Dr. Husband and I took advantage of our kids' mini-vacation with other family members and spent a couple days in Cincinnati to cruise the areas we'd like to live, should all the planets align properly and allow our house to sell and us to move there. Considering our current state of affairs (no pun intended), I had more fun than I thought I would.
Shut up. And get your minds out of the gutter.
Anyway -- part of what we did was drive around the city, just looking at neighborhoods and getting a feel for the areas. Thankfully, I have a dear friend who lent us her Garmin GPS (our was stolen from our van one night several months ago). If you don't have one yourself or never used one, then you don't know how wonderful this little piece of gadgetry is. Just type in the address of where you want to go, tap "GO!", and this vaguely female robotic voice nags you all. the. way. there.
"In 1.8 miles, turn right on Cornell Drive."
"In 1.5 miles, turn right on Cornell Drive."
"In 1 mile, turn right on Cornell Drive."
"In 0.5 miles, turn right on Cornell Drive."
But seriously -- I love this little gadget. It will show you a map of where you are (and picture you driving a little blue sedan no matter what your REAL car looks like, although I hear you can change that if you've a mind to) and give you a neon-pink line to drive on so you know you're on the right road. And it shows the roads you're passing on your route, so you know right away when you're lost. Love it, love it, love it.
The fun part of yesterday's sojourn? We were crawling along the freeway (I-275 is a real bitch at almost any time of the day), and Mrs. GPS Voice was telling us where we should exit...a lot. Then, she was kind enough to ask us if maybe we wanted to switch to pedestrian mode....
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