La Bene Vita

Polarismageddon, Days 17-18

If you're just joining us, August 2023 has me fully occupied with the closing of my second music school location ("Polaris"). I'm moving students, staff, instruments, furniture, wall hangings,  even some doors from Polaris to my first (and soon-to-be only) school in Gahanna.

The sign company who moved my exterior Polaris signage to my Gahanna lobby finished the wiring yesterday, so now it's illuminated:

It's gonna look even better on 8/29 when the piano movers put a white baby grand under it.

Four contractors are officially bidding my Gahanna renovation project (to increase capacity,  aka make more room for not only Polaris staff and students, but also future growth of the location, which I anticipate due to my undivided attention on a single location.) We have a favorite of the four but that may change when actual numbers come in.

Only one more week of lessons in Polaris! Last day is Friday, 8/25, which gives us a week to get all the stuff out that I can't move while lessons are still happening (pianos, chairs, music lab desks and computers, shelves the teachers need, music stands...)

Next weekend and the following week will be busy.  Keith (hubby) will be at work Monday 8/28 through Thursday 8/31 (when, I assume,  I'll have to hand keys over to the landlord... I should really get ahold of them and figure that out, actually,  since I'd like to get my security deposit back.) My very awesome and recently retired dad volunteered to come help that week.

Everything is on track regarding the closing of Polaris.  Now I just need to address my hiring crisis in Gahanna...

More on that later.  It deserves its own blog post titled,  "How NOT to get hired."