My Bubble

I do not have a good sense of direction, and because of that, I really hate going places that I am not familiar with. I really hate driving to downtown Detroit. That maze of one way streets, and a cars that don't stop at lights, freaks me out. So, when a school friend convinced me to take a class in Dearborn with her, I hesitantly said ok. The first night of class, I maneuvered the highways, with the google maps in hand and made it an hour and a half early. I waited patiently in class for said school friend to show, and she didn't. In fact, she wasn't even on the roster.

So, since I needed the class I stuck with it, and managed to get myself there and home again one more time without hassle. That is until today.

I have had the pleasure of listening to the radio and never hearing any of the streets on my route mentioned. That is until today.

Today I actually did hear on the radio that there was a truck that had hit an overpass on I-94, and that it was shut down. And I checked Google maps and it looked as if it was outside of my path. I was wrong. As I neared the I-75 and I-94 interchange, I discovered that it was in fact in my way. So I pull off at the first exit I can, and attempt to look at a map and figure out the next best way to get to Michigan Ave. And thanks to the crack whore that insisted on knocking on my window, not once, but four times asking for change, I was forced to drive away and get on I-75 North and wait for my VZNavigator to download to my phone.

The navigator kept insisting that I get off and the next exit and make the first legal U-turn, and mind the congestion ahead. Obviously. I wanted to avoid the congestion. So I had to keep driving back north until it finally gave me a new route.

Through Downtown, and back to the Davison, eventually to 96, where I took that to the Southfield and on to Michigan Ave. It took me an hour and a half, when it normally only takes a half our best. And I got to tour some of the nicest parts of Michigan. I enjoyed every bottomless pothole and random pieces of car laying in the streets. Ugh! I would like a real Navigation system if anyone is listening.