Night Court

Greetings

Last night I had the opportunity to go to court with Dean. He had a ticket for speeding, to his defence it really was not marked well at all. He wanted to go so he could get some of the points dropped and I am pretty sure he was wishing he would have just paid the damn ticket and blown off the points.
Firstly I want to point out I volunteered to go with him to a strange place at night time(I don't do night time usually) YAY me!!! I did it without thought. I just didn't want him to have to go alone. I think that is some kind of positive step. Just offering to go and not over analyzing it to death and freaking out. He sat dead center in front of the judge, which really left me in an awkward position with no escape route, but it was fine I didn't need it. I thought about it, but I didn't need it. I wanted to check my blood sugar in the manner I normally do, OCD style, but I couldn't, my new meter works and it makes a loud beep and I didn't want the judge to think I was holding a bomb in my purse. That would be my luck, getting pinned down in the court house for a meter threat.
Interesting group of people, the judge was fair, I have to say I rather enjoyed myself. I know I really need to develop a life outside of the fish bowl I live in. I do in fact like a lot of court tv programs so being in real court was kind of fun. It wasn't just traffic court either, you had people who were in for theft and assault. A few women brought their children. I just don't know about that. Yes they got preferential treatment, the judge let them go first BUT that being said I would not want my small child sitting on my lap while the judge was talking about my theft charge. It would be one thing if it were for speeding or something, but you want you 4 or 5 ish year-old to know that? To be surrounded by who knows. I mean pretty much if some one calls me and they are in a jam I will babysit. I just don't think that is a place for kids. Interesting thing too, a first offense DUI had the same points removed as a speeding ticket....I am just saying. Something is not right about that. I am not talking massive speeding either. It was marked 45, 45, 45, and it did a quick drop to 30...not like we were talking about NASCAR speed here. I am not making light of breaking the law or speeding BUT I just don't feel that a speeding ticket and a DUI should be the same.
It must be hard having to walk up and face that judge and say what you did infront of a total group of strangers. This one clean cut fellow, dressed well was ticketed for assault. I wondered at first what exactly does that mean? Who did he assault? I got a notion about him like maybe he was a dirt bag, but he didn't look like one. This tiny little gal was facing the judge for assault and disturbing the peace. I kind of chuckled, she was such a tiny little thing. I could totally see her going psycho on someone. It was a people watching experience.
Happy Friday.

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