history: We're working on building a house, and keep running into delays.  The guy at the city is completely unhelpful! My wife and I are trying to build a house_comma_ and keep running into delays getting the permits. That sounds very frustrating.
current: It is!  The guy at the city could care less if he helps us out.
next: Hopefully you'll able to get it all sorted out soon.  I'm sure when it's done it'll be a beautiful house.