Officer: Your license and registration, please.
Me: Here.
Officer: Do you know why I stopped you?
Me: No...you were behind me for a while. I know I wasn't speeding.
Officer: No, you weren't speeding. But you blew right past that stop sign back there.
Me: I thought it said, "Except Right Turn"? I'm almost positive it said "Except Right Turn"!
Officer: Ma'am? (long pause)
Me: Officer? (confused stare)
Officer: You turned left.
Me: (burst into tears)
True Story. And that wasn't the worst part of my day. Not even close.
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Oh my. For real?
So did the tears get you out of a ticket?
((HUGS))...with a little laughter...c'mon....there had to be a chuckle in there somewhere!
Where's the marathon "debrief" as we like to call it here in pilot country!
So long as we're confessing, I admit I laughed, out loud, too.
But, you should find comfort in the fact that it's a motherhood phenomenon -- babies suck the brains (including the lobe responsible for left v. right differentiation) right out of our heads. Also too, both Sara and I have crashed right in our very own driveways (though not into each other; and one more times than the other, but I'm not telling who), so this phenomenon directly affects driving as well. It's not your fault.
I add my ((HUGS)) to Christy's.
I definitely have to say that I LOL'd at this one. Sorry to hear that you had such an awful day, but hopefully you can look back on this incident and laugh too.
Alyssa, that was priceless! You are my inspiration. I want to know if you got the ticket or not!
I will have you know that I did not get a ticket, and I didn't get a ticket the second time I got pulled over today, either. Sigh. So I guess there was at least SOME good in this day.
I happened to be on my way home from taking Emma from her flu shot when I made my "right" turn without stopping. So when I burst into tears I just started blabbering incoherently about how she'd gotten up at 6:30 am, and still hadn't had a nap for the day (this was 3 pm) and had her flu shot (she handles shots badly) and I was just trying to get home. He literally patted my shoulder and said
"I have three kids at home. My wife has a day like this at least once a week. Drive home safe."
Bless his heart.
Also, it's ok that you all laughed at me, because as I was telling Mike about it over dinner, I laughed too. This, of course, was AFTER Emma finally conceded and took a nap.
Then, I had a three hour meeting at church tonight, and was driving home on empty roads and sped RIGHT by a cruiser, half in my lane, half in the middle turn lane, going around a corner. Not my finest moment. Got pulled over again, but by some stroke of luck he wasn't paying enough attention to get me on the radar gun. He said since I admitted to speeding, isntead of trying to deny it, he would just give me a warning.
Man, I needed people to be nice to me today.
And also, I apparently shouldn't have been driving.
Christy, marathon debrief will come soon, once I'm over being really bummed about it.
I understand your feeling of not feeling like you completed with your full potention, if that is why you are bummed. Girl you've read about my half marathon experience. Several times since then I have debated on whether or not I should do another one just to put my mind at ease.
However, I have since let all that go and just decided that "dude, I just ran a half marathon!!! It shouldn't matter how long it took me". And I've been at peace with that.
In your circumstance, you sista-friend, ran TWO marathons...T-W-O in less than two months on very little sleep with a mending body. Are you kidding me? You. Are. A. ROCK. STAR. With you being sick, you had a "get out of this" free pass if you didn't want to do it....BUT. YOU. DID.
I am so stinkin' proud of you and I know there will come a time again when you will do it and totally rock it again. For now, girl, cut yourself some slack and know that you just proved you are a force to be reckoned with.
I love ya xo
So, I definitely laughed out loud....and then couldn't stop! I am glad that everything worked out and you didn't end up getting any tickets! Also, it would have been hilarious (although probably not really) if it were the SAME police officer....just a thought ;)
Awe.
Some.
Or, as you like to say,
Allsum.
True dat, Deb, true dat.
You should teach a RS class on how to effectively get out of ticket or two. I would not have such luck, no one in Iowa is that nice.
And regarding the marathon and your bummedness ... Dude, I was so stinking proud of you. I wanted to hug and kiss you all over every time you ran by. Do you realize you ran 26.2 miles BY YOURSELF! Whilst recovering from the SWINE FLU. Whilst recovering from the previous MARATHON, which you ran without any DM paper or jello shots, I might add. Whilst mothering the anti-sleeper. And did I mention it was 26.2 miles? Some of which was nasty hilly -- I am rather familiar with the trail around Wildwood Lake and it can kick you in the rear. Furthermore, and frankly most fanfreakintastically, you did not quit. You had me at "Hello."
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