Last Friday was a bad day for me. The city inspector came and gave me some highly unwelcome news. However, I talked to another inspector (the one I'd dealt with last fall) and he confirmed something he told me last fall. This made the unwelcome news go away.
Monday morning, a third inspector arrived. The garage looked like this:

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The new inspector checked on the work orders from the first inspector, looked at a few more things, and signed off on the framing! He would have also signed off final if the garage door opener had been adjusted just a little better. Not bad.
Monday night, Kat and I went to Home Depot with the trailer: 
Using this handy device: 
I was able to do this with two sheets of the 10-foot drywall: 
I went to bed tired, but happy.