Yesterday I clicked on a very important link, initialed and signed in various places and pressed finish on my first solo lease. I have my apartment through the end of 2026 (I am on the weirdest lease cycle and the renewal was early because its rent stabilized). It’s the first time in my life that I’ve had a lease for just me and it’s a gift. One more year of snuggles with Este on the couch, one more year of having people over for dinner and a tv show, one more year of weekend mornings with coffee and a book.
This is the year I’ll finally see if they can fix the dishwasher shelf with the missing glider. Maybe I’ll even install a medicine cabinet (via a task rabbit of course!). I’m getting a rug for the living room delivered next week. I filled out this lease in a rush at the office, docusigns feel routine even if they contain life changing news. One of the strangest parts of modern life is how the most life changing news arrives in the same place we get endless spam. It’s easy to miss it.
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