August 25, 2012

• Exodus Update: Destination Complete

  My laptop sat under the front seat for the entirety of the trip, so I wound up satisfying my urge to write on slips of paper. I jotted down job leads to places such as a haunted house that promises minimum wage in return for dressing up as a monster for five hours a night on the weekends during September and October. On the second leg of the journey, at Micah’s dad’s house near the Arkansas/Tennessee border, I chronicled just how awkward it was to be treated like a rebellious teenager when you’re doing the one thing with your life that is brave and positive and responsible, which is leaving a place that offers you absolutely no growth. Then, in the next breath, I marked how thankful I was that Micah’s stepmom offered us a tent, just in case. I wrote these sentences in the almost dark, while my feet were so covered in poison ivy that I couldn’t sleep. I didn’t write much while in Kentucky, I just did a lot of moon-gazing and reading and attic-dwelling and thinking. And about every two hours or so, I was coerced into playing dolls by two little girls.
  Now. I have a lot of free time and a lot of new experiences. Right now my responsibilities are making sure we have enough money, and getting a job. I applied to tons of coffee shops and bookstores, and was offered an interview, that I wasn’t able to take, for the store is too far away from my current dwellings. I went to a meeting for the Indiana Department Of Workforce Development, at a library, and wound up applying for a job at that same library. There are theatres pretty much everywhere here, but I understand that I’ve got to get settled and networked before I dive into that world. But, I am here, I am safe, and I feel strangely liberated.

  • 5:12 pm
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