Thora, good luck with the application
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That's nice...have you ever been to Springfield? Never been there...but would love to go there one day.
No, I haven't. I've only driven through Illinois 4 times, just traveled through there when going eastward and then through there again when coming back in the western direction...and funny thing, my family got stuck in the same town TWICE when we went through there. We got stuck in Princeton when we were going on a trip out to the northeastern U.S., and then we got stuck there again when we were heading to Nebraska. Car trouble both times. I seriously half expected Rod Serling from "The Twilight Zone" to rise and start doing a creepy narration or something the second time we got stuck
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It usually takes me an hour or three to get to Chicago (depending on which color train I'm going to. I live near 3....the blue line at O'hare (I live near a Pace Bus line that goes to O'Hare), the green line in Oak Park (Have to take 2Pace Buses) and the Orange Line at Midway (Have to take a Pace Bus and a CTA bus). But to me...half the fun is getting to Chicago).
I've never been to the southern end (or northern end) of Chicago because I tend to stay towards the Loop area. But I have been to a Sox Game (this was well before the last World Series win...and I was bored to tears!) in the south side. But Chicago as a whole is very cool. All the theaters are in one area and most of the muesums are fairly close together. But I would recommend taking the buses and EL because Chicago is like New York and LA. The traffic is a nightmare!
HA, after being in New York City I'm more than willing to believe that and would definitely be doing that. We walked EVERYWHERE our first day in New York City and my feet have never hurt as much as they did at the end of that day. I'm not ever making that mistake again. So I'll definitely take buses (or cabs, or subways) should I go to Chicago.
Incidentally, our 2 new co-workers have ties to Chicago-one lived there his whole life until last year, and the other, I think, has family there.
^^^^Yeah, we're down to two new co-workers. Our third new hire decided to back out today, it wasn't as many hours as she'd originally been expecting. So that brings our total of people who've quit-older co-workers to the newest hire-to, like, 5 or 6. Within one month's time. Not for any nasty reasons, just merely getting new jobs and moving, but still... Shame you don't live out here, Thora, otherwise I'd seriously urge you to apply at the store I work at! It'd only be part-time work, but hey, it'd be something!
I HATE summers in Chicago! I'm the crabbiest person during that time because I feel like a burnt sausage at a 7-11!
Hahaha, agreed. I've never been a big fan of the season of summer, either. The only thing I ever liked about it was getting three months off from school as a kid. And clearly those years are well over, so...
. I don't like hot weather, I don't like feeling all sticky and sweaty and bleh all the time, like you said, there's the whole sunburn factor... Sorry, I'll take fall and winter any day, myself.