Scratching your head thinking ... what is this loony talking about? She has surely lost it! haha no I'm serious - just hear me out! Jim and I just had a lovely journey in the car. He set up a meeting w/ his boss at her house at midnight tonight. Yes - I know you are thinking ... midnight? We were a bit confused at first but apparently she was super busy and told us she would be up and awake when we got there. His boss lives about 45 mins away from where we live - so our journey started at about 11:15 pm.
We were about 10 mins from her house when we ran into construction! BLECH - I hate construction! We sat for about 10 mins waiting for our turn to go. So finally we get through and we are on our way. We pull up to her house and guess what? Pitch black. All the lights in her house were off. We sent a text - perhaps she is sitting in a back room ... nothing. We waited about 10 mins then left. Now when I tell you that his boss lives in the boonies ... I really mean it. It is a beautiful area of NJ - surrounded by the Pine Barrens but it is in the middle of no where! So the next decision we made may not have been the smartest BUT we knew that we did NOT want to sit in that construction mess on our way home so Jim said "Let's go this way" when we left her house and our journey began!!
We drove down this road, then that road ... turned here and turned there. Jim kept assuring me that we were fine. We saw about 6 or 7 deer on the sides of the roads as we drove. I don't know about you - but deers can be scary standing on the side of the road. One little move and they will freak out and run in front of your car! I have had one accident this year ... I did not want another! So I kept telling Jim to keep his high beams on! We both stayed calm, even as I heard the stress building in Jim's voice. He was lost. In the middle of nowhere. First thing I did was look at his gas gauge. Three quarters of a tank. Ok - no stress needed about that. We don't have a GPS unit in the car. We've been meaning to get one but just never did. "Are we lost?" I asked. "We're screwed" he says.
I take out my cell phone. I know I have GPS ability on my phone. I start the application. $2.99 for one day. Ok - no problem. I download the application. My battery starts to die. OMG we are never going to get out of here. I kept thinking of the headlines "Two people found in their car in the middle of the Pine Barrens, must have been out there for days as they appear to have lost 2 lbs" hehe
I asked Jim if he had a charger - to which he said no. UGG why not! I was starting to get frustrated. "Stay calm Sonya - it will be okay" I kept thinking. I continued to download the navigator despite my low battery. "Oh wait" Jim says. "I took the car charger out of your car after your accident. It is in my glove box". WOOHOO! We will live!!! =)
Ok so I download the navigator and we determine where we are at and what we need to do. We are pleasantly happy with ourselves as we are driving along until we realize that we are heading back in the same direction of the construction! We didn't bypass it at all! We drove 30 mins out of our way, got terribly stressed and paid $$ for the navigation application and we accomplished nothing. We will still be sitting in the congestion! This was no good! So Jim said "I'm turning up here - we'll figure this out".
We did wind up finding our way around the construction. We came out exactly on the highway right after the construction ended. It took us 1 hour extra. If we would have been a little patient, we would have sat through the congestion for 10 mins and been home at 1 am instead of 2 am!!
So now you are thinking "Ok - great story, she's a funny girl but what does this have to do with 'Life is like a drive in the car?"
You travel through life and you generally hit a little bit of congestion. Pick a person you are going to be able to either sit with while you wait or who is daring enough to take a turn and go on a journey with you! Stay calm ... work together and you will make it through anything. Also remember that sometimes - if you have an issue that needs to be dealt with - most of the time it takes less time, stress and money to just tackle the issue (congestion) then trying your hardest to avoid it!!
That's my life lesson for the day ...
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