I just joined a book club! It feels so housewife-esque. :-) Now I need to find really good books to read. I've been reading children's books and young adult books, because of a couple literature classes I took--we discussed the impact reading has on children (really positive one, in case you're wondering, particularly when fathers read to their children) and my teacher advised us that we should read books our kids might read so that we can make recommendations for our kids and know what they're reading, what's good, what's not good, and all that jazz.
So, I'm looking for books. To build up my library, too. I'm pretty sure my book collection is the most cumbersome thing for us every time we move. And I love it!
Christmas has been fun, and I am definitely looking forward to the new year. We have lots of goals and plans for 2014!
We just got back from North Dakota. I guess Minot turned out to be better than I expected-- I really like the mall there. Other than the horribly despicable weather, it's not such a bad place. When we heard the temperature was supposed to drop to -60, we fled the State like a baby rabbit from a hungry wolf. It doesn't seem so cold in Rexburg anymore.
Got A's in all but one of my classes last time around. That lifted my spirits.
I guess the most eventful thing in our lives right now is Anton preparing for court. On our way home, we got pulled over by a cop... who called for another cop for backup.
We were headed west during a sunset, so the sun was directly in our eyes. Anyway, no one noticed the change of speed from 70 to 55 (or the change of State from Montana to Wyoming). Except a lady cop who was patrolling anything near Yellowstone. Well, she was going the opposite direction as us, and then suddenly turned on her lights, and pulled over... stopped. There were a lot of cars around and she wasn't behind Anton, so he didn't think anything of it.
11 miles later, another cop going the opposite direction flashes his lights (even though Anton was going the speed limit by that time because it went back up), but this one gets behind Anton, so he pulls over.
We sat there and waited, and waited, and waited, until the first cop finally came mosying up.
Apparently she had been chasing Anton... but no one saw or heard anything... the whole time.
She was extremely rude and very angry at having been "ignored." She gave Anton a ticket with no written amount to pay (probably to be determined), but a mandatory court date. She said he could explain to the judge "why it took 20 miles and two cops" for him to stop. It was only 11 miles. And it took that long because she's stupid and doesn't know how to signal someone to pull over.
I'm not really worried. The whole thing was just a big misunderstanding... and an idiot lady cop.
That sort of happened to me; I had had a terrible day at work, and was speeding home. I was apparently speeding in a school zone (I didn't think I was), but there was a cop on a motorcycle, so he was hard to see especially since he was like 2 or 3 cars behind me. He had apparently been following me for about 3 or 4 blocks and a few turns before I realized he was even there! I ended up bawling (my wedding was less than 2 months away and people at work were being really cruel that day). He was really nice to me, let me off with a warning, and seemed like he wanted to get away from me ASAP lol. What children's books are you reading?
ReplyDeleteOh no!! Well...potentially, the worst that could happen with Anton's court thingy is what?...a large sum of money? Or could it be much worse because of the speed he was going. I know Miguel dodged a felony once...whew.
ReplyDeleteMmm, the worst thing that could happen would be six months in jail (in Wyoming) AND a hefty fine. BUT, Anton called the prosecutor and he agreed with us that the lady cop was being weird, so he 's going to let Anton pay $100 online, or something.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been keeping track of all the children's books I've been reading. When we go to the mall and I get tired, I go to Barnes and Noble and sit down in the children's section with a cup of hot chocolate and just read whatever's around. Last time I remember reading Skippyjon Jones, Snowmen at Christmas (written by the same author who wrote Snowmen at Night, which is my favorite winter book), Are You My Mother, Put Me in the Zoo, and a few others.