The Big Road

So let me just begin by saying that I am not an adventurous person at all. My most recent adventure was roller skating - I know, I'm a wild woman.  I am also not a big fan of change. I don't like anything different. I almost hyperventilate if I have to grocery shop any where else than where I usually go. I practically wander around the store with a confused look on my face wondering how I got there and what aisle I should start in. So after living my whole life (24 years) in a small town, in a old farm house in the country, I got married and moved to the big city-Wilsonville. Talk about culture shock. I had to grocery shop at strange and foreign stores like Albertsons. I had to go to a brand new library. But the worst of all was that I had to find a new route to the mall. 

I would start out by hopping on the free way (I-5, I just had to ask my husband what that road was called) and then exit onto 205. I would continue driving on 205 until I saw the exit for Oregon City. I would then exit the freeway turn around in Home Depot's parking lot and get back on the freeway. Little did I know I was getting right back on the freeway I had just exited. I thought I was getting on a brand new road that would take me to the mall. One day  I decided I would be brave and adventurous and see where this big road (205) would take me if I went passed the Oregon City exit. Lo, and behold, I ended up at the mall! I was shocked and completely embarrased with myself when I realized I had been exiting and then getting right back on the same freeway.

When I got home and told my husband what I had discovered he just stared at me and shook his head. I don't think he knew how to respond to what I had just told him. He then asked me if when I was leaving the mall (before my great discovery) I got off the freeway at Oregon City, and then got right back on . I thought about that a minute and then realized that no, I stayed on 205 the whole time until I had to get back on I-5. Apparently the big road could take me home but not to the mall. That is when I felt really really stupid.  Now everytime I got to the mall I remember my embarrasing discovery and have to laugh at myself all over again. I am so glad we moved back to the country and I can drive on familiar roads again!