One of my weak points is getting lost. It really seems to depend on the circumstance, but getting lost when I am driving really freaks me out. I don't know why. Si usually if I have to go somewhere new I pore over maps and google directions and use the picture feature so that I am sure of where I am going. If it is a big event I will make the trip before the event to make sure I am not stressed by both finding it and the event.
So yesterday my daughter's troop was going to a tour. I thought the tour was at a place I knew so I wasn't worried. I got to the rendezvous point only to find out that the place was 45 minutes away!! First off the timing was wrong - there was no way the trip could be done in the time frame they had allowed for it so I was bothered right there. Then I got handed directions from the woman's house, not from where we were. I was still OK as I thought I pretty much knew the general area. But, the caravan lost us pretty much at the first light. Then when we got up there there were detour signs and the road I was supposed to turn onto I never found. SO here I am in rush hour traffic lost as all get out, knowing I am disappointing my daughter because she is missing the event, feeling embarrassed because I got lost and I just started to cry. I have been kind of hormonal lately, I am thinking I am going into early menopause..... So I freaked in front of my daughter, we missed the event. I have no idea what I am going to say to the rest of the mothers in the troop, who I don't really like anyway.... They never tell you about the strain of dealing with other parents when you have kids.
My daughter seems OK with it. She was mad about the event, she was afraid when I cried, but she said she was OK..... How do I face these people again? I feel like an idiot for not being able to handle something so stupid. I feel like an idiot for not being able to follow directions.
So yesterday my daughter's troop was going to a tour. I thought the tour was at a place I knew so I wasn't worried. I got to the rendezvous point only to find out that the place was 45 minutes away!! First off the timing was wrong - there was no way the trip could be done in the time frame they had allowed for it so I was bothered right there. Then I got handed directions from the woman's house, not from where we were. I was still OK as I thought I pretty much knew the general area. But, the caravan lost us pretty much at the first light. Then when we got up there there were detour signs and the road I was supposed to turn onto I never found. SO here I am in rush hour traffic lost as all get out, knowing I am disappointing my daughter because she is missing the event, feeling embarrassed because I got lost and I just started to cry. I have been kind of hormonal lately, I am thinking I am going into early menopause..... So I freaked in front of my daughter, we missed the event. I have no idea what I am going to say to the rest of the mothers in the troop, who I don't really like anyway.... They never tell you about the strain of dealing with other parents when you have kids.
My daughter seems OK with it. She was mad about the event, she was afraid when I cried, but she said she was OK..... How do I face these people again? I feel like an idiot for not being able to handle something so stupid. I feel like an idiot for not being able to follow directions.