If you live in the Sachse/Wylie area and leave between 7 and 8 in the morning to go to work, I am very sorry. All week, Hwy 78 has had HORRIBLE traffic (what is the deal??) so I have had to bail and go different ways to work. Today when I got into Richardson, there was a ton of traffic on Campbell too, so I had to find a different way to get to work.
Normally, if I am not pressed for time, I LOVE to find new ways of getting places. I tend to have little patience with traffic, so it doesn't take me long to bail on it and find new ways of getting around. I have always had a really good sense of direction, so I am not really worried that I will get lost. I am frequently known to be driving through strange neighborhoods, etc. trying to find shortcuts or new ways of getting around.
It is an adventure to me to drive around in new areas. I love learning new things in general, so maybe this is why it excites me so much.
Now, if I am running late or if I have the chance of running late, this adventure stuff is not fun at all. Like this morning...the traffic was making me late, so I wasn't having any fun at all. But I did find it interesting to see where the road by the church of Christ church down the road went...it runs into Arapaho.
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I kind of like to do that too, but it must be because I, like you, have a pretty good sense of direction because I hate being lost and if I think I am going to get lost, I don't deviate.
My sister & her family used to move around a lot. (Her husband's job transferred him all over the country.) I always wondered how she would adjust to driving in a new city every time (since we all grew up in a teeny tiny South Texas town). She told me that she would just get out & start driving. She would get herself lost on purpose & find her way back. She said it helped her get to know her way around the city, get familiar with the major streets & helped her understand the city map better. She did this in Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis & Des Moines.
What is going on with 78? I had not been out in the morning in a long time so I thought this might be normal. Do you know what is causing all the traffic? It is annoying. I miss Jenks! I don't like finding new places to things - I am like a robot when I drive - if I get thrown off I am all out of whack! :)
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