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Okay, here are the pictures of the condo. As you can see, we are not moving in the very near term. But it’s getting closer…

The front of the condo.

The garage and balcony at the back.

It comes wrapped in cowhide with brown leather piping.

And it looks something like this.

I found that chair in the dumpster behind my office. The wood was badly worn and the upholstery was a tattered nightmare in robin’s egg blue. But my friends at Re-wrap Custom Upholstery have created magic ― again.

So remember when I said: “And I already know that I can skate ― I don’t think one forgets that particular skill…”

Correction: I used to know how to skate.

It would seem that one can indeed forget that particular skill. I went skating today and it was if I never skated before in my life. Like I grew up in a land without snow and did not spend my youth in the suburbs where I spent many nights at the Mid-Scarborough Arena. Like my entire adolescence was a lie. A big fat lie.

It didn’t help that I went skating with two ice mavens ― my friends K. and S. They skated around me like Rocket Richard at a learn-to-skate lesson for toddlers. (Actually, I’m really glad I have friends to skate with. They were very encouraging and didn’t laugh once ― I think.)

I gotta get one of these.

Pictorial Update:

Here’s me skating:

And here I am resting:

(Note: My bum looks funny because my wallet is in my pocket ― a security tactic.)

A special thanks to K. for taking these shots.