dear police officer who pulled me over today when i was 10 mins. away from home,
it was a good day. my mom was watching the kids while i went to park city to return a dress and the scenary was so beautiful and peaceful. it was nice to drive somewhere without having to worrry about the kids fighting in the back or fixing the ipad to stand, handing snacks/drinks to them or taking garbage from them every few mins., just worrying about me and being free to think about whatever i wanted without any distractions. it was much needed. i wasn’t sure what the speed limit was so i just followed the pace of a white truck in front of me. he was going around 73 mph so i kept my speed at a 73 mph, thinking the usual speed sign is 65 mph for a freeway, keeping my two-seconds safe distance-being the good girl/driver that i am. then i saw you with your police car and didn’t think anything until i saw you speed up behind me with your lights on. i thought for sure you were pulling over the white truck in front of me so i moved to a different lane, but you changed the lane to mine and kept following me! i thought, “what? why is he following me?” but pulled over immediately, being the good girl/responsible driver that i am. you asked me if i was in a hurry and i said i was just following the truck in front of me. you said, “well, you were going a little bit faster than the truck. the speed limit is 55 and you were going 73.” i still don’t understand how i could be going faster than the truck if i’ve been following the truck for at least 20 mins., keeping my safe distance. if i did happen to go faster than the truck, it couldn’t have been more than +1 mph mile! seriously, police officer?
at least you were really nice(minus the fact that you just gave me a ticket!), and even wrote that i only went over 9 mph when it was 18+mph. and i didn’t get a ticket the last 3 times i got pulled over so i guess it was finally my time. helloooo, traffic school.
that’s it. i guess you were just doing your job and no hard feelings. but next time, please pull over the car that’s leading the others cars. thank you.
dear bachelorette,
hi. i love you. every monday rolls around and i completely forget that you are on tonight until it’s almost kids’ bedtime. somehow i suddenly remember and i scream(literally) with joy and do a happy dance for about 3 mins.(literally). the kids get excited too by my excitement and join in on the dance. and i don’t know why but everytime, i do this dance where i squat my knees and move sideways as fast as i can. i call it my crab dance. don’t ask me why, that’s the only time i bust out my crab dance and it just comes naturally without a second thought. by the time i realize i look really stupid and dorky, it’s too late, i’m exactly 10 feet away in 180 degrees. today i watched you for the first time on our newly installed projector screen and with mr. cheez-it(i like ’em white cheddar) by my side, life couldn’t have been any better, even with the speeding ticket i’d gotten earlier.
i do wish bentley was still around, it would’ve been nice to see his big head 10x larger than the actual size, if that’s even possible, telling ashley it’s a “dot dot dot…” but i guess he finally, FINALLY told her, “let’s end it with a period… oh i mean, not …, that would’ve made it a dot dot dot…(“to be continued” as translated by ashley), just a dot. i’d appreciate it if all these people from utah stop being on the bachelor/bachelorette show and make the rest of us utahns look bad.
dear bedtime,
yeah i know, it’s way past my bedtime. why do you sneak up on me ever so quickly? and why do i hate you but hate waking up in the morning even more? i wish i only needed 4 hrs. of sleep and still be alert and full of energy. sigh. good night.
Prudently Painted Vintage says
Booooo! To the speeding ticket! That hardly seems fair π
Maybe you could protest it, but then again you were speeding so what's there to protest. Oh well!
I am watching the bachelorette tonight (I recorded it, obviously because how else would I be watching it tonight, right :). Any ways, I get that excited about it too!
If I could run on 4 hours asleep I could maybe rule the world! Just joking, but seriously the things I could accomplish!
Wynter says
Not fun. I have only gotten 3 tickets my entire life.. 2 being for 9 over. I can't say I was happy about either one. Especially when the officer who just gave me a ticket sped off going at least 85+ (I tried to follow) At least you had a good attitude =) It ruined my day! ….Then I married a cop, what was I thinking ? At least now in this town I will be lucky if I get a ticket. (its the only perk, I guess) π
SupaFlowaPowa says
Did you know Bentley is not only from Utah but went to BYU? Hahahaha – apparently a lot of people in our ward know him and say he was painted bad and is in fact a great guy! Always two sides to a story… that cop should not have given you a ticket – he should have said "this is just a warning" cuz you're a girl! Also, your sister told me she's your sister – pretty neat, I LOVE your blog and all your how to modestify stuff. Thanks for the tutorials! I have yet to try… can't wait!
Sarah says
I totally agree that I shouldn't have gotten the ticket! @Wynter: that is a nice bonus though, never getting a ticket? π @Supa: Bentley went to BYU? How did I miss that? haha. and yes, my sister told me, what a small world! π