I've been tempted to not write about this but I thought I'd set the record straight so no stories were told on me. So here's the story about how I got lost in Norwood...
Jacob and I went down to a party at his Uncle Lonnie's house last night. I had to leave to go pick Mandie up a little after 10pm. Jacob stayed and drove his parents home. This is the part of the story I get to tell on my dear father-in-law... he fell out of a lawn chair last night... not once.. twice :)..
Anyway Jacob said to me just pull out of the driveway and keep turning right and it will take you straight back into town... So I turn right out of the driveway. I didn't know I was suppose to go straight when I was leaving the driveway so I guess I was lost from the moment I left the driveway. No one paid any attention to me leaving so they didn't know I was lost until they came into town a little bit later.
I'm driving down this old dirt road and I finally come to another place where I'm able to turn right. So I turn. I drive and I drive and I drive.. Anytime I need to turn I just turn... RIGHT! So finally this road is so narrow there is grass growing in the middle of the road. By this time I'm over 30 minuets late to pick up Mandie. I'm not too worried because I know the girl that she was closing with and I know she'll take her home. I turn around. Drive for what seems like forever. I come to a fork in the road where I can turn 3 different directions. At this point I had no idea which one I had even been on in the first place. The road signs are no longer names they are numbers like 117 and 124. There are no houses around to ask for directions. Connor is with me and he keeps saying "why don't we call daddy". I have no cell phone service that's why I don't call! I tried to stay calm so he didn't know we were lost and told him oh mommy just took a wrong turn. We have to turn around.
At one point in the evening I came to pavement and boy was I excited... for about 2 minuets when the pavement ended but I kept driving.. why??? Because Jake had said to turn right! I drove and turned right a few more times I totally had no idea where I was at or where I was going. By this time I'm very worried. Luckily we had a full tank of gas and my goal for now is just go get somewhere where when Jacob came looking for me he'd be able to find me because the road I was on then I was sure no one would ever find me on.
So finally I come to pavement.. again! So I turn... RIGHT!! I meet this truck... Wait a minute... that might have been Jacob.. no I don't think so... Keep driving.. The pavement ends!! I'm like.. oh no there is NO way I'm doing that again. I'm turning around. To my relief it was Jacob! He had saw me and turned around. I was so happy to see him. His dad got in with me and led me back to town. We got home sometime between midnight and 1am.
I guess during all of this Mandie had called my mom because she was worried because I never showed up to pick her up. Mandie and Andy had joined in on the search and Tom and Shyla were on there way up to help and my parents were getting ready to leave to help look.
Thanks for looking for me everyone! I was sure happy to get home!!
Love You All
Jacob and I went down to a party at his Uncle Lonnie's house last night. I had to leave to go pick Mandie up a little after 10pm. Jacob stayed and drove his parents home. This is the part of the story I get to tell on my dear father-in-law... he fell out of a lawn chair last night... not once.. twice :)..
Anyway Jacob said to me just pull out of the driveway and keep turning right and it will take you straight back into town... So I turn right out of the driveway. I didn't know I was suppose to go straight when I was leaving the driveway so I guess I was lost from the moment I left the driveway. No one paid any attention to me leaving so they didn't know I was lost until they came into town a little bit later.
I'm driving down this old dirt road and I finally come to another place where I'm able to turn right. So I turn. I drive and I drive and I drive.. Anytime I need to turn I just turn... RIGHT! So finally this road is so narrow there is grass growing in the middle of the road. By this time I'm over 30 minuets late to pick up Mandie. I'm not too worried because I know the girl that she was closing with and I know she'll take her home. I turn around. Drive for what seems like forever. I come to a fork in the road where I can turn 3 different directions. At this point I had no idea which one I had even been on in the first place. The road signs are no longer names they are numbers like 117 and 124. There are no houses around to ask for directions. Connor is with me and he keeps saying "why don't we call daddy". I have no cell phone service that's why I don't call! I tried to stay calm so he didn't know we were lost and told him oh mommy just took a wrong turn. We have to turn around.
At one point in the evening I came to pavement and boy was I excited... for about 2 minuets when the pavement ended but I kept driving.. why??? Because Jake had said to turn right! I drove and turned right a few more times I totally had no idea where I was at or where I was going. By this time I'm very worried. Luckily we had a full tank of gas and my goal for now is just go get somewhere where when Jacob came looking for me he'd be able to find me because the road I was on then I was sure no one would ever find me on.
So finally I come to pavement.. again! So I turn... RIGHT!! I meet this truck... Wait a minute... that might have been Jacob.. no I don't think so... Keep driving.. The pavement ends!! I'm like.. oh no there is NO way I'm doing that again. I'm turning around. To my relief it was Jacob! He had saw me and turned around. I was so happy to see him. His dad got in with me and led me back to town. We got home sometime between midnight and 1am.
I guess during all of this Mandie had called my mom because she was worried because I never showed up to pick her up. Mandie and Andy had joined in on the search and Tom and Shyla were on there way up to help and my parents were getting ready to leave to help look.
Thanks for looking for me everyone! I was sure happy to get home!!
Love You All
4 comments:
Sure am glad you found your way home...lol..never thought anyone could possibly get lost in Norwood, but guess it Can happen after all. Love ya daughter!!
Mom
A,
I have to comment to this one.
Thank goodness Mandie called
your mom.
Glad the story ends well.
Had to lol
I can definately see how a person can get lost out in the country.
Sorry you had to have so many
witnesses ;)
Glad you made it home safe &
sound.
B
I was much relieved to find you merely lost and not in an accident or a flat or something worse. Those Douglas County roads can be confusing if you do not know exactly where you are. They are not much better in the daylight except you can tell with direction you are heading and can adjust.
Cheerily
IJK
It IS called Booger County for a reason! :)
Of course, who knows what county you were in!!!!
Blessings!
genet
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