Today was exhausting and ecstatic. I began in Pittsburgh in the am, and zipped across Ohio (photo of space ship looking rest stop), then Indiana (Old school rest stop) and into Ohio and Illinois. Leaving Pennsylvania was simple....and entering Ohio elicited whoops of joy- I was officially in the midwest. I stopped at a service plaza that looked like a landed spaceship, and made friends with Glen, the "ohio guide" who took photos of me there. Into Indiana, which elicited more ecstasy as I crossed another state line. Each new state feels like a metaphor for shedding that which no longer serves me - a letting go of the old, making space for the new. I was happy as I headed into Illinois and Chicago around 7:30 pm- that is, until the PILLOW. Someone had "left" a pillow onto the on ramp for route 90, and my car had the fate of grabbing the pillow and having it get stuck to the underside of the car. I pulled off to the side of the road, and spent a long time explaining the issue to AAA (no, there was no accident, but I have a sofa cushion stuck to my car. Yes, it was on the on ramp of route 90.) At a very late feeling 9pm i was saved and arriving in Chicago.
There is more that I"d like to write, with more depth and meaning, but at midnight after 11 hours in a vehicle, its hard.
Miles driven: 414
Soundtrack: bangles, 80's, shaman's dream, eclectic industrial
Surprise: a sofa cushion adhering itself to the underside of my car.
My pictures are not publishing and bed is taking a priority- sorry guys. Pics later.
Jessica
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A sofa cushion? That's just awkward. How long did it take AAA to arrive in Chicago?
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