Happy birthday to me
Posted Under: javadis
It’s January 15, 2009 and it’s my birthday (as well as Martin Luther Kings). So here I’m driving North on PCH (Pacific coast highway for those not lucky enough to live in Southern California) with the top down enjoying the beautiful winter sun. And then the cell phone rang and I had it on speaker. I went through a near drop zone and had to hold the phone next to my mouth. Anyway the phone ended and a little later a cop on his bike was coming toward me. I was glad that there was lots of traffic and I was not speeding.
The cop turned his lights on and I was still glad that he was not after me.
But then he did not overtake me.
Instead he pointed to me. So I pointed to a side street and stopped. I still did not know what I had done wrong. I thought I was stopped for driving a red sports car. He asked to see my license. I handed it over without any care…
An then
He told me that I was using the phone and I said but I was on the speaker phone. He reminded me how I was holding the phone in my hand and shouting into it. At this time I said he was right and forgot to add that it was my birthday. I mentioned that by the time he had writen the ticket and he replied it was too late to undo the ticket.
Anyway we had quite a pleasant conversation and the ticket is not a moving violation so it will not make a difference to my insurance. I thanked him mentioning that people always meet police under negative conditions (like getting a ticket) and we never show appreciation to them. We said our goodbyes and I continued going north by the ocean.
The sun was beautiful, the ocean waves were gorgious, and the ticket was not much, but I suppose it’s a birthday thing. Anyway I could not get rid of being pissed and I’m supposed to be the good attitude guru. I did all the tricks up my sleave and was just about getting over my func and then something else minor went wrong and my mood dropped right down to the basement.
So I started practicing all my own self help things and perhaps it’s a birthday thing but it was so tough to get over it. One thing I did was to just accept the fact that I was in a state of func and that was OK. That was the beginig of things moving toward being OK (not good, merely OK).
And then I wrote a blog on the main blog about how to get over negative feeling while preserving positive ones. I did evrything and I was a bit better than OK but not great yet. So I watched a movie. And it was a great and funny movie and then I felt and do feel great.
Anyway, just don’t use cell phone in the car when you are the driver. It really reduces your vigillance and makes your driving go down.
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