Sarah and I drove to Rock Hill Friday for our home closing. It was surprisingly painless. I had heard lots of horror stories about closings, but ours was a snap. We even got money back, due to our seller covering a lot of closing costs, the prorated taxes, and our earnest deposit. I will credit the ease of our closing largely to the skill of our agent and the goodwill of everyone involved. Our seller/builder (our house is brand new), even gave us a notebook with all the subcontractors listed, some lawn care tips, and all the warranty information on our appliances. We camped out in our new bedroom on an air mattress; we're moving everything on Thursday.

Saturday night we were back in Charlottesville for a going away cookout hosted by out neighbors, Chuck and Kellie. Since over 50 people had RSVP'ed, they moved the party out to Chris Greene Lake. It was lots of fun, even if a little melancholy, since we're saying "see you later" to lots of friends here in the Ville.

Sunday was more packing, with a lot of help from Sarah's sister, Jen. (She came down from Baltimore for the party). Sunday night we went over to my buddy Cameron's new house. He gave us the tour, then we grilled out and played with the dog a bit. His wife, Jenny, was out of town until Tuesday, so we didn't get to say goodbye to her. But it's not like we're never coming back to Charlottesville.

Also saw Batman Begins Friday night. Very good stuff. Top five superhero movies, definetly. Better than either X-Men movie, maybe as good as Spiderman 2, maybe as good as The Incredibles. Hopefully, there will be more Gary Oldman as Gordon in the sequel.