“Today is the day,” I updated my Facebook status with this morning. It was this post in which I collected the following comment from Colin Powers, “Pancakes? It’s always a good day for pancakes.”
No, it wasn’t my day for pancakes. Today was the day I set up Uncovering Oklahoma as a Limited Liability Company. I now legally, officially own my own business. It grants me the power to write off expenses for taxes, get paid to do the show, and have a new pick-up line.
Never having set up an LLC before, I asked Doug (my lab manger) for help. This morning I went to his house at a little after eight in the morning. (It would’ve been there sooner, but I wanted to make a Metric mix CD for my car.) I picked him up and we went to the Oklahoma State capital, which was my first visit there. We went inside to the Secretary of State’s office. Filling out the paper work was pretty simple and the office wasn’t busy. I opted for the same day service, an extra $25, so I got my LLC certificate in like half an hour, instead of three to five business days. I was a bit disappointed that the document didn’t have a fancy appearance. It had more of a photocopied look, but hey, it’s what the certificate does that’s important.
After I received my paperwork, I dropped Doug off at his house and then I ventured to Target where I bought a fancy frame for my LLC and two scrapbooks as I’m going to start scrap booking Uncovering Oklahoma. I had a new friend, Eric Webb, visit me later in the evening and I had him take pictures of me with my new LCC certificate.
Of course, that wasn’t all I did today. After Target, I went to Hobby Lobby so see if I could some some stuff for my scrapbooks; didn’t find anything I liked. I went to Cort where I bought myself a nice, black dinning room table set for about $400 thus finally completing my furniture needs. I have been working a ton of overtime and hours in general at my job, so I had the extra cash. I did a bit of scarpbooking, watched a bit of Human Target, put together my table, and hung out with Eric. Now, I’m posting this update. Then I’m going to bed where I will sleep. I will wake up and do stuff…
Anyway, Uncovering Oklahoma is now an LLC and I officially own my own business. Next phase: profit!