I started the day off by sleeping in. I normally don’t sleep well the first night I’m “on the road”, but I decided to set my alarm anyway, and I’m glad I did or I would have had an even later start.

I started driving around Chicago and about half way around I stopped or some lunch at Potbelly. There was a guy playing guitar (that must be something they do at most Potbellies durring lunch time). He seemed pretty good. I decided to tip him and get one of his free CDs after he played a Toad the Wet Sprocket song. I don’t listen to that band enough and it’s rare to hear someone else playing their music. (No idea if the CD is any good, the CD/DVD player on my laptop stopped working a long time ago, oh well I guess I find out when I get back.)

So, I started out the day fulfilling my electoral duty, going down to city hall to file out an absentee ballet. I’ve always looked forward to voting in the past, but this election there are no candidates I’m excited about.

This was my first time voting absentee and it was super easy. The lady at the election office was nice too, she kept calling me “this nice guy” (or something like that). It was kind of strange, but she was very helpful.