I got lucky yesterday

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day. Thus, I decided to go to Carnegie Lake near Princeton and take some photos of the local wildlife.

After doing this, I decided to stop at a local Asian food market to buy some veggies & fruit. However, my mind was wandering and I accidently passed my turn to go into that strip mall. The parking lot is large and only has one entrance, which I inadvertantly passed. Shoot !

So, rather than turn at the light 1/2 mile up the road and then turn around and drive back, I impulsely decided to go in the exit. There was no one coming out of it. However, as soon as I made the left turn into the parking lot, a police car turned near the exit to go out. We were facing each other. Shoot Shoot Shoot ! I figured this was going to cost me both time and money. Indeed, I was likely to get points on my insurance too. Grrrr.

So, I pulled alongside of the police car, so that our driver doors were side by side and lowered my window. Surprisingly, the cop did the same. He held his hand in front of him as if to say, "that was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen". However, he said, "what the heck ?" I shook my head and all I said was "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."

At this point I expected him to get out and give me a ticket. So, I started getting my license, insurance card and registration card together. To my surprise he just drove off. He never turned his rotating lights on. I waited a moment and then drove to a parking spot. I sort of expected him to drive over to the parking spot, but he just drove off. I did notice that there was more than one cop in the police car. So, maybe they had some sort of appointment together somewhere, or something. I don't know. Whatever the situation, I was damn lucky yesterday.



What did you think I meant ?