Just got back to the office from my son's "Moving On" ceremony for completing preschool. Short little program, really cute.
And on my way back got stopped by a cop for the first time in my life. 18 years driving, never once been pulled over until now. It was a very odd turn of events: I flew past a cop who wasnt clocking, then passed a cop going the other way further along...thought to myself things come in threes, slow down...and before i could process that a third officer pulled out and stopped me. I was going a little too fast. He comes back to my car after what I thought was a very short amount of time and gives me a smile, says, "I'm giving you a warning, I don't want to mar your record."
I thanked him and told him I would slow down. He didn't have to be nice, but he was. Possibly because I didn't bullshit him. I have a clean record, and when he told me I was going too fast, I said I was sorry and didn't try to blow some smoke up his ass about anything. Or maybe he just didn't want to ruin my day. Either way, I was very fortunate, I have a story to tell, and I'm back to work with no harm done.