I promised I would never tell this story. But I think the statute of limitations has passed. And it’s so funny.
When I arrived in November Brent set up an appointment for me to meet with our accountants at an office in the far west of Omaha. He got MapQuest directions. We left 30 minutes early. At some point in the midst of our chatting he realized that we were getting close to Lincoln, Nebraska. We appeared to have missed our exit. Nuts. We turned around and headed back, taking another wrong exit. 45 minutes of driving time passed. We kept turning and driving until finally we found ourselves on some kind of dirt path alongside a corn field, heading away from any civilization. We called the office for directions. “Head east on ___ street.” they told us. 60 minutes. For 15 more minutes Brent confidently drove us in the direction of more cornfields. I asked Brent “How do you know we’re going the right way? This seems a bit sketchy to me.” He pointed up at the setting sun “See, I just go towards the sun setting in the East.“
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jara // June 5, 2009 at 7:14 pm |
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lisa the knitter // June 5, 2009 at 7:26 pm |
to me the part that’s funniest is that you change from cornfields to cornfields and say, “This place looks sketchy”.
Liz // June 5, 2009 at 7:34 pm |
hahaha! i couldn’t believe that brent started a blog post with “i let my sense of direction lead me out west…” it was the perfect opening.