Moving forward

It's Martin Luther King Day and a quote from the doctor is a great way to start this post:

"If you can't fly then run. If you can't run then walk. If you can't walk then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."

That's kind of where we are right now: crawling, but moving forward.

Ola Lola's is for sale and we have a couple of people who are seriously interested. No offers yet but good conversations.

In the mean time Ola Lola's is open again, but just the bar. We're not opening the restaurant, much to the chagrin and disappointment of many. It is hard standing there night after night telling people no more peanut butter burgers, no more asiago dip, no food at all. Some are just disappointed and ask for recommendations for other places to eat. A few have been actively hostile, like we owe it to them to be open for them. Most are at least outwardly understanding when I explain why the kitchen is closed.

It's our part of that "whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."

Even when we rented the kitchen and Elaine wasn't directly responsible, she was involved. When we ran the kitchen, she had help but it was her thing. As anyone who has run a business knows, it can suck you in and eat up your time.

Anyone has been part of a startup knows that is a full-time and then some job. We - I say we, but at this point the work is almost all Elaine's - are moving forward on Pegasus' Promise, the therapeutic riding center we're starting.

She developed two volunteer training modules and held the first two volunteer training sessions with 14 volunteers so far and more interested. The second sessions with hands-on the horses, will be next week. The first client evaluations are also starting next week.

The bottom line is it's just too many full-time jobs to do that and try to run the kitchen. We're crawling, sometimes staggering, but we are moving forward!