This morning dawns day two for this Texan transplanted to Chicago - Land of no parking, crooked politicians, and a lot of violent crime. Thus far, I have only heard a single siren, this morning. I slept with the windows open, in August, for the first time, ever. I've seen cops all over the place. I have not dealt with anything serious thus far, a panhandler yesterday, and that's pretty typical around here. Chicago really isn't much different than other major cities. There are places you go, places you don't, and places that if you have to go, you keep the windows up, doors locked, and drive quick.
Today, I venture out to procure things for the new homestead from the Swedish elves. And I need to find the closest caffeine fairy and acquire some caffeine. Since, I left my last proper "sword" back in the old country, I will instead opt to carry a small fixed blade and try this thing were I pretend evil can't find and attack me, I hear it works well. (That's a joke for those of you with broken humor meters). It's been three days since I last had a pistol in my possession, and five days since I've last dry-fired. I'm starting to feel some serious withdraw symptoms. I am thinking Laserlyte trainer? Anyone work with one of them regularly? I'd go SIRT, but money is tight from the move and I like that I can get a Laserlyte and a target with it, for a few dollars less.
In other news - I have to get a "Welcome to Chicago" "parking permit" so that we can park legally on the street. Don't get me wrong, my car is legally parked on the street currently, as in it is properly and legally parked with respect to the laws, but Lord Emmanuel says that we must pay $85 to have the privilege of parking it. I also have to go get my IL DL and file FOID paperwork, in hopes that sometime in the next 3 months, I can reacquire one of my already, legally owned, firearms.
Obviously, not a lot of folks here are thinking of moving to Mordor, but if you are, these are the things you'll deal with.
-Rob
PS: Thank you to all who helped me get into contact with folks in Chicago dealing with firearms issues. It made life much easier to deal with overall during this move.