where I've lived

[low_delta]

Here is a picture showing almost all the places I've lived.



Number one is the apartment complex that I lived in until I was 6 or so. We moved just after first grade had ended. Number two is not on the map. We moved to a city in the next county. I spent most of second grade there - we moved back to Grafton the following May, I believe. I lived at number 3 from 1976 to 1993. At that time, I moved out of my mom's house and into my own apartment (#4). Exactly four years later, I bought the duplex (#5), and moved 300 feet away. Seven and a half years after that, Cindy and I bought our current home (#6). Which looks like this:


Also, The "B" shows where I work. The "A" shows where I used to work - same company, different location - when I lived at "3".

Comments

[banana.livejournal.com]

I suppose that I'm used to orienting myself by having a mental map. I know what's near where. A grid feels a bit like an empty map.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It looks rather rectilinear, and in places it is, but there are a lot of missing segments in the grid. There are rivers breaking things up and there are the old roads cutting things off at odd angles. So you do have to know where you're going.