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So in addition to both me and Robin looking for work, the home situation has suddenly gotten strange, as our downstairs neighbors (the Russian doctors) seem to have suddenly moved out. When we saw the moving van this morning we thought it might be for one of their children, they have a son who visited and stayed almost every weekend, but we came back from doing some errands (we figured it'd be easier on them if we moved the car and gave them some space for a few hours) and everything was dead quiet, with both their cars gone, as well as their son's and the rent-a-van and the moving truck, and their blinds pulled down. If they are indeed gone I'll miss them; although it was sometimes tricky parking my car between their two, and being a little hard of hearing the family patriarch occasionally liked to blast the TV, they were among the quietest and nicest neighbors I've ever known, and we have no idea what kind of folks will be moving in now. As this house is fairly close to a college I'm hoping it won't be partying-type students, but we have little choice in the matter. At least it's still downstairs, rather than upstairs. Although I could wish some strange workman with a ladder hadn't been around yesterday morning, as some wire or other seems to have been snipped and the cable in our living room is now out of operation for the weekend, just when it's gotten quiet enough under that room to watch TV again.