This First Person article is the experience of Vaidehee Lanke, a graduate student in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
It must have been the house, but nothing looked familiar so I convinced myself that my apartment was still a block away. With each step, my confusion grew. My walk back from the grocery store was only supposed to take 10 minutes.
When I finally accepted I was lost and checked my phone for directions, I saw that I’d passed the building several blocks ago. So, with my heavy grocery bags, I turned around and