It's amazing how much life can change in a short seven hours. When last we left our hero, he was planning on heading to the Sox game tonight. However, his brother had to work late and brought the tickets to work with him (in Lombard), so our hero wasn't going to the Sox game tonight. Instead, our hero was asked by a coworker if he wanted to play softball. Our hero, being the softball addict he is, said sure, and trekked his way up to Park Ridge for some 16-inch softball action.

But first our hero looked at two apartments, one of which he completely loves and so does our hero's roommate. Ironically enough, it is on the same north-south street our hero and his roommate grew up on. The neighborhood is changing, dramatically, which is fine. It didn't seem bad at all. It's a brand new (as in, just gutted and redone) building northwest of North and Western, on the corner, which is OK with me. The apartment we'd get would be the first floor rear apartment, so we'd have this nice, big deck. Being on the first floor is huge, too. It's west of the heart of Bucktown by nearly a mile, but it's pretty close to the Blue Line. They want only $950 for this place, and Kazak would not cost extra. I'm telling you, this place is fantastic inside. We're probably applying for it tomorrow...it's so good. Butch saw it at 5:00, and called me and said I HAD TO see it, because it was this good...so I rushed up there with him before playing softball and fell in love with the place. The kitchen is GIGANTIC and the frontroom is really big too. This apartment blows away the other two we saw...just phenomenal. We saw another place on Damen tonight too...just north of North avenue, right in the heart of Bucktown. It was going for the same price, but it was a third floor place and not nearly as big as the first place...plus, the dudes living there (we walked through all their shit, b/c they don't move out until Oct. 1) were so damn messy, it ruined the feel of the place.

Ah well...hopefully this works out. :)

Oh yeah, and now, apparently, I'm playing softball on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. A buddy of mine at work is on a team that needed a player, so they asked me. We play on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Park Ridge. So that's cool...I'll keep playing, unless it's going to cost a million dollars or something. :)