Playing With Fire

I've been pulled over TWICE in less than 1 week. Twice. TWICE!

I fess up to the first. I was speeding. I was going 42 in a 30 - and I sweet talked the nice man into a warning. Truly, he was a nice man for letting me go. Surprisingly nothing came up about the EXPIRED registration. Shocking!

Today, I was running an errand at lunch and I noticed a car tailing me. I checked my speed - I was going maybe 5-8 mph over the speed limit. I couldn't tell if it was cop or not, because there were no lights on top. I end up switching lanes and he doesn't follow me so I figured he must not care about me. Wrong. At the next opportunity, most likely after he was done running my plates, the lights go on and he rides up on my bumper again. I thought "I can not believe this guy is pulling me over for 5-8 mph over the speed limit" - but he comes up and says he's pulling me over because of my EXPIRED ("way past expired" in his words) registration. B.U.S.T.E.D!

I can not believe we drove almost 1700 miles from San Francisco to San Antonio without getting caught and I run a five minute errand at lunch and get busted! I guess that's just how it works.

I told him my sob story (without the tears) and I, again, ended up with a warning (knocking on wood).

Lessons Learned: Harass brother more often to take care of paperwork before my good luck runs out!