Is there a better site then Map Quest??

Almost time to go get my children from their cousin's house.  So what did I do to take advantage of a very very rare night of being kidless AND husbandless???? NOTHING!!  The house was sooooooo quiet it was almost painful.  I would of gone out but I had no one to go out with and I am not the type of person that goes to a movie or goes bowling alone.

I played on the computer until about 2 a.m. (tisk tisk) When I finally got all caught up with journal reading and the chat rooms seemed to be too blah I put my away message on, turned off all the lights, locked the doors and went into my lonely bed.  I was flipping threw 500 channels with nothing on.  I turned down the tv and just started to hug Josh's pillow.. and smell it.  Yes I said smell it.  I have come to the conclusion that I can never live single (and wouldn't want to if I could) and my children is what color's my world.  I will appreciate them all the more and maybe that is why God gave me this alone time, so I could see exactly how good I have it.

I was deep in these thoughts, missing my husband and wishing I could talk to him when the phone rang.  I jumped out of bed and ran to the phone hoping that maybe my husband sensed how lonely I was and it was him calling me.  To my surprise it was my friend Amy asking if I was up. LOL ya I was up, kinda.

She was somewhere near Mt. Vernon, IL on her way to Panama City, FL.  Her son is in a little league baseball tournament down there and she thought the directions she got were screwy and wanted me to see if I could find some better ones off the net (because I am the Internet Queen around here don't you know)  So I went to the same place she got her directions from, Mapquest.  I was there earlier today getting directions to my husband's cousin's house and I can testify they can give you screwy almost too detailed directions that can make it confusing.  I looked and looked for a better site but found nothing.  I told her to get a map from a gas station and plot her trip on it, that will make her feel more confidant.  She claims she doesn't know how to read a map.  I wonder how that is possible, doesn't everyone take geography in school, and I know she was a good student.  We lamented how we wish I was there to help her on her journey, it would of made a fun trip, and how Josh would be laughing his butt off when he heard that SHE called me for directions.  He seems to think I am the worst when it comes to giving and taking directions.

So Amy and I talked for about an hour or so and then I told her I had to go to bed, call me when you get there.  I drifted off to sleep a bit less lonely.  I did set my alarm for 8:00 because I was going to go to church.  But when my eyes fluttered open at 10:45 I knew that wasn't going to happen so I drifted back to deep sleep.  Around 12:00 the phone woke me up with my husband's sweet voice on the other end.

He is still not sure how long he is going to be out of town but I pray that it will either be cut short or my loneliness will subside.  Maybe after I go and get the kids we will go and do something special?