23% of our season gone... a monologue/rant.

We are officially 6 weeks behind. From April 15 to October 15 is a pretty typical landscaping season, with about 15 days of rain or snow stopping us. We have had 30 days of rain or snow already this year that has stopped us. This is CRAZY.

26 weeks is what we get per season and we have lost 6 weeks already. That is 23% of our season. That is 23% of our revenues. That means we would have to work steady completing projects until December 1st to make up the time. Last year we went until Nov 1st and then it froze solid. Lost time in this business is just that, lost time. It does not matter how much harder we work, because we already work incredibly hard. There is not much more to give.

23% of our season gone, and we are only in the middle of July. That means we have only worked about half the amount of time we should have up till now. This means, to stay at 23% lost time for the season, we would have to work EVERY day available until Oct 15th. Not one more weather delay day. We work more than other firms due to weather too. Imagine the entire outdoor construction industry in Calgary missing half it's revenues already this year... yikes.

Happy thoughts, sunny thoughts...