OK now...let me explain
While I was out of town....my yoga studio flooded.
This has been an ongoing problem - we've had leaks in the roof. I was pretty much ready to stop altogether. But we were told the roof would be fixed - and told, and told.
Well finally they got a crew up there - and that's when the whole thing went to hell. My studio got soaked. Thank the Godz we had already pulled up the carpeting.
However now - the guy I am partnering with is being just a real peach and has promised the landlord we will put down new carpeting. And the landlord because we are having this problem is giving us 6 months of free rent.
Now I want to say I have no capital invested in this venture. None. Zip. But I am furious - I lost all the handouts I would give to my students - I think I have the originals somewhere. I lost some Yoga Journal Magazines. I lost some office supplies. And my CDs all got water-logged (really bad) - but I think I can salvage a lot of them.
So now I am really upset, angry - not just with the idiot landlord but with my 'partner' for his lack of balls. I mean sure we get 6 months free rent but I don't know if that is going to make up for what we will have to spend on carpeting, painting etc. Further because of this I have had to postpone the start of the classes 3 times!!! Cause I kept having to call my students and tell them they were fixing the roof and now I don't know what to tell them. The new tentative date for classes is Oct. 24th....but I am afraid to even start building up the class again.
And while I love the guy I am working with - I really think he needs to play hard ball with this landlord. He has a thriving massage business (and his office is not affected the way my studio space is), but if I keep having to put off classes what little student base I DO have is going to dwindle to nothing and it's my reputation at stake here....
So now...it's raining....and I am hoping it is raining there too (it's about 8 minutes away by car from my home) because if the room gets wet again, I am going to gracefully bow out of this venture (which again my friend was kind enough to offer)-and just begin again to contract myself out as a yoga teacher.
So pray for rain - lots of rain (not that I want to ruin the locals' weekend here...but...it's for a good cause).
This has been an ongoing problem - we've had leaks in the roof. I was pretty much ready to stop altogether. But we were told the roof would be fixed - and told, and told.
Well finally they got a crew up there - and that's when the whole thing went to hell. My studio got soaked. Thank the Godz we had already pulled up the carpeting.
However now - the guy I am partnering with is being just a real peach and has promised the landlord we will put down new carpeting. And the landlord because we are having this problem is giving us 6 months of free rent.
Now I want to say I have no capital invested in this venture. None. Zip. But I am furious - I lost all the handouts I would give to my students - I think I have the originals somewhere. I lost some Yoga Journal Magazines. I lost some office supplies. And my CDs all got water-logged (really bad) - but I think I can salvage a lot of them.
So now I am really upset, angry - not just with the idiot landlord but with my 'partner' for his lack of balls. I mean sure we get 6 months free rent but I don't know if that is going to make up for what we will have to spend on carpeting, painting etc. Further because of this I have had to postpone the start of the classes 3 times!!! Cause I kept having to call my students and tell them they were fixing the roof and now I don't know what to tell them. The new tentative date for classes is Oct. 24th....but I am afraid to even start building up the class again.
And while I love the guy I am working with - I really think he needs to play hard ball with this landlord. He has a thriving massage business (and his office is not affected the way my studio space is), but if I keep having to put off classes what little student base I DO have is going to dwindle to nothing and it's my reputation at stake here....
So now...it's raining....and I am hoping it is raining there too (it's about 8 minutes away by car from my home) because if the room gets wet again, I am going to gracefully bow out of this venture (which again my friend was kind enough to offer)-and just begin again to contract myself out as a yoga teacher.
So pray for rain - lots of rain (not that I want to ruin the locals' weekend here...but...it's for a good cause).
posted by Colette at 8:29 PM
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