My lucky day...

So today I was speeding along, talking on my phone, and obviously not paying attention to the state trooper that was--oh--paying attention to me! I got pulled over.

Knowing that I was going, um, fast and the speed limit was only 55 mph. I knew I was in trouble.

The trooper approached the car and I start handing him my drivers license, registration, and an insurance card...which the nice trooper noticed that it expired on the 23rd. Which than I remember--crap my new card is on my kitchen table.

This trooper looked me straight in the eyes and said "I can take your license right now. You were going 82." What?! I started to argue "I don't think it was quite that". I was told sternly not to argue. Next I was questioned "Where you going in such the hurry?" I replied honestly "I'm meeting someone for lunch." He than looked at me puzzled and asked "Your excuse for going 82 mph is because you are meeting someone for lunch?" I shook my head up and down and say "Yup, cause that is what I'm doing." He than brought up again that he can 'yank' my license. I said "Hey can you not do that. Is there something else?" He still hasn't taken one step away from my window and looks at my license and said "is this thing valid?" I know I was looking at him strangely and said "Yup". His next question was "So do you have lots of speeding tickets?" I stated "Nope, honestly I don't." He handed me back my drivers license and said "enjoy your lunch but slow down." Phew!!!

Thank you Mr. State Trooper!

The guy never even ran my license! I wasn't lying but still.

Let's just say I only speed 5 mph the rest of my drive!

At the grocery store?

Today the kids and I went to the grocery store together--we were just about out of everything!

Anyway, I'm walking around in my new hairdo with a slightly cleavage-showing top. I felt good.

In the fruit section at the local Wal~Mart this man in his 30's approached me and started to chit-chat and went on hitting on me. No big deal right? Wrong!

First off--single or not--I have three kids with me. I find nothing more nauseating than getting hit on in front of my kids. Do people really have no decency? I would never date a man that didn't show respect in front of my kids.

Second off--who says I am single?

I will now bundle up in a hoodie before going to get groceries!

My new hair...

Today I had an appointment at my regular salon to get my hair not only cut but dyed and highlighted. Needless to say a 'few' inches were snipped but I like it. It's the first time in almost a decade that I have bangs!

I asked for a dark, dark brown--almost black with caramel and red highlights. Now what I got was a dark brown with red and a pumpkin spice colored highlights! The caramel didn't take but it's okay!

During the long process of getting my hair done I looked like the tin man off of the Wizard of Oz--I had so much foil in my hair!

Needless to say I'm pretty happy with my shorter 'redish' hairdo.

My "early" midlife crisis

As I sit here I'm worried that I am getting 'old'. Yes--at 5:33pm on the 18th I will turn the huge number of 29.

So what is special about turning 29?

Well in Febuary there are 29 days on a leap year.

29 is a prime number.

Interesting enough there is 29 bones in the human skull.

Who could not live without knowing that the Norwegian alphabet contains 29 letters.

Copper has the atomic number of 29 on the chemical element table.

Well I haven't accomplished finding anything great about turning 29. I mean come on it's my last year of being "young" and in my 20's. I do know that I am young at heart--which will never change!

So with turning 'old' gracefully I am going to get a whole new look---watch out!