This week was moderately stressful. We were told the foundation of the yet-to-be-built-house must be 586 feet above sea level. The land on which we plan to build is 540 feet above sea level. That’s a difference of almost fifty-freakin’ feet! That’s sixteen feet higher than the house on the hill across the street from us. Here’s an accurate artistic representation of what I imagine a house at 586 feet above sea level might look like:

After wearing my fingernails down to proper nubs, we learned it was just a typo – the requirement is only 536 feet above sea level.

So that’s good news.

On the not-so-good-news front, we still don’t have building permits from the city. Now they want a topographical survey of the land. This will take weeks to accomplish. On the upside, we’ll be able to use this survey to better plan future landscaping and outdoor spaces (but that only helps if we ever get to build this freakin’ house).