Here’s another reason we’re moving: this building is falling apart. The water heater seems to break every other day, so I’ve been taking a lot of cold showers lately. There are many good ways to start the morning, but taking an ice-cold shower in mid-November is not among them.

Also, the elevator is out of service more often than not. We live on the sixth floor. I don’t mind walking up five flights of stairs once in a while, but when we’ve been shopping or it’s laundry day and we have to lug massive amounts of stuff up five flights of stairs, it gets annoying. I just hope the elevator is working on moving day, or else the movers are going to have a totally awesome time getting all our stuff down to their truck.