normally at this time every week i start hoping maybe it's possible to just sleep through the six days between now and next sunday's football. it's really the only thing i have. but since i put "normally" at the beginning, you know that this week is different. my move to birmingham is all but finalized. thanks to my dad loaning me some money and a few great pals willing to make the drive to chicago to help me load my shit into a uhaul and get my car back down, i'll be completely relocated by next monday. it all fell together beautifully, i have to say. so beautifully, actually, that i wonder why i didn't just do it all a month ago. i took care of the last and hardest thing a couple hours ago - emailing the people i'm subletting from and letting them know what i've known for a few weeks now. i opted for e-mail because i didn't have the guts for an over-the-phone confrontation. i told them i left my phone in a friend's car. so with everything taken care of, i'm going to enjoy this week, my last in chicago.