Observations

• It doesn't take long in a new place for me to get lost. Within an hour of being in Streamwood... yup, I get lost on an IKEA hunt.
• I have finally been to an IKEA. I think it will be a bad thing for my income that I will be living really close to one. One of my girly little things is that I love to decorate... I can get excited about a shower curtain. No joke.
• Ignorance works great. I was pulled over in some random little town on 26 on my way up here... Pulled the "I didn't see the sign" deal... totally worked. And, I wasn't lying. I'm usually really super careful about slowing down for these little speedtrap towns... *sigh*. At least I wasn't ticketed... I really can't afford that one right now. Unfortunately... I have ruined my over a year of clean driving (or at least the record says clean... hehehe... I'm still super proud of my 3h20 minutes from Glen Ellyn to Gas City... with about a 20 minute stop at a Meijer in Lafayette for gas, thank you notes, Coke and contact solution. Something about doing that drive at night just makes stuff build up on my contacts.
• Something that drives me crazy about Illinois driving. They have these slightly raised dividers, where a lot of places (or maybe just Indiana) it is either a left turn lane or a big cement divider. These little things look a lot like the former (second?). But yet... people drive on them! I can't stand it! I would swear not to myself... but I'm usually in too big of a hurry to have scruples when it comes to driving. I think we all know this.

Alright, time for me to start heading to Glen Ellyn. Have fun :).