We Got Lucky
Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ching under Life.
Did I mention that we almost got a ticket last night? Brian and I were running a little late to dinner because I was reading a post from The Tasteless Humor Page to him that Jenni had shared with me earlier that day. It was so hilarious that I couldn’t even read it straight. I was laughing so hard that I was crying.
Finally got done with that so we hopped in the car and were on our way. Brian usually drives so he did. In hindsight, I probably should have driven.
We were on our way to Hana Cafe and Brian took the Central exit out of habit. No biggie though, because you can still get there using that route. It wasn’t until we passed Emporia (the street, not the town) that I realized he was completely out of it. (He wasn’t that out of it.)
I think I said something like “Where are we going?” or “Why are you taking us to work?” or something like that. This is the exact route that we take to work each day. Since we carpool, he drops me off at my building first.
He told me that he missed his turn. So you know what he does? He takes the next turn, which is Topeka. This is okay, because Topeka goes South and we needed to go South and turn back to Old Town. Except he took a left on 2nd Street to go East, but everyone knows that 2nd is a one-way street going West.
As soon as he turned, he realized his mistake. The good news was that the street was wide open (so there wasn’t a chance of colliding with anyone) because there were only two cars directly in front of us and they were both on the same lane — one behind the other. The bad news was that one of the cars was a police car.
Brian instantly realized his mistake so he took the first alley that he could take. As he did I said, “We are so getting a ticket.”
“I know,” Brian replied feeling completely defeated.
The cop car, was right behind us with its lights on. He didn’t even have to turn his lights on, though, because we both already figured we were doomed. Brian just turned into the alley and parked the car in the lot. As we sat there waiting for the policeman to come to the window, we agreed that I should have driven us to dinner. We decided right then that I would be the one to drive home.
Brian rolled the window down as the policeman approached. When the policeman peeked into the car from the driver’s side window, Brian immediately fessed up.
“I turned down the wrong street. I meant to turn on 1st,” he confessed.
“You need to be more careful. You can get in a wreck that way,” the cop told Brian and then walked off. We couldn’t believe our luck. He let us go!
Needless to say, our alley adventure made us arrive late for dinner because we were already cutting it close as it was. Jenni called me to ask where we were and I told her that we got pulled over. I promised to tell her what happened when we got there.
“We are so late,” I said — not really mad. Mostly just stating a fact.
Brian, who is anal about being on time or even early to everything, was not very happy. “I should never have driven.”
“Don’t worry about it,” I replied. “We’re still going to beat Richard there.” Naturally, I was right. We all agreed to meet at 7:30 pm. Brian and I got there at around 7:45 pm and it was about 8:00 pm by the time Richard and Amy showed up.
Our friend Richard is the exact opposite of Brian. Whereas Brian is always an hour early to stuff, Richard is always an hour late to everything. It’s funny because when we were making dinner plans, Richard mentioned meeting at 7:00 pm.
I was like, “So you really mean 8 o’clock, right? Are we going to be on real time or Richard-time?” He didn’t say anything, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I said, “Let’s cut the difference and say 7:30 — How does that sound?” He agreed. And so our plans were made.
As we were leaving our place, I sent him a text to tell him we were on our way. He replied back telling me that they had to drop off some people, but I took that to mean they were on their way also.
Jenni was already at the restaurant when Brian and I arrived. We were late, but there was no Richard in sight. I told Brian that I probably should have sent Richard the text telling him that we were on our way an hour before. LOL.
Somethings will surprise you. Like not getting a ticket. Whew! What a relief! Somethings never change.
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