Red Light, Green Light

Last week I had to go to a state government office for my job. The agency has directions to their office online. We have some very clever people working for the state here in Georgia. Among other things the directions stated "go to the third red light and turn right on International Boulevard." Third red light? What if, after turning off of the interstate, all three stop lights were green or yellow? Or, what if only one of them was red, or two? Should I drive around the block and keep trying until the third light is red or should I just keep driving straight until I get to the third red light? I think they meant stop light. Or maybe the building moves according to the lights.

To tell you the truth, I have no idea whether they were green or red or purple when I drove through them because I parked in a parking garage about a block away and then got lost in the concrete jungle of Atlanta. Not too lost but lost just the same. I had to go back the next day and I was able to sort of figure out where I was. If I go back again I think I'll have it down. To give you an idea of how confusing it was, I went into a building on the "Mall" level, went up to the 10th floor, left, went down to the first floor, around a corner, past a guards desk, out a side entrance facing walls and no road, past a row of international flags, then up to the cross walk, across the street and into another building to the 8th floor. At this point I had no idea where I was. Luckily they had a very nice receptionist who gave me directions and I found my way back to the parking deck and out of the jungle.