Thank you, Lord, for technology!

(From the heart of she)

This weekend I actually became thankful for technology. We were headed back home after Mark's yearly alumni lacrosse game. We were both feeling pretty tired and Zaba had had about enough of riding in the car, and was letting us know about it in ways that caused us to roll the windows down about every ten minutes. (No need to explain further about that:)) I was taking the turn driving for awhile and we were on the home stretch, just about 60 minutes left to go. Heading down the mountain on an open interstate with few cars around, I wasn't really paying attention to how fast I was going or what the speed limit was. When suddenly I see him...Mr. State Trooper. Oh Pooh. We momentarily hope that he is going after Bubba, driving the red pick up, in front of me. But no, it's me. I slowly pull over and wonder just how fast I was going. I get everything ready as he approaches the vehicle. "Hello Mam, My name is Mr. State Trooper and I pulled you over today because you were speeding. I clocked you going 75mph's in a 60 mph zone." He proceeds to take my license and registration and says he'll be right back. I really wasn't upset..it was my own fault for not paying attention. I deserved the ticket. Mark and I start to discuss how much this little ticket is going to cost us, my estimate was a little higher than his. We even start to joke around about Zaba and his gaseous escapades as we are waiting for Mr. State Trooper to return to the vehicle and give me my bill. This seemed to be taking longer than usual. Mark begins to wonder if there is some secret life I am living and haven't told him about. Finally, Mr. State Trooper returns. "Mam", he says, "This is your lucky day." I liked the sound of that. "My Computer system is down right now, so I can't give you a ticket today." "Well I won't argue with that officer!" I say. "Just slow down please and have a nice evening"...I drove 5 miles under the whole way home.

(And on a side note- we had our first snow of the year last night! -just a dusting, but this is the earliest snow we have had since I have lived in NC. Come on snow days!!!)