So, one of the real ding about the office happened yesterday, whenI finished a polish on a chapter, and the next step is typically to read it. But then I realized I’m in a shared office. I have walls, but no ceiling, we can all hear one another, and I don’t just mumble through the text, I perform it. I tend to do it one time textually, trying to hear missing/wrong words, and to make sure it still holds together. And then I do it the second time like a public reading, acted out and fun.

But, in a quiet office, where most people seemed to be doing telecommuting and Internet startups, etc., the vibe wasn’t right.

Then I started thinking the same would be an issue when I did phone interviews for Oasis.

Long story short, I borrowed a car, emptied the office, and now I’m back home full-time. Still down there for yoga classes, but that’s just a break in my day now, with a roundtrip 8 block walk.

I still have to sort out what it will cost. Technically, I paid the guy a security deposit plus March’s rent, except he has been out of town, so I took my check back and left the keys in their place. Hopefully I can get off with paying for 6 days, and a bit for power, Internet, etc. Slight chance I’m still on the hook for March, but technically, moved in after he was already out of town, and he still isn’t back, so unless someone else was interested, I occupied the office for a time when he wouldn’t be able to show it anyway. We’ll see what happens…

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