Day 63-65: Lost

I went to go visit a friend about 20 minutes away which was excellent, until I tried to drive myself home.

In the dark.

I don't know if I have mentioned this, but I am a terrible drive. Unfortunately, I have the lethal combination of being a terrible driver and direction blind. This is at baseline during day light hours, once it gets dark it's as though I am functioning upside down and with a middle ear problem.

It started out fine, my GPS Karen from New Zealand and I were getting along just great; until I reached a road that was blocked off due to construction, at which point Karen lost her mind and attempted to redirect me through a creepy Cleveland suburb back onto the blocked street- repeatedly. No matter which way I turned I could not find a way around this torn up, yet pivotal street on my route home.

At this point it was midnight. I had begun to hyperventilate because I became worried some psychopath was going to find a way to stop my car and kill me because I was driving around aimlessly. Another 5 minutes of trying to get around this road and I have discovered no open gas pumps or restaurants from which to get directions.

I began to wonder if I should phone a friend to ask them to Google me directions out of this awful situation, but that could potentially lead to even more panic and chaos. Another u-turn and I found myself pleading with the Universe to help me get out of this horrendous suburb where all the streets look the same and an episode of Law and Order was may have been filmed.

At one point in despondency I wondered if I could be lost forever, and thanked myself for having the foresight to fill up my tank of gas - if need be I could drive until day light when maybe I could find the way home.

Eventually, I came to my senses and back tracked my way to the main road I had been on and got on the right road home.

I should advertise for Honda. If I can succeed in surviving in one, anyone can.