Whole Lotta Nothin

Coming from such a large city, there is a whole lotta nothin out here. Today I spent the day exploring and figuring out where to make money. I ended up in Dubuque Iowa for most of the day. The population there is around 60,000 vs the 1,500 that is Stockton, IL so I thought that would be a better place to work. It turned out okay!

It's almost an hour from where I'm staying but there is no stop and go traffic so it feels like much less. I was day dreaming at a traffic light today and no one even honked. Much less aggression about things. The radio stations are mostly country and Jesus talk so I've been going through my Phish CDs. I paid $3.44 for a gallon of gas today and thought that was wonderful.

I also had lunch at Taco John's because an Iowa friend said I should. It was okay. Got to see an ex employee go off on the manager and they messed up my food. Probably won't go back.

I stopped and saw President Grant's house on my way back. (Pics on my Instagram, link in bio) Not sure why I'm obsessed with stopping at Presidential sites, but I've been to a lot of them. I'm also the kind of person who stops for world's largest rocking chair and other weird roadside attractions.

We're going to Stocktons newest restaurant tonight. I think it's called Pit Stop. Should be an exciting Monday. 🤣 Trying to adjust to this slowed down life. I'll be back in Chicago Wednesday afternoon until Friday night. Let me know if you want to see me. Much love ❤️

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Rage. Rest. Repeat.

Landed in Boston super late on Friday and took an uber to some friends. We partied until the Sun came up and didn't really rest. We were supposed to go to the Lotus show last night but it was 2 hours away and we recognized that after the night we had it wouldn't be wise to make that drive. So we went and hung out with more people and stayed up too late again. Finally got a good night's sleep. Got woken up to coffee in a really cool cup and now we're going to find breakfast and go hiking. I'm in Connecticut and it's beautiful. Can't wait to explore more. Tomorrow I'll be back exploring Boston and then I fly out super early on Tuesday morning. Much love ❤️

Ready to Rock!

I cruised into Chicago last Thursday with pretty much no brakes. Went straight to my girls house and partied a little too hard with some of my favorite people and then woke up super hungover ready to deal with the car issues. It's been one problem after another with that car and finally yesterday one of my mechanic friends told me it was time to drive it off a cliff. So after a couple of days in my mom's basement (the irony wasn't lost on me) today I'm ready to go west with a new ride. So very thankful for all the help I've received this week. Tonight I'm headed to Stockton again to finally get some good loving and Thursday or Friday I will head to South Dakota. Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th Much love ❤️

Sorry mom, I'm drunk

When I decided to start documenting my summer, I vowed to not do it while drinking. But here we are... I got into Chicago around 11am today. It was nice to make a bunch of money, it was definitely needed. I'm staying with my favorite Brit and met him at the bar across from his place around 5pm. We ate, drank and laughed entirely too much. Brisket tacos with goat cheese I asked them to please put on the Cubs game and was told that the Ricketts are making it very difficult for bars to show the games so I had to settle for all the Boston sports and the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Red Sox were winning when I left, Celtics won and Vegas was up by one, incase you needed to know. The Brit and I laughed and laughed. My favorite things that came out of his mouth tonight were, "Jenn, you are irresistibly attracted to poor people" and "Keep making terrible decisions, I enjoy it" With friends like this... lol. He's been in a very long term relationsh...

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