A Life SO Ordinary
Tuesday, Oct. 01, 2002
Today was a very frustrating and bad day for me! I had to go and get my licence re-newed because I had just turned 18 and my licence expired. I'm at the Driver's Licence (DL) place at 8:30 all ready with my information and proof of where I live (i still hadn't changed my licence from when i moved from TX to Tennessee). I'm at the counter and the lady tells me that it's going to cost $26.50. Well guess what! I only have $20.00! So now I have to go all the way back to my house (the DL place is about 10 miles from my house) to go get more money from my mom, and I'm already missing school for all of this so I'm really frustrated at this point. I get halfway there and I get pulled over for a speeding ticket!!This just made my day! When I get mad/angry/frustrated I start to cry. I can't help it I just do! So the cop comes up to my window and asks for my licence, registration, and proof of insurance. I hand him all three and then he points out that I don't have a TN licence and he asked me why. I told him that I moved here a few months ago and that when I went to go get my licence changed I couldn't because I had to prove that I had been in school for the past 30 days. I recently accomplished that so that's where I was headed away from because I didn't bring enough money to pay for my licence, and I was missing school so I had to hurry up and get home and back to the DL place so I wouldn't miss anymore school. Now I'm on the verge of tears because I realized that I might get another ticket for my licence not being a TN licence. Then he points out that my insurance has expired!
I just started crying! I couldn't help it! It was the last straw for me! And I didn't want him to think I was playing the "I'm a girl, take pity on me" routine, but as I said, I couldn't help it. Then he goes away and I'm trying to control the tears, but it's useless. Thank God for the box of Tissues that I keep on my dashboard or I would have looked like I had just gotten out of a fist fight!
He comes back to my window and askes me my address and my social security number. He takes all of that down and then he asked me if I was a Gopher!! I looked at him like "What the hell was that supposed to mean"! I was about ready to tell him he might as well call me a Raccoon if he really wanted to make fun of me because my mascara was leaking all over my eyes! He must have seen the look on my face and then he explained to me that he was from North Richland Hills (a town about 20 miles west of where I used to live in TX) and that he played the Gophers (the other High School's mascot from where I was). I told him that I was a Warrior from the other high school; it calmed me down so I was greatful for that, and then he told me that if I showed up for the court date they might put me on 6-weeks probation because it was my first ticket/offense.
Now I get home and tell my mom what happened and then head back to get my licence with my puffy red face because of my crying! I'm almost home when this guy comes with in a few feet of broad siding me! What did I do to deserve this day?!?!?! Now I'm home and really freaked out, tired, and now I have a head ache. So how was your day?
