The final unit in our building sold recently, with the closing coming in three weeks or so. From a practical standpoint, that means we finally get a washer and dryer that don’t eat quarters, and that a bunch of mechanical issues around the building are finally getting fixed. On the downside, Lisa and I will have to start paying association fees soon, but at least the holiday from that was nice as it lasted.

I can’t wait to get that stupid for-sale sign off the front lawn. Not only is it exceedingly ugly, every time I walk by it I feel like I have to turn around and yell “hey, we’re a bunch of freakin’ yuppies driving normal people out to the suburbs!” It’s hard to complain about gentrification when you’re part of the problem, but that doesn’t mean I should have to feel guilty about it every time I come home.

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A week from now we’ll be in New England. Hopefully it will have dried out by then.