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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Dumb and Dumber Saturday was Kelly's last cheerleading competition. They managed to squeeze one more in for good measure. They found a comp in Roxbury of all places for the girls to compete. There was some logistical problems with both me and Tine going with TheBoy, so I ended up going myself. I don't mind driving through Boston. I don't even mind some of the surface streets downtown, but it's been awhile since I've had to traverse anything of significance. I got lost left and right just getting there. And once, I later learned, I was about 100 yards away and promptly took a left instead of a right and got lost all over again. Not to mention I got all fouled up in the theater district on a Saturday night. What a freaking nightmare. The team was scheduled to perform at 8:30PM and I didn't get there until almost 9:00. So I missed it. However, that ain't the best part. After the competition, about 9:30, we exited through a back door, which I thought was next to the rear parking lot. It wasn't. I knew we were on the opposite side of the building, but I thought there was a road or path that must cut through to behind the building. There was not. But I figured, the connecting building would surely end and there we could cut over. So we walked up the street. More buildings. I kept thinking there would surely be a way to cut across, but it never materialized. Finally, I could see a cross street and thought we were closer to go up and over than walking back. The street was longer than I expected. And a bit darker, less populated. We made our way down and to what I hoped was Tremont. But it wasn't. We walked a bit faster; too many dark areas. And did I mention this was Roxbury? Saturday night? Kelly would see someone and, in a voice that I thought wasn't soft enough, "Hey, is that guy gonna mug us?" Stuff like that kept coming out of her mouth. I kept telling her to pipe down, but I didn't really want to alarm her, but I didn't want to draw any more attention to ourselves than necessary. At the same time I was acutely aware that I'm not a big guy, and she's dressed like a cheerleader. After walking down this street, we made it yet another street that was not Tremont. But at least there was more traffic, and I finally figured out where I was. The next street was Tremont and from there, the parking lot. So, instead of walking the 0.4 miles to the car in all of 3 minutes it would have originally taken us, we walked over 1.5 miles in about 30 minutes, in 40-degree weather. Did I mention this was Roxbury?   posted by Evil Wayne | 10:28 AM 2 comments 2 Comments: So, is this the beginning of your NaNo horror story? Or real life? ;)
By Sadly, this actually happened. I've been wracking my brain for a more stupid thing I've done lately, and nothing shakes loose. |
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