heat wave

I thought it felt warmer this morning when I went out to start the car..... the frosty air didn't suck the breath out of my lungs or sting my face with its numbing cold the first 10 seconds outside.... it's in the teens this morning.... gah.

So yesterday was interesting.... 5 out of 10 busses broke down and the grammer school was missing 280 kids, out of 500. Mine were there.... ha. No bus, no problem, my car works... let's go!

Then the next kid to go to school, and we realize while pulling into the parking lot, that the boy has forgotten his sax for band..... and seeing as there's a concert tonight, I dutifully go back home and drop it off in the office for the boy.

Thankfully, my accountant called me to remind me that federal taxes are due soon, and I should come in to look over my forms! Ah yes, that's why she gets paid the big bucks.... to help keep me in line. She just earned her money with that little reminder call! Phew!

What else??

Oh, right. Kurt took the day off Tues to look at a great building that I found on Monday. WEll, I shouldn't say, great, it has it's pros and cons too.
Pros: big space... nearly 2000 square feet., perhaps a high ceiling where we need it, we can design the interior layout as we'd like, the landlord is a cool guy, and the rent..... 1400 per month! God, you can't normally touch prices like that!!!!! So of course, it appeals to the george in me.

Cons: it's a second floor space (but we have our own entrance and a double wide staircase), It will take a lot of work.... first to get an engineer in there to see if indeed all the interior walls can be taken down as we suspect they're not weight bearing. It's right across the street from another martial arts place.... (ooops, sorry dude), however, he's more into the Tai chi and slower, less impact arts.... so we don't overlap in our clientelle.....

So, we'll see! I'm hoping we can get a guy in there and get permits going through the city and perhaps sign a lease before vacation, so that when we return on Jan 3rd, we can get going on rearranging the walls!!!

Other than that, I'm in a bit of a panic that Christmas is nearly here... and we dont' really have our shopping finished, let alone a list of what to get everyone...... and the online shopping/shipping days are quickly leaving.....

Panic!!