The Saga Continues

For those of you who are thinking about remodeling your home in the city of Chicago, think again. It's not easy.

Today, after mulling it over, I decided to call and follow up with Oscar at the city of Chicago City Hall office. He said yesterday he'd check on the status of our permit. Well, apparently he didn't. And he had no idea where it was. So he referred me to his supervisor whom I left a message with immediately following my conversation with Oscar.

As my frustration mounted, I received a note from our architect firm letting me know that since our project manager, Ernest, was no longer at City Hall (he was relocated to the South side), our project probably was in limbo. Just what I wanted to hear. I was at a loss. That is until I spoke with my friend Tom who mentioned I should call the South side office and speak to Ernest directly. "He might know where it is," Tom said. Which is exactly what I did.

I got Ernest on the phone and explained my situation. He was very helpful and promised to call City Hall to hunt down my project. I apologized for being a pest, but he replied, "You just want to get your permit." So all of this is good news. But here's the kicker. I don't think this is the Ernest I met with downtown. The Ernest I met with three weeks ago was an old man. The gentleman I spoke with today, well, sounded different. So I have a feeling it might be the FIRST Ernest our architect met with in December - the very one that lost our information in the system thus forcing us to begin again in January.

Here's to hoping someone, anybody calls me back tomorrow with good news. I'll take any news actually. Because in this circumstance, no news really isn't good news.