Drawing Class 1 - Getting There

I was late for class. I have never gone to the school directly from my apartment and didn't realize I had no idea which subway to take until an hour before class. It's quite amazing that you can Google your route on the subway - I had no idea! So, off I go, a bit stressed, jump on the 'F' train and realize I am going the wrong way - AAHHH! I get off in one stop, walk over the tracks (well, not literally) and get on going downtown for a 22 minute subway ride and the minutes are counting down. I get out at a stop I've never seen before and am SO TURNED AROUND (this is not a new thing) it takes me 15 minutes to walk in a circle to get to school - 15 minutes late. The GPS on my phone is totally worthless - it places me a block from where I really am and adding that to my total lack of sense of direction - I'm lost, constantly. I am certain that once I determine which way I should go if I stop, turn around 180 degrees and THEN start walking, I will right 100% of the time. My way home was not much different. I found the subway stop after school just fine (holy smoke it took like 5 minutes to walk there) but when I got out - 2 blocks from home on 63rd - I started walking and ended up on 62nd, not 64th, so I turned off of Lexington on 62nd and ended up on Park - totally the opposite direction of where I needed to be! So I turned again, walked 2 LONG blocks to 3rd, where I belonged in the first place and up 2 blocks to 64th. I SWEAR - if there just weren't so many buildings and I could see the water...

Oh, and add to that that I have this very cool little Zuka wheeled cart that I drag behind me with all my art supplies in it but this particular model happens to have little twinkling lights on the wheels when you go - like baby sneakers. I am not that cool. Walking off the subway train I pass this group of like 10 gangster guys (this is 10:00 at night) and 10 feet further a gang of like 10 NYC policemen and I SWEAR I heard sniggering. How do I turn these things off?