Jinked

Today Rahsaan and I left somewhat early this morning to spend a bite-size afternoon in Chicago. He had to get back to play flag football, and I had to get back to finish a small design job, so it worked out perfect. I’ve been to Chicago enough that I don’t need to spend the whole day there. We drove, because I hate taking the train [...]

While I was only gone for four days, this mini road trip around the midwest was pretty amazing on many different levels. I saw new things: big things, small things, good things, bad things. It was good to have Zack as company, and I’m glad he was willing to go on this trip with me. Not every moment was pure adventure, but I think just [...]

Our final full day on this mini road trip adventure was spent in St. Louis. We drove from Topeka Kansas late this morning, arrived here mid afternoon where Zack and I played the tourist for a spell and visited the famous St. Louis Arch. I hadn’t been in it since I was in 9th grade as a fourteen-year-old girl on a band trip. I won’t [...]

Yesterday Zack and I spent the day and a healthy part of the evening in Kansas City. I was a little apprehensive driving when we drew closer to the city, with all the crisscrossing interstates and highways above and below and ribboning in between. But once off the interstate, the traffic was light. Maybe it was due to it being a Monday afternoon. Maybe it [...]

A quick rundown of today, since I’m pretty tired from the wedding I went to last night, waking early this morning and driving for over six hours today. It was sunny when we left Indiana, driving I80 through Illinois, but once we reached Iowa it was gray, drizzly, the sky looked as if it were shifting downward, leaning against the horizon the longer we drove. [...]