I hope this cold ends soon I was not ready for January temps in November, now a white Christmas would be crazy nice but we all know it’s probably gonna be 60 degrees on that day. Still it’s too cold

Being out of state has taught me one thing and that’s Illinois needs late night spots to eat at like Cook Out and Waffle House most states have down south. Sick of just eating McDonalds and Sonic at night 🤦🏾‍♂️

As title suggests, I’m looking for the cheapest, greenest energy supplier

Noticing a bunch of them flying back and forth but don’t see anything on the news about a show.

Edit: fighter jets

This cultural map of the Ozarks was released last year and included southern Illinois. How do Illinoisans feel about this? The relief I found in the Shawnee National Forest was very similar (or more) to what I find in many other parts of what is considered to be the Ozarks…

I added the shading for elevation variances myself.

I’m going to be visiting a friend in Ottawa mid-December. He’s said that there’s not much to do there, and since he’s not that great at hosting I’m looking for things we could do. Any good bars? Should we go to a different town? I’ve thought about just getting a hotel for us in Chicago but I’m looking to not spend so much money.

If it matters, I’m visiting to hang with my friend. I wouldn’t mind just staying and chilling but his mom and brother are unemployed and living with him. So doesn’t have to be sight-seeing or whatever. Just some good places for friends to chill and hang.

Thank you!

EDIT: I’m so sorry guys 😭😭 I told my friend about all these ideas and he hit me with, “Did I not tell you I moved to Dekalb?” If you guys have any suggestions for that area that would be great! Or should I just make a new post?

I’m thinking Crystal Lake is definitely a suburb, but Woodstock, not so sure. People who live there, what do you think?

I'm from upstate New York and grew up going hiking and camping with my dad in the Adirondacks and Catskills. I started going to UIUC and was wondering if there is decent hiking and camping like that anywhere relatively close by (I have my car, I don't mind driving 2-3 hours). I know since it's the midwest there won't be any big mountains like I'm used to back home, but are there at least any trails that are a couple miles long and you can get a good bit away from the roads? Everything I try to find online seems to be a drive in kind of thing which is definitely not what I'm looking for. I would love a 3-4 mile hike in, maybe a lake or river or something along the way. I would appreciate any recommendations!

Hello. I was supposed to have an interview last week. I was waiting for the phone call and my phone never rang. I don’t even have a record of a missed phone call and I have since been denied. I am incredibly frustrated.

Does anyone know how much longer the appeal process will take?

Also, the reason I was fired was because I broke a company policy.

To preface: I worked for an airline. The work rules are very complicated, so I’ll try to keep the brief.

The policy stated that I was not allowed to call out less than 2 hrs beforehand if I was more than 2 hrs driving distance from my base, but I did and even had a drs note. It’s a bit more complicated than that. But that’s the jist. There was no “misconduct” and I had a perfect record beforehand. This was literally the first and only bad thing that I had ever done and they immediately fired me for it.

I’m currently going through a grievance process to get my job back, but lost the first round. I’m now on the second and final appeal.

Does it seem like I’ll win this? I’m so frustrated and irritated right now.

Thanks in advance.

Hello, Texan here who is driving up to Northern Illinois on Wednesday for the holiday.

I've been watching the forecast and there is a slight potential for some snow south of I-80 tomorrow in the afternoon/evening which lines up exactly to when I'll be driving through. Texas does NOT prep roads at any point before any potential winter storm, so driving is always precarious when this happens here. I was just curious how well/ if the roads will be prepped for the potential wintry weather?

I do also have some (but limited) experience driving on icy/ snowy roads from my time living in the Texas Panhandle, but any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Edit: Thanks everybody! I got a lot of advice from here and am a whole lot less nervous about the drive. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!