A Tale of Two Vacations

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of sleeping in, it was the age of unemployment, it was the epoch of cherry limeades, it was the epoch of chain-smoking, it was the season of New Beginnings, it was the season of Moving Over and Over and Over..., it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were living rent free, we were living with my parents - in short, it's time to move out.