Rush to judgment?

When, two days before the "great design unveiling", you receive an e-mail from your designer that reads:

I will have to say that I was not expecting the design to be too complicated while still maintaining and preserving your expectations. However, after numerous rearrangements exploring all reasonable options, I have manage[d to run] into a few snags that will need your attention and decision. With that being said, I have managed to get just about everything incorporated into your design with the exception of two layout items/circumstances that will impact the overall design.
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At this point, the design is just about complete and our production department [is] working on items they can estimate for the rough estimate. Although the rough estimate will not be completed pending the directions we head, the guys have been putting numbers together this week to get a head start and stay on track. I think what would make the most sense to me when we meet is for us to nail down which direction we wish to proceed and then let production look at it and complete the Rough Estimate.

Uh...you've had 3.5 weeks to play with the design and can't make it all work together and you expect us to make a decision in 15 minutes which path to take, a path that will "impact the overall design"??

The Design Presentation and Rough Budget meeting is scheduled for Fri, 7/2, at 1pm. If it seems that a little jolt runs through the fabric of the universe sometime in the ensuing 3 hours, that might well be me. I guess we won't be getting a rough budget on Friday, because it is very doubtful that we're going to be willing to make a decision, with an audience, that will affect the entire outcome of the remodel.

Stay tuned.