I was going through the battle of where I want to move "back" to. Wherever I go, it's going to be new and different because I'm not going back to the three US cities I have already lived in.
So I think I've got the choices narrowed down. And then I started fantasizing about furnishing my non-existent home, with each of the vibes of my respected locations taken into account. I've been going back and forth between these choices for days, and I'm almost to the point of just drawing a city out of a hat.
But then I came up with the perfect solution. I needed to narrow the field. And what would determine where I would want to live more than this one, simple question?
Is there a Target nearby?
Look, I'm going back with no money and no furniture. Things like Target are pretty important to people like me.
And then I thought, OH MY GOD, is there an IKEA?
I went to the Ikea web site and noticed the strangest thing. Look at their map. To those of you who didn't grow up in Michigan, everything might look just fine. But to those of you who did (or to those of you who know your US geography...) WHAT THE HELL is going on in our part of the country?
I think the Swedes must have drawn the map.
Just of note: there's 3 Targets 10 minutes away from my home, and IKEA is a perfect 2 hours away: close enough that it's an afternoon trip, but not near enough to need to sign over my firstborn... and what's with Michigan, eh?