New ... endeavor

There's a new service in Chicagoland - UberRUSH.

It's a Courier Service.  A Package Delivery Service.  A service which offers some retailers, in Chicago, the opportunity to offer Same Day Delivery to online shoppers.

It's cool.  Trendy.

And I now drive for UberRUSH.

I am not employed by Uber.  I am an independent contractor.  If I follow the rules (and they're simple to live by), I can make a little money.  Enough to make the time I spend in my Li'L Red Truck worthwhile.  Enough to keep me in Breakfast Burritos and Senior Coffees, at Mickey D's.

Many years ago, I was a taxi driver in Chicago for Checker Cab.  MANY years ago.  I used to drive out of the Checker garage at Broadway & Lawrence (North Side of the city, in case you don't know).  I wasn't at it too long, but in the time I did drive I learned the city pretty well.

Some of the landmarks I used to use are gone, or changed.  But the streets are pretty much the same.  And it's all coming back to me, slowly.

I can still get around this city.  And I'm beginning to remember how I used to love it.  It wasn't as crowded, then.  Parking was easier.  The streets were easier to navigate.  But I did love the city, and I remember, now.

But I live in the suburbs, now.  I live with "elbow room".  I LOVE living in an area where I can be in the middle of corn fields as far a I can see, in less the 5 minutes.

I may remember how I used to love the city, and why, but I wouldn't want to live in it, anymore.

Not at all.

Ndinombethe.  Ubuntu.