Lost (Not the TV Show)

Today I had to go for a mammogram. Don’t worry. I am not sharing any details of that. I had planned on just saying I went for a lab test but then I figured people would be wondering what sort of test I was going for, imaginations running wild & all that. Figured it would be best to just state exactly what I was out for. Now back to my story…

The test was at a lab in a very large medical complex close to my house. There are many buildings. There are lots of little streets and parking lots. Frank knows his way around there because his neurologist is in one of those buildings but I was only there a handful of times. I thought I might have a hard time finding the building I needed but I found it right away. Little did I suspect, it wasn’t getting in that would be the problem.

After the test, I got in my car. I retraced my path, going out the same way I came in. Or so I thought. I ended up by buildings I never saw before; buildings I never even knew were in there. I wandered around the little streets and the parking lots until I finally spotted a real street. I could tell it was a real street because there was more than just 2 or 3 cars crawling along, looking lost.

Now keep in mind, I said this complex was near my house. I know the streets around here. I have lived in the same general area since 1976. Yet, as I approached the main drag, I had no idea what street it was. That meant I had no idea which way to turn. I was completely disoriented. I took a complete guess that I wanted to turn left. Then I saw the giant fountains across the street and realized where I was.

If anyone saw me at that point when I figured out where I was, they’d have slowly backed away from me because I literally laughed out loud. Only I could temporarily get lost a mile & a half away from home.