Packing is not easy. But I have all day tomorrow ... mostly. I've bought a lot of necessary things: new phone with gps, hiking shoes, a tent, toothpaste. I have worked numerous hours at the Dover Market in order to afford gas and my $20 rusty bike rack. I've said my goodbyes, and my see you at Christmases to my family. I've promised my Dad that I'll bring a Bible and a Koran. I've promised my Mom that I'll call twice a day.
I've given up on the hope of acquiring a co-pilot, but it's alright because now I can go wherever whenever I want. I have Kerouac's book ready, along with a always changing hand drawn calender of the month of September. I won't list the things I do not have because that list is still far too long.
I want to write a lot during this trip, but I'm not expecting anything of great genius to appear(not too hard at least.) I'm looking to see if I can handle it. I want to exhaust myself hiking into the Grand Canyon, and bore myself endlessly and happily in a town in Nebraska with a population of 12. And I suppose I'm also inspecting the different universities I might want to attend for graduate school. I want to terrify and shock myself onto another level of thought. I want to have fun, even if it means missing a lot of people and things.
Tonight's chores are mostly done. One last e-mail and then reading Harry Potter before getting some sleep.
" Learn well your Grammar
And never stammer"
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You are ready and I guess we are to. Keep your eyes wide open and take it all in. Oh yeah, call me.
Love Mom
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