A wonderful thing happened two weeks ago, I mentioned it in an earlier post. My car is now with me in Chicago! Overall, quality of living has gone WAY up. I love driving, I love not needing a ride everywhere, and I love not relying on public transit to get me everywhere and the shorter commute time as a result! It's pretty much amazing!
There is a downside, I was warned about it too. Parking. Parking in Chicago is like finding a diamond in the rough. Literally, there are all these sneaky, read the fine print signs, which the city will cite you for. There are random handicap reserved spots on the street...some areas require cubs permit parking on the night of games, and so the list of clauses goes on and on. Oh and there are fire hydrants-EVERYWHERE- taking up perfectly good parking spaces. Sheesh, they way they planned these out it's almost as if the city has burned to the ground before or something. It is such a pain.
At this moment, I am continuosly praying that my car won't be ticketed tonight. I drove around for an HOUR trying to find a spot...and the closest I could find is slightly adjacent to a fire hydrant. I stared at the curb for as long as I could. I honestly could not discern where the yellow line ended.....so here's hoping. The really sad thing is that I will get up at 6 am on a Saturday to try and move it to another spot. Hopefully, I will get lucky. I've had to get up early and move out of a spot due to school hours or rush hour traffic. No big deal, I just end up parking 10 blocks away out of the intense desperation that hits....and then move it to another random location in the morning. The good news is: the silver bullet is tiny, it makes parking so much easier and I happen to have mad skills with parellel parking. Good thing. But it is what it is. When I get loaded, or even just a little more wiggle room in the budget.... I will buy a parking spot through my building, and life will be really great!
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