Taxi Ride

I have never been put in a more stressful situation than tonight and come out of it the better. I was going to pick up Josh from a playdate and used my cell phone to call a cab to the villa. I then realized my phone was not working so I used Steve's phone. I called the cab and then his phone rang so I gave it back. Meanwhile the cab came and I got in and forgot to grab Steve's phone. But being over-confident I thought I knew where I was going and didn't think I would need my phone. LOL Can ya'll see where this is going??? My friend gave me the right directions but the taxi driver didn't really know where he was going. We pull up to where I KNOW I am supposed to get out, but it really didn't seem like it. So I asked him if the Hotel was near this street. He laughed and then called someone on his phone and then handed it to me when he got them. They barely spoke English and it sounded like they were at a party. She kept telling me to write down the address, but I didn't know it. Usually you just tell the driver a street name and major point of interest, but this time was different. I then pull out my Vietnamese phrase book and wrote down the two streets and pointed to the word "nearby", in the book so I could see if they were close. Well of course not!! We were on one of them but the other street was about 14 miles away. Well I couldn't call Steve or anyone else for that matter, but I just knew I was in the right area. So I had to ask the driver to use his phone ( I was going to call a friend that spoke both English and Vietnamese) and the driver didn't want to give me his phone at first....but I made him .LOL And when I got hold of her, she knew where I wanted to go and she said that I was in the correct area. Now in case I give my parents a heart-attack, the ONLY reason I got out of the cab, is because I was in front of a hotel and tons of taxi's hang out there. So in case I really was lost I could just grab another taxi and head home. So I walked around about maybe 5 minutes and found the right hotel that I was supposed to go to, found the pool and Josh and his friends. PHEW!!!!! I was pretty proud of myself. I was very calm as I thought of what to do. Now when I sat down with the other mom's, I did order me a beer. Ugh, what a waste, it was warm.