GPS does NOT work in Downtown Houston!

One thing you should probably know about me: I have a horrible sense of direction. I inherited this trait from my mother. The difference between us is she has a lot more patience then I do and if she gets turned around she figures "I've got all the time in the world - I can figure this out." So I should probably work on this. My Dad knows I inherited my mother's sense of direction so they gave me a GPS for Christmas. I was so excited - I no longer had to worry about getting lost....WRONG! Anyways this brings me to my Saturday night -

My friend had a bachelorette party in Houston on Saturday and I was meeting the girls for the dinner portion of the day. When I first started on the road to the restaurant my friend called and said they changed the reservation time and asked if I could come to her friend's house instead. Everything is OK - I have my GPS. I just put in the new address and I'm on my way. And I made it to the location without a hitch! Her friend lived past the restaurant so I thought "I'll just leave from the restaurant so I don't have to come all the way back to her house." MISTAKE!

So we have a great time at the restaurant, get to the parking lot, and my friend says "Hey are you going to be able to find your way out of downtown and get home?" (She knows about my direction skills) I say, "SURE! I have my trusty GPS. I'll just punch in 'Navigate Home' and it will take me right there. And if that doesn't work I'll just call Nick." I was for sure I wouldn't have to resort to option number two because I'm a big girl and I had done so well on the way to her friend's house.

Well trusty GPS failed me. Apparently downtown Houston had some sort of event and all the streets the GPS was telling me to turn on were blocked off! So I kept going hoping surely it would just redirect me another way. Not the case. It kept circling me around downtown Houston. I had even come back around to the restaurant we ate at. Now I was getting annoyed. Let me also say it was 10:00 at night and there were unsavory people about which kinda freaked me out. AND I have a tiny bladder and I had a LOT of water at dinner so I will let you figure out the rest. So needless to say I was starting to panic.

This is another reason I love my Fiance so much. I can call him in a complete PANIC and he will help calm me down (well try to at least) and direct me out of scary downtown. Plus he had come to town to see me even though he knew I would be gone all Saturday night and even watched my dogs for me while I was on this adventure! So he saved the day and I made it home safely.