August 6, 2009
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Yay!!!
So two days ago I had my last court date. ( For those of you who don’t know why, here – http://inaneinsanity.xanga.com/700801806/last-night/ )
I’m all clear.
I have an arrest on my record but nothing else, and I don’t have to worry about this crap any more. It’s relieving to know. And, it was an experience. Not a great one, but an experience nonetheless. Something I dealt with and lived through, and it taught me a lesson I hopefully wont ever forget – check everything before I head out of any store, make sure that I actually bought everything instead of slipped something in my pocket when I was away from the cart, to put in the cart when I got back to it. Also I know what it feels like to spend 12 hours in a jail cell, to be handcuffed (in a non-kinky way
). I know what the ride to a holding center feels like, I know the feeling of shock and fear. The feeling of losing all control and wondering what the hell is gonna happen to me know. I know what it’s like to sit in a court room and wonder if you’re gonna have to go back to jail even though you just got out, wonder how you’re ever going to get a job (especially since you have a hard enough time finding one without a record) with something like shoplifting on your record. Because you know it doesn’t matter if you meant to or not, the cold hard fact is you almost walked out of the store with something you didn’t pay for. The only thing that stopped you was the sensors.
But I also know that even though the employees of wal-mart (ugh) were assholes and jerks, and completely inconsiderate, and that the cop was really mean and cuffed me so tight I had bruises by the time I was in my cell – the cops in the processing center were really nice. Maybe part of it was cos I was ticcing most of the time, but still, they were really nice and did their best to make me comfortable (even though I ended up being more uncomfortable than the rest of the people, lol) and they were nice to everyone there. I probably would have had many more panic attacks than I had if it wasn’t for the nice people there.
Sooo yeah. It was an experience. and it’s DONE WITH! Over and done with and hopefully I will never have to deal with this crap again! ^_^
~Marina
Oh yeah, also, I have a new-found appreciation of bologna sandwiches because of that night. And Lemonade. I love lemonade.
Comments (5)
Don’t look back…..
don’t let it happen, again, young lady.
mmmmmmmmmgud lemonayde & balony
it maykes ya almost wanna brayke the law
Hurray for over and done with! There are few better feelings than knowing a bad experience is over and done with.
@hapax23 - Never will.
@TheBigShowAtUD - Pft I didn’t ‘let’ it happen to begin with. and I’m pretty stupid but not stupid enough to make a mistake like THAT again. Sheeeeesh. =D
@pansybradshaw - Hahahaha!!! No, not at all. Especially when I have my own lemonade and bologna is easy to come by now ^_^
@ModernBunny - I know. I’ve experienced this feeling so many times in my life, sometimes my unbelievable bad luck feels like a blessing. Especially now when I know that the whole thing is over and done with.