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February 07, 2006
Learning a Lot from Getting Lost
Saturday my daughters were getting together for a little fun. They were picking out bridesmaid's dresses. Jennifer's wedding is next month and Carolyn is to be a maid of honor. They had arranged to meet in Roseville with the other girls in the wedding. I was involved in the Academic Decathlon that day so they were on their own.
Around 11:45 I got a call from Carolyn, "Mom, how do you get to Roseville," asked Carolyn.
"Where are you?" seemed like an appropriate response.
"Rohnert Park," was the answer.
"When are you supposed to meet Jennifer?" I asked.
"Noon." Oh, dear. Noon just wasn't going to happen. She was on 101 headed south which was good, but she had a long way to go. She called a bit later wanting the next direction, and a third time when she took business 80 in Sacramento and then ended up back on I-5.
Three phone calls and a bit of panic got her where she was going. She was having a struggle, but she was doing it. I gave her a lot of credit, since a couple months before I don't think she'd driven much farther than 40 or 50 miles away from home. Since then she's driven to the College of the Siskiyou's, decided she didn't want to go to school there, gotten admitted to Sonoma, packed her things, driven to Rohnert Park, and this weekend found her way to Roseville. I feel fairly sure, if she'd thought about it several months ago, she's have said she could never do those things.
Such is the way of most of us. When we think about things too much they begin to look bigger than they really are. Carolyn didn't take too much time to over think her plans. She made the decision and went. The results so far have been quite good and rather amazing. I think she's surprised herself. I'm sure she'll have more surprises in store for all of us. I just don't want to be too far from a cell phone in case she gets lost again. She did need just a bit of assistance this time.
Posted by Dr Joni at February 7, 2006 07:22 PM