The Center is not done. They haven’t put the countertops in yet so there aren’t any appliances. The flooring is in most of the rooms but not the kitchen, hallway or office-y areas. The baseboard just got put in carpeted areas today. The playground is coming along but they just started to put in the fence.
The long and short of it is I was fairly hopeful last week that we would just squeak by, but on Monday the crushing, crushing despair that we couldn’t have the health and sanitation or licensing inspection happen was apparent. We still had the fire marshal come through, but there are things to fix.
So there we are. We are in our building for a while longer and have told the school-age parents that we can’t provide care for them until this is done. That was also crushing. Some were rightfully mad, some were anxious and some were understanding. It just sucks.
The normal August-is-the-worst-time-of-the-year is just compounded. Don’t call to console me – I’m too busy. And don’t hand me depression pamphlets, Sam. I’m not depressed, just busy and exhausted.