Whew is defined by dictionary.com as the following: a whistling exclamation or sound expressing astonishment, dismay, relief, etc.
This describes my reaction to most of what has happened today. Where to begin? Well let's start with traffic violation court. First I will tell you the brief version of why I was there this morning. Back in August of '09 (it seems like yesterday lol), I was on my way from Brooklyn to Queens (NY) to hang out with my cousin. As I was driving from my parents house, my cell phone rang and I picked it up, hit the speaker button and came to a full stop at the red traffic light. Two officers (a male and a female) approached my car and knocked on the window. The female officer asked me to pull over when the light turned green, so I did. She handed me a ticket stating although I was on speaker phone, I was not "hands free" and therefore she was issuing a citation. "I see you're from Nebraska so you can tell the judge that you do not live here if you choose to plead not guilty..." I still had a Nebraska license and plates at the time so I took her advice.
I took a seat in the court room I was assigned to and listened to the case that was in progress. At the end of the long, grueling questioning by the lawyer to the officer, the judge ordered a fine totaling $9,000 for overweight containers a truck was unloading or something like that. Everyone's reaction, with the exception of the judge was, you guessed it, WHEW!
The next case was very interesting. The lady received a ticket for improper cell phone use. After the officer stated why he issued the ticket, in GREAT detail, she stated her case. The judge asked if she had any witnesses or evidence, she said no witnesses but pulled out a cell phone bill from her purse. YES SHE DID lol! She showed the judge that an hour before and an hour after the ticket was issued, no calls were made. She was simply putting on the bluetooth and the officer assumed it was a phone. How great is that? The judge found her not guilty due to the evidence presented. She walked away with a confident swag that made all the police officers sitting on the side stare at her from head to toe. "WHEW's" and a few "OOOO's" was the response from the rest of us in the room.
On to the good stuff....I was all geared up to explain why I had my cell phone in my hand when the judge called my name. The funny thing was the officer he called was not the officer that handed me the ticket. I guess I'm getting old or maybe it was too dark to tell that it was actually 2 female officers that approached the car. Anywho. The judge handed my license back to me and said it was a "nice license". He seemed to be amazed since he held a side conversation with the court clerk about how nice the colors and picture is =) He asked the officer why she issued the ticket and she said "I don't recall." The court clerk handed me a "not guilty" receipt and sent me on my way. Naturally my reaction was "WHEW!
My parents live about 15 minutes away so I stopped by their house to pick up baby scarves that I started to knit. There was no parking, as usual. I thought what the heck and double parked in front of their house, left the hazards on and ran inside. I ran out just in time to avoid harassment by the cops....again. WHEW!
Later in the afternoon, on my way to my mother's job, I was mozying (sp) along and then BAM, I was stuck in traffic and as luck has it, my gas light came on. Although I still had a few miles to go before the gas officially ran out, I knew it couldn't make it all the way. I exited and turned around just in time to get to the gas station before the tank was officially empty. WHEW!
The day is not over so maybe there will be a few more whew's in my future. Stay tuned.
On a different note, I hope to be done with the baby scarves I'm working on for a customer this weekend. Pictures will be up as soon as I do. Also, my adventures with henna will begin next week. My aim is to get red highlights that can at least be seen in the sun since Spring is around the corner.
Have a good weekend all!
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