"People who like sausage would like it a lot less if they saw how it's made."

Well....I've transitioned to participating in the making of my sausage cabin.

Important developments of the last couple days:

• 👍Found a surveyor  to do a lot boundary survey next week
• 👎The survey is going to cost at least $1800, and maybe more.
• 👍My building designer sent me a revised site plan with the house and drain field positions swapped...and didn't charge me for it. (He earned my hero of the day award. 💪😁)

In any case, here's a sausage summary of my last few days as a pseudo-general contractor:

• Called a surveyor, who gave me a bid of $2500 and can't do the survey for at least a month.
• Call to friend who works with surveyors, and call from another friend who works with surveyors -- they're putting out their feelers for someone who can do it sooner.
• Call survey company recommended by friend (see above). I'm sending over my title report so he can take a look.
• Called another surveyors who can do it in the coming week. He followed-up the next day and said he could do a boundary survey for $1800.  If he can't find *any* other pins, it may cost more because he will need do make it an official, recorded survey with monuments. I need to get him an updated sitemap with some pin locations on it so he can help me identify the setbacks and easements for the building. Hopefully I can do that tonight.
• Call to a excavation/septic install company to let them know ground is clear. Waiting for a call back. Several additional calls with no answer. Sent an email as well, and got an answer the following day. They don't have availability to do the project. I let them know I already have the excavation lined up, but still need someone to do the septic install by October. Are they still interested?
• Call with my friend to bring him up to date on roof engineering. He suggested I talk with SIP manufacturer to see what span the SIPs are engineered to -- might be able to eliminate joists?
• Call to sales rep at Premier SIPs to figure out cost and specs for SIPs for the roof -- can we eliminate joists?
• Called Tricounty septic to get a quote on septic install.  Emailed permit/designs. Estimater is in tomorrow. Follow-up by end of week.