When we moved to Culpeper, VA, my hubby and I quickly discovered the most important landmark in the city: The Walmart. Living on the Southeast side of town, we asked directions to the city offices. The city offices (we now know) are located in the middle of town, the Walmart on the Northwest end of town. Yet, the directions we were given went something like this, "You know where the Wal-mart is? Head in that direction ..."
For the first three days in town, while we visited the DMV, got the car inspected, and went to numerous offices to get a windshield full of stickers, each and every time we asked for directions, the answer started with, "You know where the Wal-mart is?"
We thought it was just a funny joke between the two of us until some of our family happened to be in church with us the Sunday our ward was split. The announcement was made, the leadership sustained, and then the nitty gritty of new ward boundaries was brought up. "If you live on the same side of 29 as Wal-mart, you're in the Piedmont Ward. If you're across 29 from Wal-mart, you're in the Culpeper Ward."
My poor in-laws! They tried to keep their faces straight, but we couldn't help laughing.
Well, now we've moved to Idaho, to a town that, according to new friends here, has been fighting to keep the Mega-store Giant OUT for years. Their fight eventually failed, and the new Wal-mart opened just this last week. I'm so excited! I can't wait to just go walk the aisles and see what it's like.
I've restrained myself, though, and I even went shopping at my usual store this last weekend in an effort to avoid the crowds. I made it half-way through my shopping list when I realized I wasn't fighting traffic and having to wait to get to the eggs and milk. In fact, the store was rather quiet.
That's when I realized, "Oh yeah, we have a Wal-mart, now."
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