Please do not discriminate against the "directionally challenged" - we have feelings too!

Friday was literally the day from HELL for me. It didn't start off that way, no, I was lulled into thinking I'd have a great, laid-back day. The kids didn't have school so we all slept in, lounged around for a bit, it was nice. I knew we'd have to leave here around 10:30am for Gunnar's game at noon in Innisfail, so I made sure everyone was showered, dressed, fed, packed and ready to go by 10. Awesome! We left here, on time, filled the tank with gas (only $50 - woot!!), then continued on our way. Took the turnoff for Hwy 2 North, got the tunes going, it was great. We passed Lacombe, no signs for Innisfail. Kept going, thinking we'd see a sign in a little bit. Time passed, no Innisfail sign, but I did see a Morningside sign. Uh oh, I'm thinking, that can't be right. Tried to call my mom (no answer, didn't bother leaving a message), then called Levi. He's a guy, he's probably been down every road in Alberta, he'd know where I went wrong. As soon as I asked what Hwy 2 turnoff you should take to get to Innisfail, he burst out laughing and replied, "Let me guess, you took the North turnoff? Bwahahahahaha!! Don't you remember going to Spruceview as kids for Sunday-morning breakfast with Gramma Hattie and Grandpa Barney? Don't you remember it was South?" Awww CRAP!!! Found an exit ramp so I could turn around. By this time, it was almost 11:30, the time when Gunnar should already be AT the arena, getting dressed. Gunnar was so disgusted with me he wouldn't even look at me.

So we continued on, finally I saw the sign for the Innisfail exit in 2 kms. Suddenly there was an exit, but it couldn't have been 2 kms already!! So I carried on, saw a sign for Innisfail South, but we don't want to go to South Innisfail so I carried on past that one too. Only then did I realize my horrible mistake. So we had to carry on to BOWDEN, turn around, and head back to Innisfail. Took the South exit (didn't want to risk going past Innisfail again) but then we spent like 20 minutes driving around looking for the arena. Finally found it. By this time it was like 12:30. Gunnar was soooo mad at me he was almost crying. So we missed the first period.

And just to top my day off, when we finally took our seats in the stands, I went to open Lena's Sprite bottle and the damn thing exploded all over me!!!