Erin, I hope you can comfort yourself in that as horrible, shitty things go, this ones not too bad. There will likely be a while when things are difficult, with legal stuff and fines and maybe community service, but I imagine that it will feel so good when it's all over and you don't have this hanging over you anymore. Plus, I just want to echo the get a lawyer advice.

It seems to me, from experience with people in general, not specifically with lawyers, if you seem to be a pretty good person (which you do) and it's not that serious (which it's not, since no one was hurt) and you have a lawyer (so that it's not easy-peasy to walk all over you), the prosecutors just don't seem to push that hard because it's not worth the effort. Plus, I think that in situations like these, most of the people involved are just repeating over and over, "There but for the grace of God (or whatever their personal beliefs) go I."

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KristinT- And what are you still doing up at 5AM? Insomnia?

Ya totally. Very unmotivated this weekend. One could say "blah". Not a damn thing done. And absolutely no desire to go shopping for the holidays. No desire to be in jampacked stores. No desire to be on yucky wet roads (raining yesterday). Today, I'm finding ANY excuse to not do anything. examples: "wait wait" on the radio "marketplace" on the radio Eagles football on TV

dunno what I'll do in about 20 minutes when the game is done. However, I did dig out the visa, so I think I'll click my way to holdiay shopping, and pay thru the nose in shipping.

Ho Hum.

Erin, I'm glad you weren't badly hurt. It will all be all right eventually. And, now you have the prettiest mugshot ever taken.

Last August I got pulled over for turning right on red when I shouldn't have, and I couldn't find my insurance card, and it turned out my registration had been expired for a YEAR and my driver's license had expired three days previous. I almost collapsed. They towed my car, and thank goodness I had no outstanding tickets. I still can't believe I was that careless. But it happens - one minute everything's normal, the next minute, OMGWTF did I do?

I will not murder anyone in my house.

I will not murder anyone in my house.

Suppose you drag them into the yard first, Suzi?

Need an alibi, Suzi?

bwah

Yes, sj, yes.

I feel like a need a wheel of fortune to pick the victim as it changes from moment to moment.

I hate feeling snarly.

Y'all give such good advice. Although if someone asked me to do comm serv, I might just have to scream "I am a teacher in an underserved inner-city high school! Just take some fucking money, k? Cause if I have to go somewhere else to do comm serv, it's like sending a hooker to to be a sex therapist."

Lawyer up, huh? I don't know any lawyers. Damn the humanities degree -- I know teachers and IT people. Anyone got any leads on a KC lawyer, who can at least rec a traffic/car lawyer?

I am going to take a hot shower and go to bed early so I can get up and grade papers -- I did not touch them, and I have a stack in the back seat of my car, which is untouchable till tomorrow, dammit. I did get a study guide for Hill House final done, and the essay options and rubric for "Always Running" done, which as frazzizzled as I feel (what would the letter Z do without Snoop? Huh?? He should do a cameo on Sesame Street, fo reals) is a fucking miracle.

Ah, well. My students won't complain if I make them just turn in their conclusion as a final, yo. We can work more on the revising next semester, right? I made them revise once already.

Arrrrgggghhhhh.

Your students will love you for not making them revise again.

Erin, check with Gud, maybe, for lawyer recs? I was pulled over for expired tags once, and the officer told me if I got them renewed before court, they wouldn't take them (Oklahoma, at the time they'd take your plates if you're caught driving after the registration expires) and I could keep driving.

When I told the clerk of courts that before the trial, she called the judge and the ticket was dropped and the officer was reprimanded. I have not, thankfully, ever been caught without insurance, though I have driven without it, so I'm feeling sick on your behalf, Erin. Money is such a difficult thing.