Misplaced.

So, here's the deal: I DO NOT GET LOST. And rarely, VERY RARELY, do I get "misplaced" or "displaced." I am not a direction idiot and, if you give me a general area - maybe a major intersection - and some fairly decent general directions, I can find where I need to go. And if I consult a map (which I love to look at, by the way), there is a 98% chance I'm going to find where I need to go on the first attempt. I give myself a 2% rate of error in the event the map is incorrect or I'm given the wrong information. Of course if you think about it, those wouldn't really be my fault. So, on with the story.

I was running errands for Pat and taking some things to him in the neighborhood where he was working in Yukon. Well, if you look at a map, it's a clear, straight shot. No WAY to get lost - I mean, misplaced. Now, Pat told me on several occasions that he has driven around in circles to find this neighborhood and has yet to find a good way to get there. I didn't really let those previous conversations enter into my plan because he has more of a tendency to get misplaced (actually, he gets lost) than I do. So, yeah, I checked my map (actually, it was Mapquest, which supports my long-voiced theory that Mapquest is NOT accurate and WILL screw you up at times) and went on my way.

Remember the yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz? (Rhetorical question...) Anyway, Dorothy had to start in the very center and then keep walking and work her way out. Well, this was the exact opposite. I was trying to work my way IN and had to keep going in circles. One road would dead end at a barn or something and I would have to turn right or left to find another road to turn on to go to another road to meet up with the road that came to a dead end. (Yeah, this was a pretty rural area...in places.) Now, I knew where I was supposed to be. But it was like there was NO WAY to actually get there. Kinda like one of those little maze games you played as a kid - has the bb in it and you're trying to get it in the center hole...It was HORRIBLE and let me tell you, when I get misplaced, it REALLY ticks me off. (I say "misplaced" instead of "lost" because I knew where I was and I knew how to get out of that particular purgatory. Lost is when you have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHERE YOU ARE OR HOW TO FIND ANYONE OR ANYTHING.)

Anyway, I FINALLY found the place and Pat said, "See? I've gone through that more than once." Well, I can say that if I ever have to go back, I know EXACTLY how to get there. I won't have to zig zag. I refuse.

As it turns out, I figured out the way to and from as I was leaving. Kinda made me feel like a total idiot.

Beware those of you who might have to travel off the beaten path and into the mystical maze-land that is FAR northwest Oklahoma City/northeast Yukon/almost Piedmont/Edmond...it's a jungle out there. Don't trust Mapquest. Call the experienced...