than fire safety.
So... that's a huge bummer. We might still be able to get some things done while this all gets cleared up (that's up to the building department, who may not be feeling the most charitable right now for reasons I've already mentioned), but it's definitely a pretty big delay since the hearing isn't for at least a month. Admittedly, this is hardly the first or the longest delay we've run into,*** but we thought we were this close to being able to Get Down to Business. And now that's been pushed back. We had no real way of knowing this was going to come up, so we're pretty bummed about the whole thing, but we'll just keep movin' along in any way we can.
And! Just so we don't end on a total downer, we got a new door! Sure, it's just a fire exit that leads out to the part of our parking lot that's mysteriously filled with dead tree branches, but there's nothing more exciting than fire safety.
Pictured: safety? Probably?
*The main criterion to get one is "having forty dollars."
**When he heard who our landlord was he got real quiet and massaged his temples for a full minute before he could go on.
***I try to avoid doing a lot of finger pointing, but suffice to say: the bulk of the delays we've experienced thus far have been due to circumstances outside of our control.
**When he heard who our landlord was he got real quiet and massaged his temples for a full minute before he could go on.
***I try to avoid doing a lot of finger pointing, but suffice to say: the bulk of the delays we've experienced thus far have been due to circumstances outside of our control.
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