Alex

I had already become more involved than I wanted to be.

I forced myself to turn a blind eye and keep driving.

It took almost three hours to get through Missouri and into Kansas, but finally I made it.

I didn't want to stop.

I only had about an hour left before I safely reached my grandparents' house, but my gas gauge was telling me otherwise.

And I knew my caseworker would be upset if I ditched the plan I had set for myself just because of a few side events.

I still couldn't shake the feeling that I had somehow reset this rude glitch of a day.

As I pulled up to the Kansas Welcome Center, I realized my mistake.

The error I made that would set the glitch simulation, whatever you want to call it, my final interaction with Jane Squared at the Missouri gas station was an exact duplicate of the interaction I had with Jane No.

1 in Indiana.

I got out of the car straxed.

The only thing Toopim is saying is that at least the day was progressing properly, time hadn't stopped, the hours when repeating the sun was still moving across the sky, and it was slowly becoming night.

It was actually a rather beautiful sight to see the sun and the moon,

the sky together the way they were, I stopped to enjoy it momentarily.

I absolutely needed to create happy memories regardless of how hard this day was making it to accomplish my goal.

I rat my brain trying to figure out the way to break the cycle, but I kept coming up short with reluctance.

I took a selfie with the welcome to Kansas sign.

Maybe one day I'd be able to block out all these creepy parts and remember the good parts of this trip thanks to the photos I'd taken.

I took a deep breath after glancing at the all too familiar surroundings and walked inside only to find the all too familiar aid behind the counter.

Hello, welcome to our beautiful home state.