I like to drive. Unfortunately, I have no sense of direction. When I travel to other states/cities/neighborhoods/rooms in my house, I tend to get lost.
This is an example of a cell phone conversation I might have with my dad whilst driving in a circle (otherwise known as I-465 around Indianapolis):
Sara: Dad?
Dad: Yeah?
Sara: Where am I??
Dad: Uhhh, I don't know. What road are you on?
Sara: I-465?
Dad: Are you East or West bound?
Sara: You know I don't know those words!!
Dad: Well, honey, I don't really know how to help you.
Sara: But- but- but- there's a McDonald's and a K-Mart on the right. So, that's got to be close, right?
Dad: Close to what?
Sara: The Interstate!
Dad: I thought you were already on I-465...
Sara: I am!!
Dad: Then if you're on the interstate, why are you looking for the interstate?
Sara: Because I need to get home!
Dad: Look, honey, if you can't tell me where you are, then, well, I don't know where you are!
Sara: Okay, well, I think I just passed Lebanon... wait, there's a tree...
Dad: South or North bound?
Sara: We have talked about this! I don't know what those words mean!
Dad: (Near the end of his rope) Well, honey, then I can't help you.
Sara: Oh wait, I found it. Thanks, bye!
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i used to do this to my dad all the time!!! (and by 'used to' i mean that the last time was fathers day)
he got annoyed, so for my birthday i got a gps thang. i used the gps thang on fathers day... it brought me to the wrong house. it claimed that my grandparent's house didnt exist.
yes, my grandparent's house. no, they havent moved. yes, ive been there a couple times a year since 1985. yes, i still got lost and had to call my dad.
oof. needless to say, i feel ya girl.
Tee hee hee. Never Eat Soggy Wheaties (AKA North East South West AKA NESW). That's how my husband remembers compass directions. Problem is, he never knows which way he's pointed, so the acronym doesn't help much. It does make him feel smarter, though.
I LOVE your sense of humor, by the way.
ok that sounds like the exact conversations i have with my hubby every day! i had to use my navigation to get home from the grocery store for like 3 months!!!
Haha! I'm the same way, except my dad isn't quite so nice about it.
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i am from indianapolis and i'll tell you i made a freaking loop and a half before i caught on to 465. stupidest interstate ever. they should have a sign every few miles that reads "this is a circle".
This is why I have Heidi, my trusty GPS. Only sometimes she's a dirty liar and takes me to imaginary places.
This totally made me laugh out loud. (I mean, really laugh out loud, not just LOL. You know what I mean.)
Found you through SITS. :)
Oh, that I-465 loop...I hate it...every time I go to Deer Creek (oh, excuse me, corporate shills, Verizon Wireless Music Center), that loop haunts my dreams...which is one of the reasons why I never go there anymore...hahaha!
I was the same way up until a couple yrs ago and suddenly I am now like a human compass!! I can suddenly tell which way is north no matter where I am!!
It's like I swallowed a magnet or something because I am my own GPS!
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