What’s Going On
June 30th, 2009
It’s been a very frustrating few days. I guess I’ll let any of you reading this know what’s been happening.
I’m looking at moving to a new studio. I’ve already rented the new space, but it needs some work to get it ready for me to move in. It’s more space for less rent and it’s within walking distance of my home, as opposed to the 30-mile drive I now have to do to get to my old studio.
I was supposed to move in this past weekend. I had movers and a truck all set and I tore the old studio apart, emptied all the cabinents and desks and packed everything up. But the work didn’t get done to make the new space ready, even after a promise from the landlord as late as Saturday morning.
Needless to say, I was pissed. I had to cancel the movers and truck at the last minute. My old studio is now non-functional, unless I undo all the work I’ve done to get ready to move. And the landlord has been nowhere to be found.
Finally this morning I went down there and found him. I walked in ready to demand my rent money back and just walk away and forget about moving. But, he told me he had been out of town because of a sudden death in his family. I decided to believe him, at least for the moment. So, the work is to be done over the next few days. But I won’t be able to schedule the move again until the middle of the month. And, of course, I have to go ahead and pay July rent at the old place.
At least it’s summer, when I don’t do much studio shooting anyway. I often question why I even have a studio…but I have so much stuff there that I need a place to store it anyway…no room for it at my house. My wife would kill me if I tried to move all that stuff home. Maybe someday I’ll decide I just won’t do any more studio work and I’ll just get rid of most of that stuff…but it is nice to have a place to work…a place to go and be away from the house to get stuff done.
So, everything is in turmoil right now. I’m waiting to see if the work actually gets done this time at the new space. But I’m not going to undo all the preparations I’ve done for now.
On a happier note, that’s the beautiful Adrina posing in an old building in my town…not the building I’ll be moving into, in case you were wondering. I’ll obviously be posting photos taken in that new building soon, assuming I actually do the move. Stay tuned.
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