"Muddled Meanderings" Title Is All Too Accurate..

I had this plan to be spontaneous on my way home from my class tonight-- I decided I was going to go home on the FREEWAY! I had never gone that way before and thought it would take me home faster. My plan was simply to follow my instinct through the labyrinth of the city to find the entrance of the freeway and ride off safely to my home.

Of course nothing happens that easily...

I had the directions to get to the university (thanks mapquest!) but I hadn't ever used the directions because I had never traveled on the freeway to go to school. I figured that I could just follow the directions backwards to find my destination, a.k.a. the FREEWAY.

Ok, I've done some pretty dumb driving maneuvers in my day like almost pummeling the head cheerleader of my highschool as she was riding her bike (I would have had a lot of enemies if I was successful in crushing her). This recent experience was pretty similar. Tonight I was feeling pretty confident following my backwards directions until I hit a street that I only realized was ONE-WAY when cars started swerving* around me and angrily honking. I felt like I was in the movies when the robber is in hot pursuit from the cops; I was the robber who amazingly dodges cars and pedestrians.

I eventually found the freeway entrance, but turned too soon on to the most frightening tree-packed lane that once again looked like I was in a horror movie. I kept imagining tomorrow's headline reading: "'Obama Wins!!' and... 'Lost Girl Found in Woods Clutching Directions to Freeway.'" The road was so tight that I couldn't pull over and try to turn around so I just kept meandering.

For now on, I'm taking the long way around.





*I overexaggerated with the swerving. In reality, a semi just honked at me and I pulled over. :-)