MOVING IN WITHOUT AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT

I bet that you are tired of hearing about “The Move”; but that is all I have been doing lately. So here is a little update:

FRIDAY We moved from our two week suite to our "permanent" office which was not as easy as one had lead us to believe it would have been (some would say it builds character). We had working restrooms but not all electrical outlets were working. Guess who's were not; if you said mine you are wrong; if you guessed Pat's you score. After working for Pat as many years as I have now I have gotten to know what pushes his buttons. I knew this would be one of them. To add to the difficulty our electrical inspector did not give us a "pass" for the final electrical inspection. Long story short, the day was a total loss.

SATURDAY Our IT guy came to help us set up our computers. I had most everything we needed but it was not all on site. I had to make a trip to our "storage unit" (otherwise know as the vault in Mike's building) to get our DSL Router and cables. With not having but one electrical outlet in Pat's office (and that one being controlled by the light switch) we got everything working and then shut down for the electrical inspection in Monday.

MONDAY I walked into the same mess that I left on Saturday. We had non working outlets again; inspector would not pass the final inspection and we were in a holding pattern again. You can only imagine Pat's demeanor; he stayed long enough for me to draft a Motion and Order and correspondence to the opposing counsel and headed out. Maybe we will get a passing electrical tomorrow so Kevin can go down to the City of Tigard and apply for a temporary occupancy permit. I had to make the return of my desk from being on my left side to putting it on my right side or I would be in a corner. I stayed until 9:00 p.m. trying to get my desk taken apart and put back together in anticipation of being able to get stuff put away and in place Tuesday morning.

TUESDAY You guessed it, well maybe not; we did pass our final electrical inspection BUT we do not have an occupancy permit! We cannot unpack boxes, put our desks in place, or make anything look like we are working here. To top that off it could be for a month or more that we will be in this condition.

I will send you pictures of how we are living in a couple of days when I find the cord for my camera. I know it is around here somewhere. Or maybe it is in one of the ten boxes that are in my van. Then again maybe it is in a box that is down at storage. Well maybe I will not be able to send you pictures. I will give it a try.

So while you are all slaving at your organized office’s (small as they may be), count your blessings . . . you are not moving to an office without an occupancy permit.

I HOPE ONE AND ALL A GREAT WEEK!

MOVING AGAIN

Although the new office space that we are moving into does not have carpet; neither bathroom is finished (not even a toilet); doors are not stained (not a big deal); some painting still needs to be done; and we are moving large furniture Wednesday (that is in two days!), then we are moving everything else on Friday. Some of us are trying to figure out what our fearless leader (the owner of the building, Kevin Luby) is on. Pat, my boss thinks he is hallucinating. Keep me in your prayers, I will need them to keep calm, cool and collected.

If you get a chance, and want to have a good laugh, read my daughter-in-law's entry today. Click the link Johnson-and-Johnsons; I had a great laugh!

Is summer ever going to get here? Any thoughts.

SURVIVED THE MOVE . . .

They have shown me that they can survive without me down at the Shop. The girls kept the shop very well organized while I was at my other job; moving our office across the parking lot for a temporary time (two weeks) until we move again to our final spot. I think the second move will be much easier as we will have movers.

We got the word that they will be coming in on Wednesday to move all the bookshelves, desks, chairs, and file cabinets. Then on Friday they are going to move boxes and computers. We will be at the new office unloading boxes as they move the final things.

Pat has been in the office this week and is doing well. Thank you all for your kind thoughts, prayers, plants, and cards. It was a difficult week for Pat; it is good to have him back at the office. He is settling in and getting back to the routine.

My daughter Alyse has been teaching 5th grade for three years now. Her plan was to teach 4th grade next year with the possibility of "looping" the following year. This would allow her to have the same students for two years. Well the Lord had a different plan; instead she will be moving completely in a different direction. He principal asked if she would consider teaching 1st grade next year. With the faith that God would direct her path she put it back into the principals' hands and said she would be willing to teach the class where she was needed the most; the end result is that she will be teaching 1st grade next year. I am excited for her; she will have a whole new set of challenges.

I called my son the other night to see how everything was going and I got to say goodnight to Emily. I got a coooo (I am sure I heard her say "I love grandma.") She has got her first tooth. I am hoping that they get a picture of her showing it off soon. If I do I will be sure to pass it along.

This picture is of her and her friend Oliver



they sure do grow up fast.