After church, Jim asked me if I would get directions for the meetinghouse in Plano, since he's the ward clerk and therefore had to stay after church. He usually gets done by around 6:00 pm, but we needed to leave here around 6:30 to make sure we had enough time to find the place. So I readily agreed to find the directions. I asked around a little after church, and no one was entirely sure where the fireside would be, but someone thought it was probably at the Roundrock chapel. That sounded all right to me, and from what I could tell from the bulletin board at the church, there seemed to be only two chapels in Plano. When we came home, I got online and found the address for the Roundrock chapel, along with the driving directions (thanks, GoogleMaps!). I also found that the Roundrock chapel is the stake center, so that seemed likely to be where the fireside would be held. Just to be on the safe side, I thought I'd get the directions from Roundrock to the other chapel, in case we got there and found that wasn't the right place.
Jim and Hector (who is also a clerk in our ward) came over about 6:00, and we decided that Margo would drive. We set out, with directions in our hands and hope in our hearts. :) But fate seemed to be against us. First, there was a whole debacle with the tollway ... but that's for another day. In any case, we got off at the correct exit in Plano and followed our directions until all we had left was to turn onto Roundrock Trail and find the chapel. But we couldn't find Roundrock. After several miles, we decided to stop at a gas station and ask for directions. The man at the counter didn't know where Roundrock Trail was, but he did have some maps that we were able to use to figure out where we'd gone wrong.
We finally found Roundrock Trail and the chapel ... but there was no one there. In fact, there was some kind of construction going on, at least in the parking lot, if nowhere else. So we figured it must be at the other chapel. Good thing we wrote down those directions, right? We followed the directions with no trouble, until -- once again -- all we had left was to find a street called Legacy and then find the chapel. But we couldn't find Legacy (does this sound at all familiar?). We did eventually find the chapel, and there were at least a few cars out in the parking lot, so we got out and went inside. It didn't take us long, though, to figure out that this wasn't actually the chapel. We think it may have been a Korean church -- we're not sure. We got back in the car and continued down the street ... and finally found the chapel. For real, this time. There were some cars out in the parking lot, and there was a group of three young adults standing outside, which seemed to us like a good sign. So we went inside.
There were people there in the building, and we thought we were in the clear. We were about half an hour late, but hey! at least we'd made it, right? Wrong. About the time we got to the chapel (where you'd expect the fireside to be held), some folks sitting in the foyer asked if we were looking for something, and could they help us? We explained that we were looking for the fireside, and they all looked a bit blank. Apparently we weren't in the right chapel, after all. One of them finally found an events calendar that actually said which chapel the fireside was being held in, and they gave us directions to get there. Margo prudently asked them, though, how long it would take us to get there, and they estimated about 20 minutes. By the time we got there, the fireside would be over.
So we went back home instead. And ate cookies that Hector had brought us. And life was good.
At least we can say that we made a darn good effort to get to the YSA activity, next time the bishop asks.
"Look, Daddy, a bear!"
"No, honey, that's a frog. Bears wear hats."
(21 points)
I'm a bit disappointed that no one seems to know the last quote, but if you get this one, it might help. In other words, the last quote is still open for point-getting. I also have to add that Erin is barred from guessing on today's quote, since I just quoted it to her the other day, but she can still get points for the last one.
3 comments:
Everything was the Navigator's fault.
What, wasn't the last quote from Muppet Treasure Island? Hmm. If that's not it, I don't know what it is. You seem to have a pattern going, though -- have you been watching a lot of Muppet movies lately? -- because this one is from Muppets Take Manhattan. ("That's because Fozzie's wearing his hat.")
Your experience with the fireside sounds like some similar ones I've had. My family was doing a big cross-country road trip back in '97 and were rushing one Sunday morning to get ready and leave in time to get to church in Nebraska, which meant leaving extra early because we had to change time zones. So we got to the church in time, only to find it absolutely empty with a sign on the door saying that they were all at some sort of conference in Lincoln, which was a good two hours or so down the road.
Similar thing happened our second Sunday in Chile. We braved the 45-minute roller-coaster bus ride and got to church only to find out it was Stake Conference and everyone was at the Stake Center somewhere back in Providencia, the direction we'd just come from. We had no idea where, and knew by the time we got back and found and address and caught another bus and found the stake center, it would all be over. So we went back home and were accosted by a drunk on the bus. But that's another story.
Elizabeth - Sorry, I missed your comment, and you were right that the quote was from "Muppet Treasure Island." I really enjoy Tim Curry in general, personally.
And Mr. Rivers should know about everything being the navigator's fault, since he was the navigator that night ...
:)
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