On the road. 80 between Cleveland and Chicago. Maddy is driving looking whispy with her Lennon sun glasses and eating a giant carrot, Between 70 & 80 MPH. Over 200 miles from Chi-town. The boys in the back seat. She's driving namely because as if planned by the fates as I was about to get into the car on our street for us to leave and get Leo, a bug flew in my eye, Of course I panicked and whatever string of events bad luck or because I tried rubbing my eyes to get it out, my eye, right eye is scratched. It's so painful. I'm sitting here, right eye closed under a pair of super dark lenses, knock off Ray-Bans. "Merckins" like the pube toupee. I'm hoping that keeping it closed and relaxed for an hour or more will help the scratch go away. Now and then it breaks out in uncontrollable tears. You know I just can't believe how that would happen literally moments before take off. Sucks. Just my luck that such a debilitating thing would happen to my eyes of all things. But I'm trying my best to overcome it. Man, I'm just not interested in this ruining the drive for me, even though it's damn trying too. Like Mono in 2011, I shall overcome.It's some effort trying to keep it closed. I could be like Nadine on Twin Peaks. Get an eye patch. Duncan from Canada likes the way Maddy looks when she drives. It hurts to even try and turn around and see whatever dumb shit Leo and Carl are up to. The dynamic is funny though, how it switches for whoever is driving. Either way Leo is trying to distract by poking or shoving carrots or grapes in your mouth. Maddy at this time even she yells and gets upset at being distracted. No understanding though. Really no understanding still. But we'll see. God I hope my eye gets better.
Past 10PM - "Coffee Shop" in Chicago. Rodney something. Eating goat cheese sandwiches. I'm on edge. My head hurts pretty bad, my eye looks worse and worse. Although it doesn't feel as bad. The headache is worse than the eye pain. We're ready to get back on the road. With all of the pain I'm in I'm not so sure how much driving I have left in me tonight. The eye does burn and keeps watering. My face is sometimes sopping. The redness is crazy. Leo and Carl are off somewhere drinking in an alley. We had a bit of time at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park. Pretty beautiful place. Lake Michigan. "Dune Man" Races.We even explored this abandoned house. It was on a lean on a little hillside. Lots of beds upturned, mattresses and foam. Huge Hellman's Mayonaise jars I was tempted to take for kombucha purposes. But I didn't want to end up with some kind of Indiana woodsman stigmata or anything. Newspapers lying around were dated for July of 2001. Almost 11 years. Had it really been sitting empty so long? It was hard to believe. The area has to get hit with snow. That it all was in such good shape makes it a mystery to me. Leo started finding ticks on his legs so we got the hell outta there. Maddy got a nasty splinter in her hand from this weird wheeled carriage that Carl pulled her down a dune on. Found it underneath the house. In such an odd state that place was. Chicago has been awkward walking side walks far behind everybody after we met up with Chance Walker. Could barely find a grocery that was open. and now we're separated. I'm not looking forward to the challenge of finding a place to sleep tonight. Maddy wants to camp out somewhere near the Mississippi River. Ah boy. Saying goodbye to Marty was rough. What a sweet guy.
I think Jackie got his package yesterday. I got a message saying "Phillipa, thanks for the stuffs! Lots of love!" It was nice to wake up to in the middle of the night. One night ago we were making burritos with Jam and Marty. No going back now. Not for a while now. Off to San Francisco. F-ing eye. The worst. No longer with Dad's nice pen. It kept coming apart. This one smudges pretty awful. Gonna pop another Aleve. The water from the bathroom in here tastes like hose water. Water out of that mason jar has tasted like that all day.
I have to think about making another tape of my stuff. Met a kid the other night at Beau Animale with the others playing from Baltimore. His name was Tadd.
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