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Happy New Year!

Along with my typical resolutions of going back to the gym more regularly, becoming more qualified to teach and enjoying the little things I've added a new one this year. I resolve to get serious about my living arrangements.

Serious is synonymous with not wanting to admit that you might be a Utahn for longer than you thought, flipping out about the possibility of having a loan worth more than your car and student ones and generally not wanting to grow up and become a homeowner. We're a bundle of all of those things right now.

I'm also a bundle of too much stuff for our small house, wrenching my ankle trying to get into my vintage closets and over the Tetris game of where to park my car.

I guess there's no harm in looking for a home of our own. We're going back out for our second weekend of hunting tomorrow. Posting pictures soon...


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