Yesterday was …interesting to say the least. The first half of the day was spent pouring over last years bank statements to deduct as much sales tax as possible on our taxes. That was a lot of fun actually, it showed me just HOW much we spent on only new items for the house. Furniture, TV’s, Appliances, etc. Well, including the engagement ring, we put in over $30,000 in stuff!! I sit here and stare at that figure, wondering if we’re the only ones that SHOPPED last year! I think everyday citizens are doing there job! If that doesn’t show that it really did start with the ridiculous loans the banks were agreeing to and the horrible business practices of some…well…
But I digress. After putting all this together and jumping for joy that it added an extra $800 to our return, I thought the day couldn’t get any better.
THEN I was informed by my wonderful fiance that they sold yet ANOTHER house!! Let me give you some perspective on this if you haven’t read my past posts. They sold approximately 24 homes last year, so (duh) average 2 homes a month, correct? Now don’t forget, these are 500,000 – Million dollar and more homes. The house yesterday that was purchased – was the 6th one this year already!! Woohoo!!!
Again, the day couldn’t get better!!
Unfortunately, I was right this time.
My fiance’s car is in the shop right now, getting some nice new brakes and tires put on. So he has my car, and had to pick me up after work yesterday. On our way home, we ended up going down the same road I take in the mornings. Hmm. See earlier posts about that horrible spot! I hate this spot, but usually on the way home, it’s not as much of a problem. And the last two days or so, we’ve seen several police in that exact area. I’m not sure if there’s been other people that have piped up about the frustrations there or if there’s been trouble with people on the tracks along that road. But anyway, this was pleasant to see, because I’m so tired of these drivers getting away with the crap they do.
So last night, we watch a train cross along the intersection and then the line up of cars in front of us proceeded across the tracks. We ended up being that one car that isn’t sure if you can get all the way across and not be obstructing the tracks. However, after a second of sitting there, the car on the other side moved up enough for us to cross safely. HOWEVER, as we crossed the tracks, perhaps halfway across, the car in the right hand lane CUT US OFF!!! So, that forced us to leave the back end of our car over the damn train tracks! I was irate. I was seething.
We luckily had the options to jerk over into a turn lane if a train showed up, but I was still so angry. We honked at her and everything, but surprisingly the police officers standing on the platform don’t pay any attention. Fine.
So we wait the light out, all the while keeping an eye out for trains and silently cursing the lady in front of us. As we sit, we notice another couple of motorcycle police pull up on a side road. Well. As we finally make it over the tracks and head for the light, these two cops fall in behind us…
AND PULL US OVER!!!
Are. You. Kidding. Me??????????
We pull out all our information: registration, license and insurance. And the moment this police officer says that he pulled us over for obstructing the tracks, we flip out. We both let this guy know exactly what happened.
Here is where I need to thank someone. We’d like to thank the sweet lady that pulled up in front of us at the light, rolled her passenger window down and yelled out to the other motorcycle officer to tell him what had really happened!
Because of her, and her story proving ours true, the officer immediately handed everything back to us and let us go. We were still furious. This car should have PAID ATTENTION, because if we’d been forced onto those tracks when a train was coming…well…errrr.
And here I was, pleased that we had police watching this area. I suppose it helps A LOT when they are standing around chatting it up with each other, instead of watching the idiot drivers.
Whatever.
Perhaps they’re waiting for our new administration to just HAND OVER the criminals and hazardous drivers. Can’t imagine what I was thinking.
