Directionally Challenged

You Know Your Directions

Do you know your north, south, east and west? I know it if I’m sitting in my house, but otherwise I do not know it. Gary always says look at the sun in the sky, then you can tell. Tried it and that doesn’t work for me. If I’m driving somewhere and I do not know where I’m going, I’ve been known to panic. I’ll call my husband and he will say, “well which direction are you going”?  I’ll say, “I have no idea”. He’ll say, "look at your compass”. I’ll say, “where is that”? Ha, I probably shouldn’t even be driving. This isn’t something that has happened recently to me. I’ve been directionally challenged my entire life. I am better than what I used to be but that’s not saying much. 

My kids, thank God didn’t inherit that from me as they know where they are going all the time. Me, unless I’m familiar with it I have no idea.

Airports

When my daughter used to visit from South Carolina I was always the one designated to pick her up at the airport. I am the worst person for that. My very last time I just about killed me and my mom who was riding with me. She had just told me I was doing so well when it suddenly went off the rails. No one was hurt thank God but we could have been. That was the last time I picked up Nikki from the airport. She took the shuttle after that. Which, in all reality, is what she should have been doing in the first place.

Not that I’m a bad driver. It just when I don’t know where I am headed that I have a tendency to panic. Getting lost is something I’ve gotten used to. My grandson was riding with me once and he said, grandma you never know where you’re going. He’s right on the norm I don’t.

Would You Drive One

It would be nice for me to have one of those cars that drive themselves. I could just get in and tell the car where I want to go and let it take me there. I’ve heard they are in the works and I’m kind of excited about it. No more worrying about getting lost. No more wondering where the hell I’m at. For me it is the perfect solution. Most likely though when those come out I’ll be too old to drive. Such is life. I’m used to getting lost, so I don’t panic as much as I used to. Normally if I call Gary he can talk me through it. 

Is this something that is inherited. Was my mother or father directionally challenged as well. I’ll never know because they are gone and I cannot ask them. Like I said earlier if it is something I inherited from them it skipped over my kids. So, I’m happy about that. They don’t understand why I don’t know where I am going and I cannot explain it. It just is. 

There is nothing I can do to change it now. I’m too old and it’s been with me forever. 

If I’m out and about and you see me and I’m looking confused most likely I’m lost. 

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Happy trails everyone.

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