Monday, December 11, 2006

BIG NEWS!

i got pulled over by a cop today, precisely 9:55am.

let me tell you, it was a little unnerving looking at the rearview mirror and seeing a cop with his top lights turned on at you. so i pull over the side, we both park, and he walks up to my car. i slide my windows down and look at him, expectantly and a little frightened.

at first he says one sentence that both relieves and terrifies me at the same time: "i'm not going to give you a citation (yey!) unless you can't answer this one questio (what?!)"

he proceeds to ask me what i should do when i'm making a turn at a stop sign. i tell him 'stop'. he says, i 'kinda' stopped. more like, slowed and rolled, he adds. stopping should be 3-4 seconds long before i actually make a turn. then he lectures me that it's not worth getting a citation which is accompanied by a $160 fee and 3 points against my license (woah).

i nod feebly, coz i was surprised to hear the punishment, and of course, you DON'T WANT TO ARGUE WITH A COP, whatever your reasons may be (even when you're tempted to say, but i DID stop!).

thankfully, it was a guy. a girl cop would've given me a ticket right there and then. and maybe the music i was playing on my stereo helped, too (i had Christian music. see, i'm a good girl, officer!)

anyway, just wanted to share. man, even so, i really hope i don't get mailed a citation. i swear, after that, i counted 4 seconds on every stop light. cars behind me be damned!
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FYI, i was able to buy gerber cereal meal yesterday. and yes, i ate some of it. my lil cuz, curious as always, asked what i was eating. told him it was baby food. he replied, "you're an adult and you're eating baby food?"

yes, dear boy. i liked it, though i still love cerelac a whole lot better.

i MIGHT have to eat this stuff more. it's actually nutritious, if you look at the labels. i mean, compared to chips, cereal is healthier for you.

yes, i'm just making (valid) excuses to eat baby food.

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