My dad just took a job in Yakima, WA. So, what this means:
+ Rick's days of hitting on my mom in the Jewel or at the gym are over
- No more free place to crash in Chicago
+ A lovely home in Barrington is about to go on the market
- I do not have $700k to buy the house from them
- This will be my last Christmas in that house
- I guess I'll be home for Thanksgiving, since it, too, will be my last there
+ I get a pseudo vacation home in the NW
+ Learning to ski is finally a viable financial option
+ I'll have a place to fly fish
+ Any of you crazies taking a bike trek out west will have a place to stop or store your stuff if things go awry