Jesse texted me earlier today and said "well love button, we may have a date tonight." Of course, he said it without punctuation, but I couldn't stoop to such a low, even when quoting. He had a vague explanation about Kent and cheerleading, and shortly after I got a text from a woman names Jlyn (jay-lin) who sounded very excited to meet with me. She asked me to meet her at party planet at 8:00 and I realized that I would have to get dressed and look respectable. That part was not exciting. Nicole offered the company car, and after dinner we all sat around and talked about my prospects and other options in the event that this didn't work out.
We pulled up in front of party planet, not entirely sure what to expect. It looked like the city's closest thing to a coffee shop, and I wondered if that was her reason for meeting me there. Most of the visible walls were glass, so you could easily see a small office to one side, a pool table, a small smoothie bar, and kids everywhere. We went in and said that we were meeting Jlyn, just as she was coming in the door. Once inside we could see that it was, in fact, the studio. The small office had a pro shop that consisted mostly of a rack of bootie shorts and a row of cubbies holding poms.
She showed us around, and it just kept getting cooler. Off the pro shop was a dressing room, and in the back was a kids paradise. The floors were all springy, and there were bouncy houses and slides and a rope swing. The back wall had a foam pit with a rock wall on the far side. In one corner was a closed off area with a small bouncey house that she says is used for the toddlers, and might be used part of the time for martial arts classes. Down a hallway with a little game room off to the side was a small, square room with wood floors. That room will be my domain if I end up teaching there.
We talked for a little while about the other options for dance in the area, and what I have done in the past. She explained that during the school year kids are dropped off right after school and are able to take classes for an hour and then play for half an hour or so until their parents can come pick them up after work. She said that it is basically the only after school program in town, and all she wants is to see the kids in a good place.
She showed me the current schedule, and said that I can basically do whatever I want. Either they can hire me as an instructor, or we can go beauty parlor style, where I rent the space and charge my own tuition. Their classes start the first week of September, but she said that we could start offering mine in October.
I am going to send her some videos of the jets from last year, and hopefully find one of me dancing in Louis, and she is setting up a house for us to look at tomorrow morning.
Just yesterday she emailed someone from Graham about coming in and teaching dance, and she was very excited when Kent told her that we are moving into town. God is good, and I will never be without dance in my life.
I'm pretty sure that party planet is going to be my home away from home, and Jesse loved it there. She even said she'll teach me to tumble!
Awesome status...we officially discovered the coolest place in Breckenridge.
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