So, one of the neighbor ladies, Wendy, invited me to a beginner's drawing class. She gave me the address with directions. I thought the directions were not as direct a route as I percieved they could be knowing Indianapolis as I do.
The map came up quickly via GPS on the car's center screen.
Down Indiana 37, through horrendous road construction where they're digging deep valley's for underpasses, then west onto 86th street. Soon I'd be merging onto 71st St.
GPS siri-like voice said, "Make u-turn here."
That didn't make sense, but I did.
GPS voice, said, "Object in the road" "Object in the road" just as a car pulled out in front of me from the right. That white car's forward quick motion took it out of view but that didn't stop GPS.
"Object in the road"!
Well, durn, there were some orange cones! The city road crew was busy with a water main. And I was not finding 71st Street, so, I pulled up next to one of the crew members wearing a yellow reflective vest talking on her phone.
Oh, that got her excited.
She got off her phone FAST!
She started waving her flag, tiny-step prancing her feet, and raising her voice, and telling me I couldn't stop there!
"I just want to know how to get to 71st street."
"You go to the next light and turn left," then it was "YOU. Follow me and I'll get you back into traffic safely."
LOL, I could've told her about my trips to Tybee, or the lone drive to Nashville, or how I have a million miles of safe driving, but I just grinned and let her have at it.
Fed up and not being successful, I called Wendy.
"I'm lost. Give me the address again, please."
"Where are you?"
"I don't know."
This time West got changed to East.
I pulled over and parked in a church parking lot to catch my breath. That durn GPS with the ciri-like voice was cheeky. It told me ... that cheeky voice told me,
"You Must Walk From Here" !
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