I also drive WAY TOO fast and am pushing my luck on a speeding ticket.
It's a numbers game with me -- not IF, but WHEN I'll get a ticket. I'm actually surprised that I don't get stopped more often. (This is the first ticket in a couple-few years.)
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
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Steph L. - Sep 23, 2010 5:34:46 am PDT #3745 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sparky1 - Sep 23, 2010 5:40:28 am PDT #3746 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Seeing those flashing lights in your mirrors causes anxiety that is disproportionate to the speeding sin, so it's understandable that it wrecked you for a while, Steph.
While you didn't scream at the officer, I came in this morning to find out that one of the professors did scream at our student workers last night (for something not their fault) and she's totally being a shit about it this morning.
What went wrong? A link to a web page wouldn't work last night and she totally flipped out.
sj - Sep 23, 2010 5:50:45 am PDT #3747 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, I'm sorry. No hugs, but I will say that it is totally understandable. You've had a lot going on, and being pulled over by a cop for any reason (deserved or not) is always traumatic imho.
Can I have a little bit of job~ma for TCG? I don't want to take it from people that are out of work, but he is applying for a job this week that would definitely be a step up toward what he really wants to be doing and the commute would be SO much better.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2010 5:59:09 am PDT #3748 of 30000
brillig
I had weird dreams last night and woke up going, "Oh, god, no, please, I want to sleep." Not the way a season should start. Fall's my favorite season, and it's let me down. Perhaps it will be all good from here.
Calli - Sep 23, 2010 6:00:14 am PDT #3749 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Certainly--job~ma to TCG!
Steph, I'm sorry you got pulled this morning. It's definitely something that can ruin your morning, but I hope the rest of the day goes better.
-t - Sep 23, 2010 6:03:28 am PDT #3750 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Get-through-the-day~ma, Tep
Job~ma for TCG
Strix - Sep 23, 2010 6:08:29 am PDT #3751 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ugh, I have flipped my shit about tickets FOR SURE. All that guilt adrenalin just bites.
Back from gym. I have not been in one in....seriously. I can't remember. 2004?
I remember liking the elliptical a lot, but now that have TV with cable on each one! And heart monitors on the handles. Neato.
I also got rid of the very last of all the glass recycling the ex left in the yard for us (thanks, Ms. I Am So Eco, I Bleed Green - pfft on you. And I'm gonna wash the dog, then eat some leftover pot roast. Yummy.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2010 6:15:27 am PDT #3752 of 30000
brillig
Whenever a cop pulls in behind me, I have to do the "lights are on, registration's current, I'm doing the speed limit, don't panic and do something dumb" chant. But it's a tense few blocks until he changes lane and eases up behind someone else to see if he can spook them into something stupid.
Fred Pete - Sep 23, 2010 6:26:13 am PDT #3753 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Job~ma, TCG!
Barb - Sep 23, 2010 6:31:01 am PDT #3754 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Good night, Universe-- back off my people, wouldja?
ION, morning. I have a talk scheduled at 11AM with the attorney for my publisher. And my horrorscopes are being frighteningly prescient.
You might find yourself involved in an emotionally charged melodrama today, even if you normally try to evade such things. And although the intensity may be somewhat distressing, there is also a definite adrenaline rush when you forget about remaining cool and detached. Instead of attempting to avoid this unfamiliar territory, enjoy it while you can.
Be sure to answer all phone calls and open all letters and emails today, Barbara, as you are likely to receive some interesting communications indeed. You may receive word from a former colleague about an exciting opportunity. Expect your eyebrows to rise in surprise at least once or twice during this day. Expect the unexpected!