The good news: I’m still alive.

Yes, yes, thank you, I’m tickled about it myself. I’m over the cold/flu I had except that I continue to have a cough that’s troubling me. Nonetheless, I’m away from work for the rest of the week. My college roommate, Chuck, is scheduled to arrive via amtrak on Wednesday evening at 21:59 in Boston’s South Station. He’ll stay for Thanksgiving weekend and I’m sure we’ll have a good time.

The backyard is a complete wreck. The demolition crew is in the midst of dismatling the concrete retaining wall that holds up my neighbor’s driveway. That is, the neighbor is an apartment building and the wall was tilting badly. They’ve had a devil of a time digging the reinforced concrete out of the ground though. There’s a giant excavator and a bobcat tearing apart the neighbor’s driveway. I’ve uploaded some photos to Flckr.

http://flickr.com/photos/pvt_idaho/

There’s been some minor damage to the house — some of the siding was damaged and they’re in the process of replacing it. Also there was sort of a “weed” tree that was really badly in their way and they offered us $200 of we would just let them take it down. We talked them in to replacing it. They promised not to give us a little sapling but will instead give us something larger. They’re also supposed to give us a gift certificate to Polcari’s — a local italian restaurant we like. Ant’ny said he liked it too.

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