Things are going smoothly until I hit traffic that sludges through the road construction on my way out to Yorkville. What should only be a 45 minutes drive turns into an hour and half. After driving around for another 20 minutes I find my location...Yorkville jail. The trailer that I need to stock is hidden in the back and surrounded by gates, which I find out about 15 minutes after arriving. The police officer escorts me to the back and I line the golden key with the threads of the lock and find that it doesn't align at all...I don't have the right key.
I hop back into the Explorer and race to the next site in Romeoville. Success is found with my little golden key and I'm off to Glen Ellyn. I'm in a race for time...night is approaching just as quickly as the sun is setting. The foreboding clouds are rolling in and clashing with the light. Across the fields of corn I can see the fight between the brooding clouds and electric blue skies. I need to get back before it gets dark.
I finally arrive in Glen Ellyn after a few wrong exits and several U-turns later only to drive in circles around the College of DuPage. The trailer is not here. I either have the wrong address or someone has played a cruel joke and moved the trailer. I give up. I am exhausted, I am unbelievably hangry (hungry+angry), I have to pee, and I'm sick of driving. I turn around and head back home. After 4 1/2 hours of driving I have nothing to show for except 1 trailer stocked with forms.
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