I Fought the Law and the Law Won!!!

"Talent Search, this is Robyn."

"Robyn, this is JC. Did you get a speeding ticket?"

"Yeah, I did. I'm going down to the police station to pay it at lunch today."

"Well, I'm at the courthouse and they just called your name and issued a warrant for you because you weren't here. I'd come on down here and straighten this out if I were you."

This is the call that I got from the HSU Chief of Police yesterday morning. Ok, so it's no secret that I got a ticket a few weeks ago. I knew the ticket had to be paid by yesterday and I briefly wondered if it had to be paid before that 10:00 a.m. court time. I had no intentions of going to court... I was speeding so I just wanted to pay it and be done. Guess I should have read the fine print... no lectures, mom, on that. Lesson learned!!

So I run down to the courthouse and sit in court for about 45 minutes, which proved to be an interesting experience. I saw a student of mine, someone from church (who didn't see me!), and two friends of my parents. I was the very last person because I missed my name the first time. The judge was very nice and asked me if I was a student, which made my day. Then later I realized that he probably meant a non-traditional student and I shouldn't have been so flattered after all.

I told him that I meant to pay the ticket, he asked me if I wanted to do defensive driving (I said no to this!) and then he asked me if I could pay the ticket today. Apparently, they will make payment arrangements with you if you can't. Who knew?!

On my way out, a certain police officer from our hometown (who was sitting in for the chief) that I barely know, stopped me and told me that I should have had my parents call him to help... Honestly, I was not trying to get out of the ticket. I told him thanks, but I was speeding and just wanted to pay it. But I have filed that information away for future reference!

All in all, it was an exciting morning!!! I owe JC big time for giving me a call... otherwise Kam would have been right and that officer would have taken me to jail!