Well, it's the first post in a long time, but things are going swell. The roommate situation is working out awesome. We got a good one and the $500/mo is nice, too. Plus it's probably the easiest way to instantly drop resource consumption by about 33%.
Also, I have this bad habit of long, hot showers, so I'm biking to the gym to shower there, as much as possible.
A nice benefit of getting our house in order is that we can buy toys. Like this! 2015 Leaf:
I have a Leaf-related project in mind, but it's not time to ask you guys about that one, yet.