Raise your hand if I’ve ever been driving you around to look at houses and you’ve heard me say, “So, uh, heh, heh, I really thought it would be great if we took a quick tour of the neighborhood before we see the house.” If you were all in a room together, you’d see that you are among a large group of people who have had no choice but to interpret that “joke” as, “Where in the world are we? I can’t believe she is lost again.”
So I don’t have a super-great sense of direction. But its not my fault! I have very poor vision and it went uncorrected until 5th grade. By that point it was too late for me to develop the habit of actually looking around to identify landmarks and notice where I was, so I had to find other ways to cope. For instance, whenever I walk out of a store in the mall and turn the wrong direction I have perfected the nonchalant quick detour into another store and out that door going the right direction without any other shoppers noticing me fumble around. Of course, this can be dangerous because I get turned around easily and could end up going the wrong direction again when I exit the second store which compounds the problem. 
Malls are bad, but streets are worse. I dream of the day when hovercraft technology arrives and you really can get from point A to point B “as the crow flies.” In the meantime, thank goodness for GPS, and thanks to all of you buyers who have spoken up and led me to your perfect home! And didn’t we have fun getting there?
How DID you find that perfect little Merilee look alike? Hope it doesn’t insult you for me to say that I think we have a lot in common, but I bet your fake out looks a lot more real, AND a lot more fashionable than mine! Love your blog!
Thanks, Eve! And I love having things in common with you. I think you’re hilarious! (which is the best compliment I can bestow).