Kansas!

[alexiscartwheel]

I did it! I actually picked up and moved to Kansas City, which still seems a bit unreal.

I left Columbus just before 8:30 on Sunday morning and drove for a really, really long time. Prior to this, the farthest I've driven was to Ada, Ohio, and I thought that was pretty darn boring. Trekking all the way across the Midwest definitely tops that. At a rest stop somewhere in Indiana I took the time to crack open the car manual and learn how to operate cruise control. Cruise control is awesome, even though it's kinda weird at first that the car seems to pretty much be driving itself. My iPod was a wonderfully useful traveling companion; without it I would have gone crazy listening to that goofy Santana song over and over on Top 40 radio stations, and I never could have survived the horrible four hours between St. Louis and Kansas City. (The problem is once you get to St. Louis, you feel you must be almost there, but, unfortunately, all the rest of the state of Missouri lies in between.)

I've now had two full days here, most of which have been devoted to finding my bearings in a completely new place and looking for a job. (And trying to prevent d4ni's cats from eating my stuff.) I successfully located the grocery store (food!), the bank (money!), and the library (books!) in a single outing, so now I'm pretty much set. Today I filled out several job applications, and I've got more for tomorrow. Also, I went to IHOP for the first time ever and ate free pancakes for National Pancake Day. (d4ni and exodyus both seemed to think it was practically criminal that I had never been.) See, Kansas is already full of crazy new adventures!

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Kansas

[lib-chick42.livejournal.com]

Well, hope you're having fun, and find a job soon. BTW, your skill at finding things is impressive- food, money AND books in one trip?? Amazing! I probably would've given up after 2 out of the 3 were found, thinking that it had been a productive day.