Friday, July 13, 2007

Sour cherries

There are a few things in life that I consider myself pretty good at. However there are many more that I am not so good at. One thing that I am not good at would be the ability to give or even receive directions. I have known this for some time which is why I try not to. Expedia has been a God send for me and though I subscribe to On Star, Mike does not see the significance of turn by turn directions (Directions come quite simply to him ) so we only have safe and sound. The first time that I realized my deficiency in this area was when Mike and I first met and I had just accepted a date. Obviously Mike needed to know where to pick me up .My inability to give him clear directions led him to believe that I was not really wanting to go out with him ( OK I had my reservations lol )so I agreed to meet him at a place which we both knew. Unfortunately, my skills have not improved at all over the nineteen years since we met. This ugly problem reared it's head again last night when I remembered that I had to pick up the sour cherries that I ordered from the fruit farm . I have never driven to this particular fruit farm but I missed the order cut off date from the one from which I have ordered from in the past . Since Mike and I have both been hungry for sour cherry pie and these are only available here in our part of Ohio for a few days a year and since there is such a demand you must reserve your order to ensure that you even get any. Anyway today is my pick up day so Mike spent an hour last night trying to show me on the map where to go. When this failed we went to Expedia. This method wasn't much better as I am just more confused.I thought that Mike could take me when he got off of work but realized that we would have to leave as soon as he got home and hope that we didn't hit any construction or other delay as they close at five. So after looking at Google Earth which shows a couple landmarks I think I am ready to go alone. Trust me I wouldn't do this for apples or any other fruit for that matter but sour cherries........