Directions

First of all, I will say I have the sense of direction God gave a crowbar. I have kind of adapted by completely ignoring my "gut feeling." If it feels like I should go right, I go left. Usually, this is effective, but of course, not always. I have also found there is really no way to improve your sense of direction. You can try to look for landmarks, but frankly (at least for me), they are no help. (turn by the Quik Trip--there's what, 200 Quik Trips in town? Every corner has a Quik Trip)
My husband gives what I call "country directions." Example: "You go out on old highway 25 and keep going until you see the big rock. Turn east and go another one to nine miles until you pass where the old silo used to be. Turn north there until you see where the Smiths used to live and it's about two to eight blocks from there."
I want street names. Go to Main Street. Turn left. Go 1.5 miles to Hampshire. Turn left. Proceed 2.3 miles. Get out of your car. Walk 19 steps to door. Open it.
My son is always telling me he is going to get me a GPS system. While that sounds nice, I'm a little afraid. What if it's mean to me? What if I plug in the information needed and don't do exactly what it says? Example: GPS says, "Turn left in 2.5 miles." I get to talking and forget to turn. GPS yells at me, "I said turn left, stupid! How can anyone as dumb as you even have a driver's license? We'll try it again. Go to the next block and turn right." Yelling again, "Turn here, moron!!!. I give up. There is no hope for you. You are too stupid to be on this earth. I have set this vehicle to self-destruct with you in it to insure you are no longer driving the streets. This car will self-destruct in 3, 2, BOOM!!
Maybe I'm better off just being lost all the time. I mean, I eventually find my way home, right??