Stop pulling me over!

This holiday season has been pretty hectic for me so far! I have felt like there is so much to do. I probably just need to learn to slow down.... literally. Tuesday night Chris was at practice for his upcoming MMA fight Mom and I were at home with Super and were really wanting a bite to eat. Unfortunately we were already in our jammies and it would be an hour or more before Chris arrived home. After a fierce battle of paper, rock, scssiors I was the lucky winner of the drive to Mcdonalds for our gourmet meal. I mumble words of disapproval and head out the door in Moms car. The drive thru is only a few miles away so I was expecting a pretty non eventful trip. Umm what was I thinking this is my life we are talking about here! As the golden arches are approching in the distance I come a stop sign and b/c I'm wearing house shoes and I'm not really used to driving my Moms car my foot slid to the side of the brake causing the car to barely stop at the stop sign. I'll be honest here I have a habit of doing rolling stops in my car but only in our neighborhood b/c there are very few cars there. But this incident was completely innocent thats why I was a little surprised when I saw all the pretty blue lights. I pull over to the side of the rode and begin fumbling through my purse in anticipation of the dreaded question "Drivers linesce, registration, proof of insurance please". I pull out the required information and silently pray that I dont receive a ticket. The chubby rookie cop walks back to the safe warm haven of his patrol car and takes a ridiculous amount of time running my information. Before its all over there are THREE police cars there with their lights on. Coooome onnn maaan are you serious! I'm a mother of a 9 month old in my pjs going to grab a bite of food but to everyone else passing I look like a drug dealer/bank robber. I thought that surely for all my trouble and embarrassment I would at least be given just a warming. Umm again what could I of been thinking! He walks back over and proudly announces in a southern drawl ..."Maumm I wrote you a citation" ...Naw, really Sherlock??!!! Good grief thanks for ruining my night but hey at least he is keeping the city of Sheffield a little more safe ..what a joke....I called the next morning to find out just how much my little stop sign roll would cost me here at Kal-el's first Christmas! WOW $138 Merry freaking Christmas City of Sheffield grrrrrrr! I try my best to get it off my mind and remind myself that nothing can be done now and I just need to put things in prospective and move on lesson learned. Well that was all fine and good until.....fast forward to later that evening. Mom, myself, and sweet Super decide that we want some cheese dip from Casa. We had a great time eating and playing with Kal-el. We head out of the restaurant after being stuffed and start our little journey home. As we drive along we pass the neighborhood where Chris and I used to live and we decided to drive through and look at some of the Christmas lights of our old neighbors. What a joy then all of a sudden it appears that some of the lights from the houses are following us ...oh no wait ...thats me getting pulled over AGAIN for the second night in a row. I bite my tongue to keep the profanity from pouring out of my mouth. Thank you Kal-el. Mommy was so upset if it weren't for you she might of gone to jail! You have got to be kidding me! I look up to my surprise and here comes tubby again. Wow hes really an over achiever for the Sheffield PD! You go boy! He recites his poetry again " umm drivers licence, registration, proof of insurance". I gaze at him in disbelief that he doesnt recognize me yet. I pull out my drivers licence he eyeballs it and has a pensive look on his face then blurts out "Ummm didnt I see you last night?" Ding Ding Ding what do we have for him Bob???!!!! I reply with a simply "Yep" to which he says did you know your tag is expired...."I do" I stated. He "graciously" allowed me to leave the scene with a "well you'd better get that fixed". Of course my nerves were shot at this point! Only me! Chris and Poppa got my tag taken care of the very next day thank goodness. So I hope not get pulled over again this week, month, or year! This morning I decided to make a quick run threw a drive thru on my way to work I look up and low and behold there was my cop "friend" leaving with his little boy. I was in a chipper Christmas spirit sort of mood so I yelled out to him..."Hey!"...No response ..."hey" he finaly looks up...I replied with a "So do you work tonight" He dryily shook his head no. I laughed and said "Well good I'd like to finally get my Christmas shopping done" ....He sorted or laughed and waved me off...I thought it was hysterical!