Another bullet dodged

I was looking forward to a quiet day to get caught up since nobody was going to be here today working. I got a call at 9 am from the electric company saying they were going to move ahead with cutting our power since the city had not forwarded them proof that we had passed the service inspection. We passed this last Wednesday. The lady I've been dealing with at the electric has been pretty cool and true to her word, so I wasn't worried when she said I could call her later after going to the permit office.

I went to the permit office mid-morning and left her a voicemail around noon with the results. It turns out that only the inspector who passed me can forward the proper paperwork to the electric company so I have to go see him early in the morning tomorrow.

Imagine my surprise when the electric company truck pulled up and I was thinking great, they are here to connect the final wiring to the panel. The tech said "I'm here to cut the lights." Fortunately, he was really cool and saw that there is a running meter connected (for which I am paying the bills). I also told him I had passed the inspection and that I had just left a message for the person who gave him the order. He was equally puzzled why they wanted to cut my power and didn't do it. Whew! What a pain that would be. It's already rough enough living here - we'd have to get a hotel room if they cut the power. I was puzzled by the order to - I told the lady I've been dealing with I'd look into it today, and she said okay but had already forwarded the order to the tech at 7:30 a.m. I really hope I can get this straightened out - we are screwed if I can't get is straight soon. We'll either lose power (and who knows what it takes to get that back on) or we'll have to get temporary power (several hundred dollars to put up and then several hundred to take down). They are just being a pain because we put the old meter on the new panel and apparently "you can't do that" even though we are paying the bills and the electrician has never had a problem with this before. It's also difficult dealing with two burocracies that don't know what each other does.

I finished cutting all the curved granite tiles today. I only have two straight cuts to do and then I can lay all the rest of the tiles. Hopefully I'll do that tomorrow and then get them grouted Wednesday. I also made a sample piece out of the window and door trim to try some finishes. We are leaving the wood trim as wood, so I am trying to decide if I should stain, shellac, oil, etc.