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Every week for the past two months, we've been just about to close on the sale of our old house. This Friday for sure! No, um, maybe next Friday. First the buyer's bank dragged its heels on their mortgage, and then the polar vortex knocked out the furnace and froze the pipes, which took a while to clean up after. I became certain that, when David Byrne wrote the lyrics to "Burning Down the House," he was on the selling end of a residential real estate transaction.

I miss that quirky old house, and I'm so glad it's now someone else's problem.

Now there's a real possibility that I might live somewhere other than limbo by the end of February. I could have a study of my own in which to open all those boxes of books.

Date: 2014-02-01 04:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dthon.livejournal.com
Congrats! I know that was a long, long adventure!

Date: 2014-02-02 02:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dr-pretentious.livejournal.com
It was more adventure than I thought I was signing on for. I like to read and write about adventures, but I generally prefer to live in a sequence of lyric poems.

Date: 2014-02-01 06:26 am (UTC)

Date: 2014-02-01 04:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kistha.livejournal.com
YAY!!!!!

Date: 2014-02-01 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laradionne.livejournal.com
Yippie! Just in time for Chinese New Year and all sorts of spring-related bringing in of the new celebrations!

Date: 2014-02-02 02:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dr-pretentious.livejournal.com
It'll be easy to remember when to do all those once-a-year maintenance tasks. We'll aim for Groundhog Day, and then emerge from our burrow.

Date: 2014-02-02 05:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spindlewand.livejournal.com
Wonderful! And may you be in your new digs sooner than you can imagine...

Date: 2014-02-02 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tracyandrook.livejournal.com
Congratulations, and compliments on your stamina. You made it, phew. Now to celebrate in the groundhoggiest possible ways...

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