Glad to be leaving this

Left home it was 54 degrees, partly sunny, and a bit windy.

Five minutes later, we were on the express way and the wind had picked up significantly.  There was trash, leaves, sticks, and dirt blowing across the road.  It was difficult to see, and the car was being bombarded with all that stuff.  The temperature quickly dropped more than 20 degrees.  Then it started SNOWING?! They were snowflakes the size of cornflakes cereal.  While there wasn't a lot of snow, with the wind blowing so hard it did make it difficult to see.  Traffic slowed down to 40 mph. We began to become concerned that we might not get to drop Louie off for boarding before they closed at 3:00pm.

It only lasted 30 minutes or so before the snow stopped and the wind calmed back down, though the temperature didn't bounce back up. I suppose Chicago just wanted to make sure we would appreciate our 50+ degree days full of rain in Ireland.