Criminal is Free

Yes, that's right. I am a criminal. :) I had to go "plea" before a judge this morning for a speeding ticket. Afterwards, I called Kyle and he asked me if he needed to come bail me out of jail. HA! HA! The speeding ticket was back from February (there is a post about it) when I was anxious to get to Preston's neurology appointment and I was going down hill. This cop pulled me over and wasn't even compassionate towards me with a screaming baby in the backseat. Grrrrr. I wasn't able to go into detail with the judge. I started talking and told him this was my VERY FIRST time getting pulled over and then he stopped me and had me pay the ticket and said it wouldn't go on my record if I was good for another 6 months. I was glad it didn't go on my record, but I was expecting him to reduce the fee at least! Especially since it was my first time getting pulled over. Maybe I should have asked him to reduce it and not have it go on my record, but this being my first time in court I wasn't about to argue with a judge. I didn't want him to change his mind and make it go on my record. Oh well... I paid the dumb ticket and now I have to be "good" for 6 months.

There was this kid in front of me that had a speeding ticket and he swore after the judge gave him his decision. The judge made the kid come back and the judge added another $50 to his fine for his "filthy mouth". I thought that was good the judge did that and I hope that kid learned his lesson.