We Have a Winner!

Out of the many entering students who aspired to be residents of our humble abode, a champion has emerged. Liz, an incoming public policy person will be joining our happy family at the end of August (Sorry, no gorgeous guys). With her arrival 3 out of 5 of us will be New Yorkers. My poor little midwestern soul will be vastly outnumbered. But she is very cool and I am happy. The deal was pretty much sealed when she mentioned that she currently works for a publishing company that Derek wants to order books from, and that she can get them to him for free. Housemates with useful connections are always welcome. The only downside is that we liked her so much that we told her she could live with us before we met with a few people we had already promised tours to. So we had to pretend to show some people the house while secretly knowing that it was a waste of our time and theirs. One guy was extremely enthusiastic, exclaiming over our fireplace and our hardwood floors like this was the greatest house he had ever seen. I felt quite guilty for misleading him. But I liked Liz better anyway.