Voting IS sexy!

The election is closing in folks and there is absolutely no reason not to participate!!! While I would love to have the power to make you vote for the person I want to win, I am just not that charming or persuasive. (Although, some of you may disagree on the persuasive part, that is!) The important thing here is that you vote. Although, if a certain set of candidates win, I am seriously looking into relocating to England and working in a pub for the next 4 years. However, that's neither here nor there.....my living choices are not your concern :) What is and should be your concern is making sure you have no excuse on election day not to go to the poll.....and make sure when you do go to the polls you are informed. Ignorant voting is worse than non-voting.....and both are totally unacceptable in this day and age! So, use the plethora of resources that are at your fingertips and inform yourselves about the issues and candidates and then do your duty and GO VOTE! 

Life by train time.....

I realize now what it means to not have a car in the city......it means one's schedule is dictated by train and bus schedules! My teaching days are consumed by "what time does the metra run", "which is faster, the #144, #146, or #147 bus?", "when does the PACE pick up at the metra station?" These questions sometime have simple answers, but other times there is just nothing simple about it! Since I work in BFE, the trains only run every hour and the PACE buses have decided not to coordinate with the train arrival times, so they just run whenever. 

Is it wrong now that my responses to, "when does class end?", or "will you be available after class?" or "can you hang out on the southside tonight?" or "can you come in for a meeting?" all go something like this, "well, it depends on the shuttle schedule and when the train leaves or stops running......" Nice, huh? I have seriously decided to end class early every Wednesday so I can make the 7:40 train. So sorry students, you are getting cheated out of 20 minutes of learning so I can make it back to the city at a reasonable hour. 

What is also awesome about the train, beyond the scheduling nightmare, is the "fun" people you get to meet! No joke...I almost delivered a baby, I did be-friend a crack/ heroine addict for a while, now I'm making friends with the conductors. Good times all around! 

I guess I should just make peace with it all.....for now, at least, my days will be run by the #147, the Metra Electric Line, and the #367.