One More Day To Go

Yesterday I drove out to San Diego for a meeting. It was my first time driving out on the highway…oh excuse me...“freeway,” during rush hour since I got here. I did drive once before to go to Mas’s parent’s house, but driving that day and night was a bit overwhelming for me. So I took my time driving, as I needed time to adjust to this environment.

So while driving down to San Diego, I started to think about how things had changed in my life. A year ago I was on the train going to work. I remember when Tomas had left to live in California. I was alone for 7 months. I wondered if I would move out there or not and if and when I did, how I would adjust to life out there. Well, I knew I wouldn’t worry much. I had come to California many times before and always enjoyed being here. Living here would be different, but I was up for the challenge. So while I drove on the freeway, I was feeling confident and proud of myself. Proud that I was doing the things I never thought I would be doing. And now with a new job and one that allows me to travel, I'm feeling great. But working with a bunch of chicks…let’s see how long this gig will last.

I also got my first ticket. I ran a red light. Great, yeah. Totally true. This will be my first ticket ever in my entire life as a driver. But did I blow the light on purpose? No. The light had changed to green and by the time I got up there, it had changed again. But when I looked up, I couldn’t see the light too well since it was sunny. I then saw the yellow and said to myself, “Did it just turn yellow or is it going to turn red on me now?” The guy behind me was close, so to avoid him hitting me, I went through the yellow light. At least that’s what I thought. Everyone else was behind me. But in the picture, the guy behind me doesn’t appear. Had I been hallucinating? Or was he just closer than he really appeared?

F&%#!!! I saw the flashes. I knew right there that I had been caught. The light turned red on me. CRAP!!

Whatever, he probably saw the light from where he was and started to break. I would have had to break a bit hard to stop at that light. Well, I did what I thought was right. But no matter what, I just couldn’t tell what it was with the sun in my eyes.


So I received a letter in the mail and see that my car was behind the white line and the light was red. So clearly this picture is showing that I ran a red light. But had I seen that it was red, I would have never gone through it. So now I’m waiting for the second letter that will tell me how much I have to pay. It says I have to show up in court, blah blah blah. Can I fight this ticket? I don’t know if I have that option. But down below where you see the back of my car, you see the sun reflecting on it, which shows proof that it was sunny. Don’t know what’s gonna happen. But it sucks to have to pay up to 370 bucks. Well, it says I can go to traffic school to avoid points on my license, which I’ll do because I have a super clean record. Oh well, there’s always an expensive lesson to be learned.

Well, today is thursday. There's one more day to go and then it's the weekend. I can't wait.