Hurry up and catch up!

A wise man once told me, "you can't play catch up on the back end." Only now, as I sit upon the new stairs of Gymfinity overlooking the huge task before me, do I fully understand what he meant. Trying to build a dance studio, while simultaneously setting up a gymnastics facility has proven to be a daunting task. I still feel up for the challenge but I am certain I have set things up to be tough.
As I look out at our large dance floor area I can see piles of gym equipment, office supplies, and garbage that I wish I had taken the initiative to move out weeks ago.
Don't get me wrong, I've been working hard, and accomplished quite a bit during the last few weeks. Yet I can see in my minds eye where I fell into the trap of stopping short, cutting corners, or at the least not thinking ahead.
Stephen Covey says, "begin with the end in mind", I hope everyone keeps this in mind when undergoing projects of their own. I also hope everyone remembers that if you don't feel like doing as Mr. Covey says, remember what Mr. Biggs says, "you can't catch up on the back end."

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getting close....

Thanks to everyone who has helped Gymfinity Gymnastics get this far. The gym portion is in the homestretch and I'll be working on the dance studios this weekend, pics to follow!

bar pit continued....

Assemble inner walls


Joist and brace

Hey lets build a bar pit

Above ground bar pit assembly.
1. get a big pile of wood, (make sure the guy who delivers it drops it in the right place, or you'll have to move every stick of it).




2. Layout the wood in the desired shape.
4. Assemble walls

Let there be light

A lot of work got done today and things seem to be really coming together. Check out these pics:Gymfinity Gymnastics, livermore's shining light in the world of youth sports

Or at least a shining light in the bathroom and hallway of a building in south vasco. : )
Seriously though a lot got done today that I didn't get pics of. The handrails on the stairs were installed; all the lights and outlets; partitions in the bathrooms; doors were cased. Plumbers weren't there so no toilets yet but they said they would get them in tomorrow.

Work for tommorrow for any volunteers, we will be setting up some more equipment and moving a lot of stuff around tommorrow so anyone interested can come by between 4 and 7pm to lend a hand. NO CHILDREN NO CHILDREN NO CHILDREN........ it is still a construction site so appropriate footwear and mindset is a prerequisite.

Dude, that's heavy

If you can't read it is says 2.5 tons. That's 5000lbs. That is the weight of all the garbage, scrap metal, lumber, and busted concrete I loaded into a trailer and hauled to the dump, and let me tell you it was heavy. It took all day to load but if it isn't done we don't get a bar pit so that's how its gotta be.

Practice updates for girls and gym set up

OK first off lets get up to speed on practice for next week so that everyone is clear on the situation. The situation is that the city has come to our aide again and is going to send out the building inspector just as soon as the plumbing and electrical is in place to give us our final inspection. The problem is that the plumbers that were scheduled to start on Friday could not come out because the bathroom flooring wouldn't have been dry enough yet. So this has bumped back every other contractors schedule in turn, and thus bumped our final inspection to Wednesday. So now we are going to have to cancel practice until the inspectors come. On top of that we cannot work out at CGA or Marie's gym because of the switch to afternoon schedule. So the schedule for the rest of the week is as follows:

Mon. Tues. Wed.: cancelled
Thurs. Fri.: Lvl 4: 4=7pm
Lvl 5: 4-7:30pm
Lvl 6 and above: 4-8pm

Sat.: Lvl 4: 9-12pm
Lvl 5 and above: 9-1pm
Dance is also going to have to change their schedules, and should get an update from Crissy or Rochelle. Just remember everyone, we have already done the impossible in getting this far this fast. I know no one wants to deal with switched schedules especially with school starting but to ease the pain I'll include some pics of the new gym I took today;
Doors installed, small dance room painted:

Gymnastics area partially assembled:


That's the view from the mezzanine

In the homestretch!

Sorry everyone it has been quite a while since I updated everyone. I'm also sorry that I haven't got any pics to post today. Well here's the latest and greatest. The gym has been painted; doors have been hung; flooring in the bathrooms, break room, and janitors closet; windows in the lower waiting room, and it all looks great!
We have managed to get to this point in just over a month of construction. To say this is crazy or impressive would be a massive understatement. If it had not been for all the help we've received from the city and contractors we would still be playing phone tag with the city with no build out, no dance studio, a big wall in the middle of all of it.
Next week the bathrooms will be finished up, the carpet installed, the dance floors installed, and if all goes according to plan the final inspection will happen by Wednesday. A few more days and we'll all be dancing and tumbling and our silly little heads off.
Keep yours eyes out for help requests that i'll send out.

goodbye courtney

Well today we said goodbye to a great coach. She will be missed a great deal by parents, students, and Juli and I. Courtney was reliable, respectful and had a great attitude. We wish her nothing but the best at Sonoma State and hope she comes back to visit us.

Bye bye Courtney

Ready for paint and a logo

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