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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

"Addition by Subtraction" - Andy Bernard

Yes...I work in Gridley.  Today I did what seems to be the impossible...I got lost for 25 min. in this town (Is it town? Maybe it's a "tween"...an almost town).  I was trying to find a shortcut from Life International to the post office.  Why I thought it was necessary to cut off 3 seconds from a 10 second drive, I don't know.  I got so exhausted in the middle of my wanderings that I found my way to 24 and had to buy some cheap gas station coffee to regenerate my energies...now I understand you, Mr. Bernard.

Another frustration of mine is this...take a look at the picture from 2 posts ago of the elderly gentleman carving the turkey.  It looks like a pleasant picuture...however, I have somehow managed to make just part of the picture my wallpaper at State Farm.  I haven't the slightest thought on how to undo my messes.  sigh.

I love reading the comments, so I'm going to start writing back to the comments from the last post...Heidi, thanks. :) Heaven on Earth in Afghanistan? Must have been a bad day.  I'm glad to know little Will is already a reader of blogs...he's a wise little man.   

4 comments:

Rebekah said...

Tami, maybe they make one of those pop up maps of Gridley...you should check at the gas station next time you're there! at least you didn't have to drive back to Bloomington and start from Veteran's Parkway to get your barings!

Afghanistan might be Heaven on earth to somebody...but I'm not sure why it was to you three years ago!!

Leslie Ringger said...

oh tam, tam, tam. you should have just given me a ring. i know that town like the back of my hand. actually sometimes i still get confused on which road to turn on to get to my cousin's old house. how embarrassing is that! but i don't think its called a tween. it's definitely a village. that sounds much more quaint, which doesn't really describe gridley, but it's the appropriate word nontheless.

Leslie Ringger said...

oh, and rebekah, if they did make a pop up map, i'd be first in line, but i don't think it's true. sorrow.

Alesa said...

Leslie...
Have you seen the movie "The Village"? If you had, I don't think you'd be calling Gridley a village...unless you see the movie and conclude that it is... :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368447/plotsummary