Day 5 - I am Thankful for Getting Lost Every Once in Awhile

Last night, Derrick and I decided to go out for Mexican food (his all-time favorite cuisine). I insisted that we go somewhere we normally eat at, but Derrick was feeling adventurous and wanted to try something new.

The first place we decided to try was Don Chilitos. When got to the general vicinity of the restaurant, we couldn't figure out how to get into the parking lot. So there was a lot of pulling in, backing out and driving through dark alleys with vicious-sounding barking dogs. Finally, we parked the furthest away from the restaurant by a creepy dumpster. When we got to the door, we looked inside and noticed it wasn't anything like we were expecting. We typically like to sit down and order our food, but this place had a line you go through like Chipotle and we didn't want to make the effort. Besides, if we wanted that experience, we would have gone to Chipotle across the street. So we got back on the road in search of our new favorite Mexican restaurant.

Derrick decided to use his new nifty Verizon Droid X to find a place to eat. He came up with El Rancho. He used the GPS to guide us to our destination. After about 20 minutes of winding through a dark neighborhood, the voice on the GPS told us our destination was on the right. The only thing that was on the right was a duplex. There were duplexes in the front, on the left and behind us. We were in a subdivision. The GPS lady lost some major cool points with me and further perpetuated the stereotype that women are not good with directions.

As the driver, I was highly frustrated, not to mention extremely hungry. But leave it to Derrick to see the silver lining. When I finally figured out how to get out of the subdivision maze and back onto the main road he said it was kind of fun getting lost. We did have a good laugh about the whole thing and we managed to not argue.

As it turned out, we ended up going to one of our staple Mexican restaurants but I had a great time with my husband in the process, and that, to me, is priceless. I'm sure that won't be the only time we get lost, but at least I know, together, we'll always find our way.