In the three and a half years I’ve known Jen, I thought I knew a lot about her. This evening I found out that when she was eight, her mother bought her a copy of KISS’ Double Platinum—this is the same mother who sent her to Catholic school from fifth grade through High School. Go figure…

Basically every piece of furniture I own is broken down into its component parts and stacked in the living room; the boxes are marked and labeled, and the fragile stuff is (hopefully) organized so that it won’t get busted. Suddenly, the idea of moving has become a reality instead of an abstraction.