Nevergirl’s

It’s exhausting to be me. I have a navigation IQ of 60. I’ve lived in Cebu for 10 years but in all that time, I only know one jeepney route – that followed by 13B and 13C. Everything and everywhere else, I take a cab for.

It amazes me how hopeless I am at directions, it really does. Even my 5-year-old daughter remembers streets and corners better than I do. This is why I only go out when someone is bringing me home. Or, someone is picking me up to bring me home. That one time I went out without bothering to arrange how I’d get home, I ended up calling the husband in tears, from a lane in SM.

I’ve been ridiculed more times than I can count about how good I am at getting lost. I am. If there’s ever one person in the world who should have a gps sutured into her skin, that would be me. No matter how hard I try, I just can’t remember street names and corners much. I remember buildings but not where they’re found.

But, no matter. You can laugh all you want at this but it’s not so bad to live in my head, like I do. It’s quite fun getting lost and thinking the places I’ve been to countless of times are new. Also, someone always brings me home whenever I go out. In this busy, busy world, isn’t that just a lovely thing for friends and family to do for you?

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