Sitting There In Limbo, Waiting For the Sign-Off

I can see why some people can get antsy when they don’t have a task or a project in front of them.  I’m not one to get bored- I can always seem to find something to do- but when you work for so long & so hard on one particular thing & that thing suddenly goes away it’s tough.

And it seems that all there is to do is spend money when you’re not making it. 

 

That’s where Kate & I were at in early April 2019.  Sitting at home with a locked door on our storefront & on a car full of dry goods with no where to sell them.  

While I admit it was nice to have some time off from Mad Munch, I knew that we were essentially losing money every day & rents would be due on May 1st.  

Luckily, some of our old ties gave us some opportunities to make some sales.  Bonita Valley Church invited us out to serve our Cheezers at their Easter Carnival on Holy Saturday.  Jim Johnson at AC/Pro emailed us back about setting up again for another Friday “Customer Appreciation” Lunch.  Our good friend, Jackie, was also able to wrangle up another lunch setup at F.B.I. Headquarters in Sorrento Valley.

Our new neighbors, OB Beans, two doors down from us on Newport, let us pop up on their back patio (pictured) on a couple of Spring weekend dates.

“Hey, I know how hard the permit process can be,” Ben, the co-owner of OB Beans, said.  “Some of those inspectors can be real nit-picky down there.  Hopefully you get a good one.”

That’s what we were doing- hoping & waiting for our final two inspections.  Eric & his crew were pretty much finished- the outside was done, interior walls & floors were painted & all of the kitchen appliances were hooked up.  We just needed electrical & mechanical to be inspected.

“They’re a little backed up down at the city,” he told us.  “But don’t worry, everything’s in tip-top shape.  The inspector would have to be a real jerk not to pass us.”