I found myself in Cranston, RI this morning, where Agent 98 had a bowling tournament at Lang's Lanes. (Don't miss the chili cheese fries!) It was our second time bowling in Cranston in as many weeks. He didn't have the best day, but with a high score of 103, he beat his average, and that's really the point anyway.
So I get on the highway to come home after we're done, and notice a couple of interesting buildings that I hadn't noticed on the ride down ... and then another one ... and then I think to myself, "Where'd Providence go?" I had driven eight miles on 95 South before I realized my mistake.
If that was only the first time I'd ever gotten lost on 95 that would be one thing. Or if it had been the most lost, I could accept that. But I have an even stupider lost than that. One that makes me cringe every time I think of it. Thankfully, I was alone in the car when it happened.
I had just moved to Medford, and had previously had few, if any, reasons to take Rte. 2 west to 95. I was headed to Waltham (this was in our Costco days) which meant 2W to 95S. After a couple of minutes on 95 I noticed that the Burlington Mall was on the wrong side of the road (and later learned it wasn't even along my expected route). I absolutely believe that any normal, functioning human being, on seeing the Burlington Mall on the left hand side of the road but expecting it to be on the right, would think "Oh, I'm going the wrong way." Totally normal reaction. But me? I thought to myself, "Hey, when did they move the Burlington Mall?"
So you try waking up with this brain every morning.
I can't figure out anything anymore about the roads around the Boston area. It was easy when it was 128 north and south. As far as 95 is concerned, I'm completely lost.
ReplyDeleteSo I don't blame you...not at all. It's not your brain. It's the *#)@*#*( roads!