Closing up shop

Big things going on at work that are keeping me way too busy. We're closing our office of...boy...six years? This business is where Ricardo and I do the "back office" work for a software company and work has been slowing down for the past two years. It's unfortunate for all involved because it was a nice paycheck for us and of course the software developers were happily making money. Things change though, so the decision as made to close down our Chicago office. At first though, another company with whom I'm involved was going to take it over. Unfortunately, things have not gone as hoped there either, so they have had to back out. The only real problem is that the lease is up at the end of July. The landlord has recently agreed to extend us a few more days though, for $50 a day, that will allow us to get everything moved out. That was a relief as I couldn't get movers in by the end of the month to pack stuff up and ship it. They get booked pretty far in advance as you might expect.

But we're not just moving our stuff out, as that would be too easy. Nope. We're packing it up and shipping it to Oregon! Yep, Oregon. We outfitted the office with good furniture and such, so instead of just buying new stuff for this new office in Oregon (different but related company) it was decided to investigate packing it up and shipping it all. So now that the landlord has extended us, I've been scheduling moving companies to come in and provide a quote, as well as packing up personal stuff which I'm going to have to find a home for, much to LL's chagrin.

Closing up shop is easier than opening it up, but there's a lot of details that need to be worked out. It's keeping me busy!