Have you ever been lost? I have many many many times. Especially here in Dallas. I am finally comfortable with finding where I am in half of the city. It has taken 6 years, and yet I still get lost sometimes. Last night my friends and I tried to find a place in UTD where our ex-drummers band was playing. After dropping in on an Aggie Moms convention we actually had to do the unthinkable and that was to ask for directions. I remember when I first came to Dallas six years ago I was afraid of driving on the highways, so naturally I would map out side roads to get where I wanted to go. So invariably I was always late for stuff. Sometimes the sideroads were wrong and I got lost. That was when I became ever so thankful for the little compass on my car. If I was south of where I lived I would get to roads that would go north so I knew I was at least going in the right direction. My thinking was that eventually I would hit a major highway. Problem was, back then I didn't know where to go on the major highways. I ended up doing a circle around my apartment till I found something I recognized. Nowadays, I get lost when someone gives me house directions. Some of those housing complexes have roads that curve way away from where you need to be. It all takes me back to when I got lost in 6^th grade on Halloween... We had first moved into the house and I went on a bike ride. I rode around the neighborhood and decided to venture out of it, driving in other neighborhoods that had winding roads. I ended up at the carmike movie theater miles away from where I started. It took me 3 hours of getting lost on a bike. I tried to use the sun as a compass - never do that.  Finally in tears I called mom collect to come pick me up. "Where are you? ","At the movie theater" "You're where?"

Thought of the Day

Audrey: "I saw a detour sign back there when you were trying to fold the map."

Aunt Edna: "You're lost!"

Clark Griswald: "When they close the roads they put up big signs, like this, AAAAAHHHH!"

-- Vacation