It is now day two, week number four of my driving experiment and things are definitely not getting any better. The drive in this morning took me well over an hour for no particular reason that I could see. I'm still not sure how I got roped into this in a first place. I thought it was only supposed to be for two weeks. This will teach me to be careful what I agree to.
With the start of Spring, we are also now entering the unofficial fourth season in the Chicago metro area commonly known as Construction season or as it is sometimes referred to, Congestion season. I like to call it fucking bullshit. Construction season conveniently overlaps 3 of the traditional seasons, Spring, Summer and Fall. Thus ensuring that the driving commute can suck just about the entire year.
To make matters worse there is absolutely no coordination of timing on these construction projects. To get to and from work, I can take one of three major east/west roads. Every one of them has construction on it that takes the road down to one lane in each direction. This creates a bottleneck of mammoth proportions during the rush hours. I wish the collective highway authorities would take their heads out of their asses and coordinate these effort more effectively. Knowing the politics around here though, I probably have a better chance of ending the war in Iraq.
I can't wait to return to the train. I'd even eat some chips out of Kermit's bag if that was the payment for being able to do so. I think the blog is suffering as well. One can only bitch about driving so many times. I need the freaks to give me something fun to write about. Well here's hoping.
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