Natalie and Nic are up and out early this morning. On their way to McIntosh High School to spend the day with the health classes. Not sure how, but Nat talked Nic into it again! Goooo Team Pluskota!
Today is a big day for our gal, for she gets to throw down the crutches and put on a boot. Progress! She was very excited, however we have a different opinion as to wether or not she is to keep the toe splint on while the boot is on. She is convinced she is supposed to keep it on, I don't think so. Guess I'll have to call Doc Anderson's office and see who was listening better at our last visit.
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| This boot was made for walking....WOOT! |
That awful morning/day....I was in Portland enjoying Jan's company when I got news about Natalie's foot injury. So, I loaded and headed to Vancouver, about a 4-5 hour ride which took 10 hours due to traffic and me getting lost. That awful day when about an hour into that awful ride I got news that Nana had fallen backwards into the bathtub....didn't have and residual affects...which of course I didn't know at the time. To help jog your memory, it was the awful day that ended with me finding a "sign of HOPE". Anyway....in my writings I wrote that I had a trifecta of bad luck that day. To recap....#1 being Natalie's injury......#2 being Nana's fall....#3????
That was the question that some of you asked and some of you didn't even notice that I left that one out. Wellllll....I am FINALLY ready to talk about it. For it was soooo very frustrating and upsetting at the time I just had to put it on the back burner until I took care of Natalie and her foot. I could only deal with soooo much at a time. Now onto #3.....
Just north of Seattle, I was traveling in the center line of I5, with a vehicle in front of me. When I looked up at the overpass in front of me and there sat a trooper. Who was "jumping" into action. Thought to myself, ooo he has gotten someone. I continued doing what I was doing. A silver car in the left lane immediately pulled into the center lane in front of the vehicle ahead of me. That vehicle slowed us until they could pull behind another vehicle in the right lane. Meanwhile, I saw the trooper on his way down the ramp with his lights on. The trooper pulled behind the vehicle that was in the right lane with blinker on... who started pull onto the shoulder...when...all of a sudden the trooper pulled behind me. Yes....and pulled me over!
I was sooo very surprised and stunned. In his words, "I clocked you in the left lane doing 90 in a 70". To shorten this already toooo long of a story.....I tried to explain to him that I thought he had the wrong person but in his words, "that's not how I saw it". I took the ticket and fumed all the way to Canada. Replaying what happened a hundred times in my mind. HE PULLED OVER THE WRONG PERSON. But I couldn't deal with it at the time, for I had to figure out how to get Natalie medical help while out of the country.....more important for sure.
The entire ordeal was soooo crazy that I didn't talk about it to anyone for about 4-5 days. I was determined to contact the officer's supervisor and request that the "on dash" camera footage be reviewed. That is if there was a camera. However, with all that we were going through to get Natalie taken care, I didn't have time or the energy to deal with the ticket until I got back to Georgia.
The ticket was printed on a printer in the trooper's vehicle and had that type of ink that begins to disappear. So, by the time I got to it, it was very hard to read. I called the court with questions. Found out that I could "make an appearance" via an online submission. WOOOOO HOOOOO! I was so excited that I could tell my side of what happened. I mean if I had committed the offense ....I would have paid the $175 ticket. But I was not doing 90 in a 70, that is NOT me and I was in the center lane.
I went on line and testified on my own behalf, humbling requesting that the dash cam film be reviewed. I am very happy to say that I received notice last week, that I DID NOT commit the offense. WOOOOO HOOOOO for the truth being sought and proved.
That entire ordeal has had me thinking that maybe I should have a portable dash cam with me at all times. I mean how would one prove their innocence in a situation like that?? It's the trooper's word against mind....and let's face it ....people lie every day to get out of a ticket. This morning I saw a bit on a morning show about portable dash cams.....a reminder that I need to look into one after all.
Thank God for truth and justice....I certainly can't afford to waste $175 on a ticket, especially someone elses! Until the boot lovin gal gets back with stories of the day.....Love and Blessings....Sherry
