We kinda got lost tonight (just me and my kids).
I have a horrible sense of direction (and I'm the type that refuses to stop to ask for directions, I'd rather get myself even more tangled up in getting lost than to stop and ask
). I know at one point, I told myself "Well, I have a full tank of gas. I'll either find a way to go home or I'll be headed for Timbuktu. No need to tell the kids we're lost." Well, evidentally I said that last sentence outloud.
My ds started laughing in that mean little 6 yo mama's boy way he has (his laugh makes me laugh
). My dd yelled "NOT AGAIN!" My ds, decided he would just get comfy and enjoy the ride. After about 5 minutes, I realized where we were at, so we were ok. I forgot to tell the kids though. We were within 5 miles of home and my dd still had no clue where we were. Given, it was dark by then, but still! She's traveled on that same road for 9 1/2 years! When we passed the local video store, she was happy she knew where she was. She has my sense of direction. It was another bonding moment for us.
I have a horrible sense of direction (and I'm the type that refuses to stop to ask for directions, I'd rather get myself even more tangled up in getting lost than to stop and ask ). I know at one point, I told myself "Well, I have a full tank of gas. I'll either find a way to go home or I'll be headed for Timbuktu. No need to tell the kids we're lost." Well, evidentally I said that last sentence outloud. My ds started laughing in that mean little 6 yo mama's boy way he has (his laugh makes me laugh ). My dd yelled "NOT AGAIN!" My ds, decided he would just get comfy and enjoy the ride. After about 5 minutes, I realized where we were at, so we were ok. I forgot to tell the kids though. We were within 5 miles of home and my dd still had no clue where we were. Given, it was dark by then, but still! She's traveled on that same road for 9 1/2 years! When we passed the local video store, she was happy she knew where she was. She has my sense of direction. It was another bonding moment for us.
MY SO (and his mother and older brother) all have the worst sense of direction. When we moved up here to Indy, SO left a few months before me because I was finishing up a semester. There is this road that circles the entire Indianapolis area. He would call me every night and in the mornings too, to ask if he needed to go east or west on 465 to get to and from work. We have some friends who live on the far southwest end, while we live in the more central north end. Going to their house was always a treat. They found his lack of directions so funny that they bought him a little compass to put in his car. Not that this would help, because he never knows what direction he is facing. (we are still working on left and right as well 
