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7 LAYNE One year agoThe idling of a truck engine purrs outside, and I take a peek out the window. When I spot the rented moving truck stop beside the curb, I smile. Right on time, a first for Griffin. For as long as I’ve known him, punctuality hasn’t exactly been his strong suit. Honestly, it’s amazing what having a serious girlfriend will do to a guy. Standing and stretching my arms over my head, I take one last look around the nearly empty living room, cardboard boxes piled around the perimeter. When I closed escrow on my dream house last week, I thought the high of home ownership would be enough to carry me through the inevitable moving blues. But no matter how excited I might be to be moving into my forever home—on my own dime, no less—I can’t quite shake this gnawing feeling that s