Well now it's official...

Not like this should come as a surprise, but late this afternoon I officially registered my company with the world.  Well, Alberta at least.  I'm still stuck on pins for a cool and catchy name (and a girlfriend out in NC says all my choices sound like nightclubs  lol), so I have to settle for a numbered company "doing business as..." for the time being.  Sooner or later a name will come to me, and then I'll just do a corporate name change for another $130CDN.  ~sigh~

I was in such a shithouse panic to get this done on Saturday for some reason, but then I realized that the inner karma and irony wasn't lost on me.  That date on Saturday, 2-7-09 sounded a lot too much like 27/09 which is my ex fiancé's birthday.  Way bad karma right there, and this probably explains why the lineup on Saturday went nowhere...I wasn't supposed to be there...I wasn't supposed to do it that day of all days.

However, 2 days later (today), 2-9-09 had huge appeal to me, as that was my Mom's girlfriend's birthday, 29/09.  She was always like a second mother to me, and she was the one that forced me to go back to school twice) saying she knew I was better than I acted, and should be doing something about it.  In her final year (she was dying from cancer), when I was in school, she told me how proud she was of me and she always knew I'd be going places and not to piss it all away.  She said she saw great things for me, and told me that she knows I can be anything I wanna be, and do anything I wanna do.  She said she'd always be proud of me.  So to get it done today was paramount.

And it almost didn't happen.

Went in, and this joint claims "same day incorporation", so I thought perfect I'll just do it and get it done.  Went in and paid, and then she informed me that it could take a couple days because they were "short staffed".  NOT IMPRESSED.  But I thought, okay 2-11-09 has two sets of 2 so this could work for me.  I am a Gemini after all.

But that lasted just about 20 minutes and then I went on a mad dash calling every other registry outlet nearby to see who could do an actual same day incorporation for me.  Ironically enough, my insurance agent answered the call and I didn't even know they dealt with such things.  I got dressed again and flew out the door to head down the road to their offices.  Took me less than 15 minutes to get it all signed up and paid for and finalized.

15 minutes...and I was told by another company it could take...2 days?

Hmm...

Oh, the sister/parent company to the registry outlet that gave me the 2 day time frame called me back after-the-fact, and I told them I literally just got back in from getting it done elsewhere.  To anyone that deals with business, these are words you do NOT wanna hear...like, EVER.

"Your people wouldn't do it for me, so I went elsewhere..."

Yea, you don't ever wanna hear that.  This lady seemed annoyed and asked me if I knew the name of the agent that told me that or what she looked like, herself knowing that short staffed or not it usually only takes less than 15 minutes to file a numbered company.  I gave her the 411 on the rep that told me 2 days, and she said "Thanks..." in that parental tone that you all know spells danger for the recipient.

That chick is SO gonna get her ass chewed out I suspect...heh.

I'm now a company owner.  Business owner.  Officially.  Gotta tell ya, even though it's just a piece of paper, I feel like I can bend steel with my mind right now.  I feel powerful.

And I have blankets of good karma surrounding it already.

This is for you, Norma.  I'll show you just how bright this star can shine...I'll make you proud.