Gives new meaning to "it pays to know where you are going".
Sorry for your ordeal as I have been in TV at night not being totally familiar with streets. I found a map to be helpful and to be used all the times. It is much easier during the day to memorize streets on the map and see where you are going. Nighttime is challenging proposition.
Hindsight is wonderful.
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"It doesn't cost "nuttin", to be nice". 
MOM
I just want to do the right thing! Uncle Joe, (my hero).