Community Service

You know how they say watch out for the small towns 'cause they are speed traps? Well I live in one of those small towns. Only, I think this is the worst speed trap out there! My parents warned us when we moved here that the cops will get you if you speed. So I made it a point to never go over the speed limit in this town. I mean how hard could it be? The town is only like 1 sq mile big, so I could keep my foot off the accelerator. So one day, shortly after we moved here, I saw the copper hiding out behind a big bush, but I seriously told myself I didn't have to worry becuase I don't speed here. Well I looked down and was going over 40 in a 30. I put on the brakes, hoping it was in time. I drove right past the guy and kept on driving. I kept looking in my rearview mirror and no sign of him. I thought I was good. Then like a whole minute later I looked back in my mirror and here was this guy with lights and all. I have no idea how long he had been trailing me since I hadn't looked since the initial passing of him. Needless to say, I got a ticket going 41. Now I am the kind of person who likes to follow the rules, I don't like to cause ruffles(is that the right frase?). Anyway, so my heart is pounding and I am sorry. My fine is huge! So I go to the judge and ask if I could do community service or something other than pay this exorbitant amount. I get stuck with 15 hours. So guess what I did? I had to pick up trash for like 11 of those hours and then I got to wash and vacuum the police cars for the other 4 hours. Why is it when you really want time to go fast, it goes the slowest. I hated doing that. Oh, but when I was washing the cars one time, these guys were totally making fun of me:) They were making comments like "doing time" and other juvenile things. I had to laugh. Anyway, I learned my lesson. I will remain trying to be a good citizen and not speed!