moving

today i looked at an apartment in this building. i've been talking about moving back downtown almost since i moved to the 'burbs three years ago, but december 9th i'm actually doing it. that is, assuming the application process goes normally. i don't really expect a hitch. in fact, i expect there not to be a hitch, but the fact that there's an application approval process makes a part of me unsettled until i hear back that i'm approved. it's like the feeling you get when your manager asks to talk to you, or when you realize there's a cop behind you...even though you're not speeding.

the apartment is a studio, which is a bit smaller than i wanted, but one-bedrooms are harder to come by. the only one-bedroom they had available would've had me moving in within three weeks, which is much too soon. the manager was really nice and she told me which of the studios coming available had the best view. so that's the one i'm going for. the building is six or eight blocks from my work, four or five blocks from my church and right across the street from a grocery store. the downtown trolley goes by the building and goes right by jimmy mak's, which is one of the best jazz clubs in the universe. i love downtown living.

it seems surreal that it's really happening, and crazy that i'm moving into a studio by myself, two things i was not going to do. but the roommate never materialized and the one-bedroom is difficult to come by downtown. i'm okay with it. i may be asking my brother-in-law for help building a bed frame that will make my bed look like a sofa, and i think a bit more paring down of my stuff will have to transpire, but overall i think it's fabú.