Parking Ticket

I got my first ticket all because of a stupid pink pill (don't get any ideas...)! It was just a parking citation from the university transportation people but I am still irritated.

Everyone has heard of the lady telling the police officer that she is in labor and that's why she was speeding or the teenager who claims he's late for curfew and that's why he was going 25mph over right? Well I have my own TRUE story of this. Like I said in my previous post, I am house sitting and dog sitting which means I am not staying in the dorms (IT'S GREAT) but today on the way to class I grabbed a granola bar to eat in the car. Not a minute after I took a bite, I realized it had tree nuts in it --now usually I would have looked at the label but I had had this particular kind of granola bar before and wasn't allergic. Since I was already in the car I decided to head to the dorms, run to my room and get Benadryl. In the end, the crisis was averted (so I thought) and within a few minutes I was feeling a bit better and headed back down to the car.

I had parked in the drop off lane with my hazards on, which is something people do in non-emergent situations ALL THE TIME so I didn't even think much of it. Plus, I was a little more concerned about breathing and quite honestly the location of the car was not my top priority... I was in the building for less than 15 minutes and 5 of it was spent explaining to the RA at the front desk that I wasn't crying and my eyes were just watering (part of the allergic reaction).

When I walked outside I saw TransPark (aka the ticket people) walking away from my car. UGH! definitely not what I wanted to see after a 20 minute panic session. I waited to open it until I was driving to class and my jaw dropped when I saw the fine $75.00. Okay, I know that isn't a lot and any other day (meaning I parked there to grab something that was not a necessity) I would have just payed the fine and not bought cereal and milk for a few weeks but this was different.

Now I'm waiting for my appeal to be processed!...hopefully they understand.