July 30th was my big court date down in Lancaster (the desert). The story is...is that Western Dental failed to renew the tags on the company car I was driving last November... the result of which was a citation from Lancaster's finest! I was getting notices to surrender my license for failure to appear in court & bail amount $825....all for a "fix-it" like ticket! Sheesh!
All I could do was hear my charges from the judge & make a plea: "guilty", "not guilty", or "no contest" (which is not admitting one way or the other but allows you to settle the matter right then & there). I've never been more nervous...I didn't know how serious this matter was or how much it was gunna cost.....WESTERN DENTAL!!! That's right.....I made my plea of "no-contest" and got lucky with a $609 fine....which I forwarded to WDS! 
Although if I had to be locked up & license taken away, I did have a back up plan! My best good pal Heather! She was the Romy to my Michelle on this road trip! I knew Michael was not able to go & she was the only responsible enough person (available that day, haha) to come with me. 
I think I asked her 10 times what plea I should make when it was time to face the judge. It was quite a learning experience for us both....thankfully some of Lancaster's not-so-finest citizens demonstrated what NOT to do in the courtroom. So we took our cues & changed my plea 3 times before I was called up! LoL!
The driving force behind this trip was the need to settle the legal issues, but the fuel & courage was supplied by our pure enjoyment of odd sights & stops along the way. Like this out of nowhere bunny foo foo at our hotel. Only Heather & I would find it necessary to photograph this creature at 12am after checking into our Holiday Inn Hotel! It was amazing how close we got (with the car) to take this picture.
On our way home we stopped at the cutest farmer's fruit stand shop. It actually had a giant ant jungle gym for kids, a tour of the crop area, flowers, fruits, nuts, veggies, you name it! We couldn't help but stop & pose as little fruits ourselves....
We giggled, laughed, & joked about my ungodly bad luck with driving & vehicles in general. It put me at ease to have her accompany me on this trip. Thanks Roo! Tell your Espanol teacher we gave the judge the 'ol "Pom Pom Pas!"....as opposed to a "Boom Boom Pow"...LMAO!
LOL I had a fun time with you on this trip. Give them the old Poom Poom Pas! =) Thank God you didn't have your camera when I did that in the hotel room before leaving for court!
ReplyDeleteI would just like to say... the NEXT time we make a road trip, 1) Take delicious snacks 2) Not leave so late at night 3) Go somewhere FUN - i.e. NOT the Lancaster court house lol