getting my kicks

Author: arbitrary

Date: July 22, 2022

by arbitrary
7-22-22
i'm on rt 66 at a truck stop near rolla missouri. $12 buffet plus coffee tax and tip. $80 hotel room. lots of $ in gas. over 1000 miles, 300 to go.
i did not get into the $30K kansas city study or the $6k springfield one. blood pressure too high. i am going to cancel next week's screening.
good thing i have a day job and am independently wealthy.
the car is full of boxes of stuff i found along the way. $10 hat, $10 coffee. hat says "kum & go", it's a local gas station chain.
the wawa of the west. springfield's a fun town, like a big city in 1950.
i just had about 4 cups of coffee so i should be able to make it at least to illinois. i'll have to cross the mississippi again, which i don't love.