If you use the cta....

I take the cta to work almost every day . It's not bad enough that they raised the prices of the fairs, it used to be 1.75$ for a pass that you can use up to 3 times. Then they eliminated the passes so now you had to pay 1.75$ per bus ride. After that I think that the prices raised to 2.00$. Now the prices have reached 2.25 $ per ride! To take 2 buses you have to spend almost 5 bucks or get a 1 day pass for 5.75$, if i'm not mistaken. The one day pass used to be 5$ even. The week pass used to be 20$, now it is at least 23$.

If things getting more expensive wasn't bad enough now starting Feb. 7 most buses and train will have reduced service. They are also eliminating some of the routs. They will eliminate: #X3 King Drive Express #X4, Cottage Grove Express, #X9 Ashland Express, #X20Washington/Madison Express, #X49 Western Express, #53AL South Pulaski Limited, #X54 Cicero Express, #X55 Garfield Express, #X80 Irving Park Express.

So even though we are paying almost twice as much as we did 5 to 7 years ago we get less service than we did then. It does not add up to me. Soon it will not be worth the time and money to take the public transportation. If you would like to find out more about what routes will be affected please

visit: http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/service_changes/20100207_timetables.aspx

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flats + winter = trouble

I have a warning for all the people that decide to wear flats or any light shoe during the winter for a long time. It is not a good idea, I found that out myself yesterday. If I knew then what I know now I would not have done it.

I work at a spa down town Chicago. Since it has been open only three weeks, we are still trying to let people know that we exist. That's where I come into the picture. Even though my job title involves working the front desk, lately I've been standing outside and giving out flyers. Since I have to wear all black at work and all my winter shoes are brown I had to wear flats.

After a couple days of freezing my toes outside my left foot started to hurt. My foot was hurting to the point that it was painful to even walk. I figured that it got somehow sprained while I was walking up and down the stairs all day showing people around the spa. I tried to stay off of that foot as much as I could the next day.

The second day my foot seemed to hurt more. It came to the point that I could not even touch the bone right below my big toe. For some reason only that area seemed to really hurt, whichmade it really hard for my foot to bend. I found that really odd, I decided to get it checked out. My mysterious hurting came out to be arthritic infection.

According to http://arthritis.webmd.com/ it as a "autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis can also cause inflammation of the tissue around the joints, as well as in other organs in the body." If you don't start wearing warmer shoes after a longer period of time your fingers or toes can start to curl, than the only option you have is surgery. I know that I don't want my feet or hands to look like those with rheumatoid arthritis. So from now on I will make sure that my feet and the rest of my body stays warm during these cold days.