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We left the hotel at 4:07 am. It took us roughly 11 hours to get home which isn't bad seeing as we stopped twice for gas, ate lunch, sat in some traffic, and dealt with a detour in Portland. We could have had it worse as there was a huge five car pileup on one of the freeways on the way home. We were about 1-2 miles from it and got through it pretty quick. I timed the distance on the other side and it was about an 8 mile backup the other direction. Poor people. On all accounts.

B and I split the driving to make it easier for both of us. Look at me growing into a better person who lets other people drive. I drove initially and then when we hit Weed (where we had Taco Bell on principle) we switched and she drove for almost 3 hours.

Once we got home we unpacked, started laundry, played with our poor kitties who missed us so much, grabbed some groceries for dinner, and relaxed. We made a smart decision in coming home on Friday instead of driving to spend the weekend up there. We now have two days to relax before I have to teach (2 students M-T, five on Thurs-Fri) and get the house in order.

We watched a little TV while we ate, then since we were both sore, we sat in the hot tub. For once, we both went to bed at the same time around midnight. B was so exhausted and was able to fall asleep.

The only thing of interest was when we got home there was a note on the door from the management office with our lease renewal papers. I knew this was coming (60 days out). Both of us were in shock that they want to take our place up to 1805 a month on a 12 month. On a month to month it's 2027. Excuse me?? What the hell have you done in the last 13 months to warrant an 11% increase? You've done no internal improvements, no ground work, the pool and hot tub were closed for a good portion of that time - so um, fuck you?

We have decided that even if the place isn't available 9/1 that we want, we are going to put all our stuff in storage. I am hoping to ask my friend if we could stay with him for a short time if that happens (if you're reading this, I am sending you an email next) while we wait for one to come available. Of course I would pay him the same as I would be paying in rent per day, but at least this way we are out of here.

Today is some more errands and house cleaning as well as some packing. Nothing exciting.