Law and Order takes a Commerical Break.

So I  went to the court house. Met my lawyer. He handed in my Citation and I waited with all the other sheep to be booked. I could hear the conversations around me and it was clear that no one EVER did anything that was their fault.

Anyway, they wouldn't book me because the cop hadn't handed in my citation yet, even though he had distinctly told me to go downtown on Monday. Lawyer said, "come with me" and took me to the court room. While I waited at the back, he went and had a tete a tete with the DA with my warrent and two driver's licenses in hand.

While I was waiting, the security guard in awe asked "Is that your attorney?" When I nodded in the affirmative he said "You know he is one of the top ten attorneys in Nashville." Yahoo! Apparently my google-fu worked out.

Long story short: I have to wait until next week for the cop to file the citation and for it to be put in the system. However, at that time, the DA said she would drop the charges with no court fees.

So it isn't over yet, but I feel a lot better about it all.

How do I get myself into these messes?

As I was leaving campus to go and have dinner with today's seminar speaker, I got pulled over for not having my headlights on. The cop told me he was going to give me a warning as long as I had no other ticket history on my driver's license. And that was when it really went down hill.

It turns out, that when I dutifully went to the DMV this summer to have my license renewed, the DMV guy didn't change the expiry date from my old license. He essentially gave me a three week driver's license and told me to my face I was good for a year.

So tonight when the cop called in my license it came back expired. My warning for no headlights has turned into a misdemeanor driving-without-a-license charge, complete with mug shot, finger prints and court date.

To add insult to injury, this took so long to work out and I was sitting in my car with the headlights and blinker on, the battery on the car died.

James had to come pick me up and we had to leave my car in the parking garage. I held it together for another 15 or so minutes and then burst into sobs on his shoulder in a parking lot.

Did I mention that I am 5 months pregnant too? A pregnant mug shot just makes me feel that much worse.

Notice anything funny about the expiry and issue dates?  I didn't. That is, until the cop pointed it out.