I found out last night at my pre-natal yoga class that my yoga studio is being pushed out of their space. Their lease comes up for renewal in August and the landlord has decided to increase rent rather sharply (more than doubling it). Even has a new tenant lined up already knowing that the yoga studio can't pay the higher rent.

I am really bummed because I'm going to start going twice a week for my pre-natal class in the next session, and it was going to last almost up to my due date, but now it's going to be cut off on August 13th. Not sure what is up after that, but my pre-natal instructor said she'll carry on with the class in a different location if need be, but I'm guessing I'll have to bring my own mat and blocks and bolsters and stuff. I've got most of the gear, but I'm going to need to buy some bolsters, I think. I'd never used them before in all the yoga I did before this, but they are awfully nice to have for support when you've got a big belly in the way of everything.

Even though it looks like I won't be affected too greatly (besides having to find the new place and probably driving farther), I wish a successive string of deliquent and destructive tenants on the greedy landlord. Sometimes people say I'm a bad capitalist because I dislike the greedy landlords and house flippers*, but I recognize their rights to do what they're doing - and I reserve the right to wish bad karma crashing down on their heads for the next twenty years.

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* Not all house flippers are evil... just the ones that buy houses, do nothing to them, and then re-sell them for $50,000 higher. You suck!