Quote for the new day.

Stress is when you wake up screaming,
to only realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.

The Falcons

I can not believe that they did not win today.
Now they are 6-4, with a couple of tuff teams left to play.
But it was a fun game to watch. Ryan did good. White picked up the pace after a few dropped balls.
Overall I just really like watching the Falcons.

Round Two ..... Ding Ding!

So today was round two for submitting my request for rezoning......
Bright an early I start my trek into the heart of utter confusion ( I wrote that cuz utter is a funny word) and found myself faced with a person who really does not like his job or is tired of dealing with people who have never tried to dive into a sea of red tape and make sense of it.
I waited for my turn after signing in and was glad to see that the number of people waiting was growing smaller quicker that the number behind me.
When I was called back I presented my pack of papers and asked to submit them.
After digging through them all and looking things up on GOV'T files he turned to me......
I have to pause here to say that I said nothing different than the last 3 times I was there, and did not have..... That look on my face, or..... That tone in my voice.
...... and he said that I did not write the right things in this space, and where are some photos to help your case, and you need a longer description for this answer, you know you are trying to persuade them, you need architect drawings for any future buildings that MAY be on the property, "IF" you get the rezoning approved, and it doesn't matter that yesterday was a holiday, I can't push this on to the docket, it's not complete.
So I left with my tail between my legs, thinking how bad I had botched things, and where could I come up with 3 grand by Feb.
I called my wife and she said that we could retype everything, and I called Victor and he said that the guy was just blowing smoke, and acting big and in charge, that's how you play the big government game, get what you need and go back today. We need to get it filed today.
I drove like a mad man home, got the retyped papers, grabbed the digital camera and the portable photo printer and dashed off to the quad. Snap snap, print print, and off to the dreaded cauldron of darkness.
Now it's after 1 and today they close at 3. This time I sign in and hope for the best, this time it was a lady, again no one I had seen before.
I guess the 4th time is the charm.
I was called back, and again I explained it all the same. ( I keep thinking that the truth first is always the best starting point,) This time she said everything looked good and asked what's with the photos? I just looked as blank and non committal as I could and shook my head and shrugged my shoulders. After she said that it looked good I just went with it, hoping for the best. The now very nice lady asked me to go and pay, then come back here. That was different, I was starting to feel hopeful. I went and paid, came back, and then the nice lady gave me a big sign to put in front of the quad and a number to call....... then said thank you....... I said "what?" ... She said just call that number and set a meeting and we are good here.

I don't know why I did not call that number today, I guess I just wanted to end the day on a happy note,..... I got my zoning sign.

I like this blogging thing, it's kinda like venting,I don't think I will be up so late tonight.

30 minutes..... You have got to be kidding me!

Today was one of those days........
the harder you try, the farther behind you get!
First I had to meet with my friend to get the notarized forms to take to the capital of Atlanta, and then I had to pick up the 18 copies of the survey that I should of had on friday, (who knew that spending $1200 bucks would be like pulling teeth?) so that I could apply for the rezoning......... which I was late for by 30 minutes.
To try to explain today is like trying to tell a deaf person about why you "NEED" an ipod!
Okay, let me start over, from the middle.
I got to the rezoning office, in downtown Atlanta, at 1:30 today, after I had spent way to much time at the surveyors office, and after I had met with my friend to get the notarized papers so he could be a landlord.
After all of this I was late by 30 minutes.... I tried to take it all in stride,.... I thought for sure that I would not have all the paper work in order anyway, ..... so I'll just have to come back tomorrow.
So when I was standing there at the front desk, stuttering, trying to ask for some one to help with an application for rezoning, THE guy who would or would not take it was standing there, and asked if he could help, and said that the office closed at 1:00.
I asked if he could look at my application and see if I had missed anything?. .... He looked it over and said " No, you got it all here,..... come back tomorrow and submit it then."
Happy with what I thought would be par for the course, ... I left the office and called home with an update........ I was then informed that tomorrow is a government holiday!
Just to let you know, tomorrow is the last day to submit an application for rezoning if, you do not want to wait another month for approval. Tomorrow is a day off for the government.
So I ran back in and asked the lady at the front desk if I could submit it today because tomorrow is a holiday, she went in to ask ............ and after a long wait........ THE guy came back out and said ... I quote..... "your screwed".!!!!!



The blood ran out of my face, it felt like it turned to ice.. I know my mouth fell open... and I think I heard a really weird sound... kind of like a frog being stomped on..( BRRaaahupe ).. and then THE guy smiled and said he was just kidding and that the dead line was pushed back a day because of the holiday.... and that I could do it on Wednesday with out a delay.
Just to let you know..... a one month delay is about $3000.00.
I was 30 minutes late and THE guy would not take it, even though I was standing there and had everything I needed.
(Smile..... and say" Thank you, I'll be back on Wednesday")
Well, I was still on par.
So leaving there I though, I'll just go across the way and apply for being landlord.........( you do know that you can't get there from here, even though you can see it is just right there...) 30 more minutes later.......I find a place to park.
And after showing all the forms to the very nice lady behind the desk, she asked " and,... where is the voided check so we can start? "
NOOOOoooooo......
It wasn't there?...... I know, I never got it. Even thought on Saturday, we went over everything, dotted all the the "i's" and crossed all the "t's", and put it in a folder, just waiting for a notary....... I did not get it at the morning pick up.
So I got in the truck and called my friend to find out where he was and then drove 90 miles an hour to the north side of Atlanta to get the voided check and then drove back at just 70 m.p.h. to downtown Atlanta. When I walked in to the office, the nice lady called me to to the front of the line and took all the forms and check and said that "you guy are in the system".
Batting 500 is not bad...... Right?

What's on the table?

This next week is going to be a doozy. I will be going down town to pick up the 18 copes of the survey for the rezoning stuff, file the rezoning stuff, pic up and submit the landlord application. That is just Monday.
So just as an update I thought I'd take some pics of what's on the table right now.

First up is the new Dreadnought,


Next are the filthy orks,


The eldar in all stages of being finished,



And the last of the Termies, with missile launcher and a heavy flamer.

It is'nt the end of the world as we know it!

Yesterday I had that R.E.M. song in my head all day...
But today the sky was clear and blue....
My wife and son went to the park today to do school....
And he got to ride his bike on the trails....
I went with them before work......
We watched some guy fly his homemade r/c plane.....
Today is no different than yesterday......
But today I decided to enjoy this day.....