if you’ve ever been to chicago you know that it suffers from stupendously obnoxious traffic congestion on the best of days. and now that the dan ryan, the busiest road in Illinois, is undergoing self described “drastic lane reductions” and every…single…toll..booth…area is being ripped apart for open road tolling construction, well, it’s like a perfect storm of traffic jam suckitude which makes an already very long trip almost unbearably longer. and yes, i know the city recommends that you avoid the ryan, but i gambled and lost, big time.

hi. ho. good thing we’re not moving back to chicago; i don’t miss the 3+ hour daily commutes one iota.