They never tell you how much reflection time you’ll get when you’re done with school. They never tell you how lonely and boring it is to be done with school, to not have to be somewhere at every second of the day, constantly going to class, doing homework, having social hour, working out, trying new things. They never say how depressingly lonely and real the “real” world is. Well, fortunately for me, with boredom and loneliness comes wonderful new ideas and inspiration. It was one such evening in the dark and rain at somewhere around 7pm I had this harebrained idea – to ride my bike across the wonderful country of America. Now the reason this appealed to me was that 1. I haven’t really experienced or seen my own country 2. I’m not totally sure
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