My Map
I had a lot of fun making my map. I started with my house, since that’s where I spend most of my time. Then I just tried to think of important things that happened in my life and where they happened, so I chose my secondary school, my elementary school, my boyfriend’s house, etc. I got a little more in depth and added the houses where my parents grew up (also in Arlington), and some other places that I’m maybe slightly less connected too, but still are a part of my life.
Basically, I ended up mapping my home town, because that’s where my life has happened. I mean, what else would I map? I chose very few locations outside of Arlington, one that is just barely in Falls Church, and the other three are all in West Virginia, interestingly enough. I have a lot of family history in West Virginia, so I mapped where my family vacations and where my grandfather was born, and also where my boyfriend’s dorm is because that’s where I was at the time.
Now that I think about it, I guess I did have some other options for things I could map. A few years ago, my family went on a cross country trip (to see an eclipse of all things…). We traveled through I think thirteen states and stopped in probably at least as many cities. I managed not to kill my brother over the ten days. I could map the cities we went to. We also did a ton of geocaching (look it up, it’s fun!) and I could theoretically map the geocaches that my family has found… but that’s almost 300 and that’s just too much. The only other option I can think of is to map where my friends from high school went to college. I’m really close still with a lot of them, and they’re really all over the country. In fact, two of them went to college outside of the country.
Anyway. Mapping my hometown was my best bet for sure because I’m so emotionally attached to it. My whole history is here and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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