my day in court

I guess I'd been kind of holding my breath all month long because of the traffic court hearing today. I was in shock and in panic and relieved no one was hurt, but I was disagreeing with the officer even as they wrote me the ticket and let them know I planned to show up in court. 

Big A thought I should just take the points and pay the fine, but I'm stupid-stubborn about fighting for what I believe to be true. Various friends tried to tell me that that the officer might not show up and then the case would just go in my favor, and I began to hope for that. 

But the officer did show up. And then outright LIED! It was a good thing I had photos that showed otherwise to convince the judge. Why are cops like this?!? What was the point?

My points were dismissed. 

It felt celebratory--it IS! But also, I think I imagined things would reset to a before time and it did, but just to before the accident... not all the way back to before mom's illness.

Pic: Free as a bird! Free as two! I was so worried about this court date... Nu kept reminding me that it was on Zoom and that it was unlikely that anything too terrible could happen to me.