I got up bright and early Sunday morning, loaded the car and headed for Kansas City. As I drove I thought about St. Louis. In a lot of ways, I think I know less about my new adopted city than I now know about Memphis. That needs to change. I’m moving “explore St. Louis” up on my list of things to stop procrastinating.
I drove and I drove and I drove. I thought about marketing and photography for some damn reason (billboards and my camera there on the console perhaps). I had a couple of design ideas, so when I stopped along the way for a pitstop, I had to sketch a few things real quick in my notebook before going on. Even though the drive was pretty boring, just being on the road gets the creative juices flowing. We’ll see if these sketches turn into something.
I hit a patch of weather during the drive. Pretty heavy rain, although not the heaviest I’ve ever driven though. Turned out to be the same storm system that leveled Joplin, MO where I’d been just a few days before. I didn’t find out about that until I got to my hotel room.
Getting to my hotel room in Kansas City was a challenge. I arrived at 3:00 p.m. but the desk lady told me the rooms weren’t “certified” ready for guests and I should come back in an hour. So, Ellie and I went to a local park and walked a couple laps, then…just to kill a bit more time, we picked up some Chinese food to have for an early dinner. I returned to the hotel at 4:00, but they still weren’t ready. I gave the desk girl “OMFG NO WAY” eyes, and she got on the phone. I was in my room in 10 minutes.
It was way too early for dinner…I wasn’t particularly hungry, but I ate some of the beef and broccoli because it was there and I was craving vegetables (toooooo much bad road food to that point). Because my pal Jason gave me the low down on everything cool to do in KC, I was looking forward to going out for some evening photos. But about twenty minutes after my Chinese snack, I noticed that my fingers were so swollen I could barely bend them. Investigating further, my face, my feet…all blimped up horribly! I’ve reacted to MSG before, but it usually manifests as a headache. So much for exploring KC…I couldn’t even get my shoes ON! I popped an antihistamine and threw the remaining Chinese food out. :P
Edited pictures until I forgot all theories of color, composition, and design that I’ve ever learned. And I worked on catching up on the blog some more. I was still swollen, although not as bad. I threw an Aleve at it before bed…just for good measure.
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