Newsletter & Tickets

My Spring newsletter is now published online!  Find it by clicking here!  At any point you can click on the Newsletter link to the right for updates or read my archived newsletters.

In other news...I got my first English parking ticket yesterday. I was actually at a shop buying a book with all of the UK driving regulations in it. Can we say "ironic?" I think so. Suddenly, I had an uneasy feeling, and the following thoughts coursed through my brain: 1) That parking space was too easy, 2) Was I supposed to pay - was there a machine on that street? Didn't see one, but doesn't mean it wasn't there. 3) That parking space was too easy. 4) Hmm...I was in a bit of a hurry, maybe I need to go back there and check.

Sure enough...had a ticket taped to my windshield. And sure enough, that space was too easy - it was a disabled space. This fact was indicated by the large white letters painted directly on the street that said DISABLED. How had I missed that. Well...I'm disabled in the head, does that count? What about the lack of ability to read English? No? How about I was in a hurry and paid absolutely no attention to large letters on the street?  I could have a million excuses, but instead, I paid the fine and learned a lesson:  look at the street & signs before parking. Always. If it looks too easy, it probably is!

(By the way...if you pay a fine within 2 weeks the fee is cut in half - or - you can say that the fee is doubled if you don't pay it in 2 weeks. Regardless...I chose the less expensive route!)

Now I need to go read a book....

Thanks for your prayers, friends.