It's a dog of a way to get around...

Alright-so I thought to myself, "Self, would there be a way to travel to Chicago that might not involve me driving my truck all those miles"--a little over 800 by my quick mapquest search. And I see that I can take Greyhound for $151 roundtrip. It isn't dirt cheap and it probably is dirty but I am thinking it might be better. It will come out that I will spend about the same on travel as I would on travel and hotel for one night and I was planning two nights hotel and I could do my reading and stuff for school so I wouldn't be way behind in that respect. So here is my thought-IF I can get Small Silly Dog watched (which as of Friday I can---does the offer still stand? I'll email you) for Fri and Sat night (we could meet somewhere around I-24 that is reasonable in distance--obviously giving preference to Dog Watchers) and I could take the bus to Chicago then catch the MTA or the El or whatever they call it there to the show (saving on parking probably).
It makes a lot of sense right now-but I dunno the not having a car would be a problem...but then again...the not having a car would mean not having to worry about driving after having put back a few...
A two day Chicago Transit Authority pass would cost $9 and then another $6 for the train (maybe $3 with student discount) I wouldn't have to drive at all. I would just take a series of buses and trains. The only drawback being that I would be sort of in limbo from the time I left the club until the time when I was able to catch the next bus. A stretch of time of about 3 hours. Not hard to kill in daylight inside but kind of a bitch at night in Chicago.
So---that would be the rub right there. That would be sort of a problem.
Hmph.
Probably should just drive. Tho....if there's something around there that's 24 hours then I could be alright. Depending on the hood.
Hard to make plans like that without knowledge of the area at all.

Edit: There's a station less than 7 miles from the club, much less of a pain to get to and from but there is still the issue that the buses don't run between 12am and 5am. That's really the only drawback.