SJ had his after school speech session yesterday. He was giving me a pretty hard time about going, but I told him he had to go. He seemed fine once we got there. Although his therapist told my husband the testing would begin after Thanksgiving, she started it during yesterday's session. She said he was very cooperative. The testing took the whole session, but they completed half of it. The testing was on Problem Solving, Inferences and Predicting. She said he had problems with the Predicting, but she was still pleased that he worked hard. She said she should be able to finish the test the week after Thanksgiving.
On our way home, I was in a bit of a hurry. Half way to our house, I noticed a police officer behind me. "Oh crap,” I said. "What is wrong, Mom?" asked SJ. "I have to pull over. A police officer needs to talk to me," I replied. The officer approached my car as I pulled out my driver's license, proof of insurance and registration.
"Do you know why I pulled you over?" he asked. "I guess I was speeding," I replied. "Do you know how fast you were going?" he asked. "Maybe 55 mph," I said. He said, "You were going 60 mph. It is 40 mph here." I said, "Sorry, I thought it was 50 mph." He said, "Well, I am going to have to give you a citation." I asked, "Can't you just me a warning? I am a really nice person." He smiled and walked back to his car.
As he was writing up my ticket, SJ asked me a question. "Mom, is he going to arrest you?" SJ asked. "No, he is not going to arrest me." SJ asked, "Are you a criminal Mom?" I answered, "I am not a criminal, but I did break a rule. When you break a rule, you have to pay a consequence. My consequence is that I will have to pay a fine."
The officer returned to my window. He explained the citation to me and told me he liked my comment about being a nice person. He told me I could go to the magistrate to fight the ticket. I told him that it would be hard for me to get there. He assured me that they would work around my schedule. Maybe I will. Maybe I will be lucky and he won't be able to come. Maybe I have a little luck left in me! Wish me luck!
Good Luck! Hope he is a no show. I thought it was good to explain you broke the rules to SJ but getting a ticket does suck. You weren't doing anything reckless. I'm still mad about my ticket this summer in New Mexico (7 miles over the speed limit) They target out of state plates--Avoid the state if possible (there's not much there anyway!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the luck...I will need it. I hope he is a no show too. I thought I would use my bad luck as a learning situation for SJ. Now he can see that adults "break rules" sometimes too. I can't believe that you got a ticket for going 7 miles over the speed limit. I almost always 5-9 miles above the speed limit. I will stay away from New Mexico!
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