This is a good day.
First thing this morning I called "my contractor". Boy it feels good to be able to say that! I told him he had the job, so we will get together to finalize everything. He's ready to start right away and so am I.
I went down to get the permit and was expecting something to go wrong scense everything else went so smooth.

lol When I got to the building department there was one inspector, I hit the lottery, Nice guy. He looked over the application and helped me with some of the information I needed from there. Fifteen minutes later I was leaving with my permit.
It went so smooth I couldn't believe it. I can't wait to get started!