This will be one of the hardest things I have ever written. Not because it is hard in and of itself, but because of the public nature of it. I chose the title not only because I think Samuel Beckett is awesome, but because it totally describes how I feel right now, and feel almost every year about this time, give or take a week. I hope by the end it will have been worth it for you to read along with me.
When I was an eight-year-old kid growing up in suburban Chicago, my favorite sports team was the St.