I sorta kinda got lost today. I'm not supposed to get lost. I am the cab driver. It is my job to know where I'm going. I have a GPS but it's very temperamental and refuses to turn on when I need it to. Yeah, I know. I need to buy a new one. For future reference, don't purchase a TomTom.
So now to what happened. I pull up to a wedding reception and this "way to drunk" girl runs up to my cab and tells me I'm taking her sister, the bride and her new groom from there to a hotel in Benicia. Seems easy enough, but then she tells me she, (the drunk girl) is paying the fare on her credit card. I find out I don't have any credit cards slips to swipe her card. Another mistake on my part. Then, I find out I don't know where this hotel is and my GPS is out of order. I am forced to get this girl to find directions on her internet capable phone while she is inebriated. By the way, she is freaking out over how I cannot swipe her card, she is drunk, I don't know how to get there, she can't find her sister, Etc. I am able to stay calm through all of this because I know it will work out. I end up writing all the card info on a piece of paper and get her to sign it. She seems to be sobering up by now which is helping matters. I can be calm because I am certain that God is in my cab riding shot gun throughout every run. That, to me, is sobering and very encouraging. She finds her sister and groom, who is almost perfectly sober. I have directions and we are now on our way. But I can't trust them because they were through secondhand means. After a few wrong turns and a slight headache I pull up to a beautiful Victorian Hotel overlooking a million city lights and the Golden Gate Bridge. Perfect Honeynoon suite. Now all I have to do is get back to the streets I know by heart.
This job keeps me on my toes. It's not boring. It is definitely not easy. But I love it. I love a good challenge.
“And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:19
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