Yeah, they meant tentative

Christopher Horrell

Jul 30, 2007 — 1 min read

So hey, remember the occupancy letter I received about a month ago? It turns out they did mean tentative after all.

I received another letter from the developer last week and my new occupancy date is October 9, 2007.

Damn it!¹

Just when things seemed like they had finally settled down, they move the date out by another month. I recall at the time I received the last occupancy letter that the date of September 7, 2007 felt a bit optimistic. Well, at least I have most of my furniture picked out and ordered.

¹ And of course by “Damn it!” I really mean “Fuck!”

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