Moving. Again.

By my count, in the 10 years since I graduated from college, I have lived in 9 different apartments or houses in 7 cities (6 if you equate Albany and Berkeley) in 3 states and one foreign land, with 15 different human roommates, 3 canine dogmates and two Spanish felines. I have moved from one side of the country to the other, with stays in Spain and Madison in between; have lived out of suitcases; taken advantage of the rent-free generosity of friends and relations; sold all my furniture; bought new furniture; and packed and unpacked at least 11 times. I remember most of my previous known addresses:

1. 2117 Chadbourne Ave. Madison. With the 'rents.
   
2. c/Divino Pastor, 28. 4^o exterior-izquierda. Malasaña. Madrid. On Adame's couch.
3. 12th St. and 3rd Ave. East Village. New York. In the 4-ft high loft of David and 'Arni's pad.
4. 78 Washington Place. West Village. New York. 4 bedroom basement apartment. First in the roach-infested room right next to the dumpster, then in the much nicer rear garden bedroom with the iron burn mark on the floor. Revolving door of roommates.
   
5. Peralta Ave. Albany, California. In the house with too much dog hair, Christel, and two strange law students.
6. Carrer de Valençia. L'Eixample. Barcelona. Short stint to learn Catalan while living with a Uruguayan woman and another American student. There was a nice hammock in this apartment.
   
7. 1323 Santa Fe Ave. Millbrae neighborhood. Berkeley. In the mini-house with Pam. Addison enjoyed catapulting herself off the deck into the big fenced-in yard.
8. 2700 Piedmont Ave, Apt. A. South of campus. Berkeley. My favorite apartment, and the first without roommates -- sunny, hardwood floors, awesome yellow-tiled kitchen, bohemian neighbors and a marxist landlady.
9. here: 415 S. Pleasant St. Amherst, MA. aka El Rancho Brenneis. Affords a beautiful view of the Mt. Holyoke Range, but I could do without the mold, the asbestos, the traffic, the termites, the broken fireplace and the constant freezing temperature.
10. Next up: 23 Orchard St., Northampton, MA!

OK, back to packing.