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Upside-Down Map About Face

driving son back to naval boot camp —
                                   miles and miles in wrong direction

8/24/2020
Silent One’s When plans don’t go to plan

Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2020

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Andrea Dietrich

August 30, 2020 at 2:30 PM

oh my, did they give him the boot?? My son did boot camp for Marines and it was TORTURE for him. I think they have eased up on it now because they could not keep enough men for how hard it used to be. Anyway, congrats for the win!!

August 30, 2020 at 7:07 PM

They told him to run back and make sure no one saw him. I was so scared...cried my eyes out. But it’s all good.

August 29, 2020 at 8:51 PM

Ha, ha! Now I know the hidden meaning of 'boot camp.' After the car runs out of gas going the wrong way, you gotta walk there in your boots. (Groaner, eh?!). At any rate, congrats on your win in the contest, Kim. ~ Walkie-Talkie

August 29, 2020 at 9:47 PM

Actually he was told to run back and nobody better see him. Walkie-talkie lol

Anne-Lise Andresen

August 29, 2020 at 1:09 PM

- Congratulations on your great winning line, Kim :) - // Anne-Lise :)

August 29, 2020 at 9:48 PM

Thank you, Anne-Lise!

August 29, 2020 at 11:28 AM

I've done that before - almost missed presenting a program. Good one, Kim! Congratulations! Hope everything is going in the right direction now!

August 29, 2020 at 9:49 PM

Yikes! Thank you.

August 29, 2020 at 10:47 AM

Great imagery in just one line Monoku, Kim . Congratulations on your win.

August 29, 2020 at 9:50 PM

Thank you, Eve!

August 29, 2020 at 9:49 PM

Thank you, Eve!

Michelle Faulkner

August 29, 2020 at 9:58 AM

I get lost so much it's not even funny - congratulations on your win, Kim!

August 29, 2020 at 9:50 PM

I am not the navigator...lol

August 29, 2020 at 9:49 PM

I am not the navigator...lol

August 29, 2020 at 9:39 AM

Congrats on your podium win, Kim--getting lost is no fun--lovely write.

August 29, 2020 at 9:50 PM

Thank you, Vijay!

August 29, 2020 at 7:17 AM

Back with congratulations, Kim. Well done! Regards // paul

August 29, 2020 at 9:50 PM

Thank you, Paul!

August 29, 2020 at 6:53 AM

Hi Kim, This Monoku is peerless. Superb tale with ironic twist. Congrats Howard

Krish Radhakrishna

August 29, 2020 at 4:39 AM

You were all at sea! Present day in built navigators are better than those old maps we used! Glad you are back to win this contest!! Congrats! Krish

August 29, 2020 at 6:35 AM

Thank you, Krish! I’m sure we would have done better with G.P.S. As navigator and not me.

August 29, 2020 at 4:38 AM

I like the subliminal layer of interpretation ~ wishing he didn't need to go ~

August 29, 2020 at 6:34 AM

Based on a true story. Stranger than fiction. Thank you, Line!

August 29, 2020 at 2:58 AM

Oh dear.. hate it when that happens.. Congratulations on your placement in the contest..

August 29, 2020 at 6:33 AM

Oh yes this did happen. I cried my eyes out. Thankfully he got into a minimum of trouble when we explained it wasn’t his fault. Thank you, Silent.

August 25, 2020 at 2:55 PM

Grrrr I can feel your frustration, Kim! Good thing you did not end up in no-man's-land! Regards // paul

August 25, 2020 at 3:36 PM

He got back late to boot camp!

August 25, 2020 at 6:13 AM

Sounds funny now, but must have been quite frustrating then, Kim:)

August 25, 2020 at 6:27 AM

It was awful! You have no idea!

August 24, 2020 at 12:11 PM

Sounds like the CIC was giving you directions? Aloha! Rico

August 24, 2020 at 1:08 PM

We were in Chicago. I am not the best navigator.

Anne-Lise Andresen

August 24, 2020 at 11:46 AM

- It's good we have GPS Navigation System :) - Best wishes in the contest, Kim :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

August 24, 2020 at 1:08 PM

Even that can have its flaws once in a while, but yes!

August 24, 2020 at 10:51 AM

LOL!! Love it!

August 24, 2020 at 11:19 AM

A true and angst of a story

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