10 years ago today I got arrested. In retrospect, the whole thing was pretty funny, but it sucked ass at the time. To make a long story short (too late!), I was 1(one) day late paying a speeding ticket. This is in Jefferson County, KY, where the average time to serve bench warrants is 5 years. So, I got hauled off to jail for the day until my dad could pay the fine of a whopping $100. Nice job, county. You wasted more than that on my transport, mug shot, fingerprinting, and processing. All I did in jail was watch crappy talk shows and avoid the other people there. By the way, I've realized that Jerry Springer stays on the air for the entertainment of prisoners and hospitalized patients. Seriously, you cannot walk down the halls at 10am without every TV turned to it. Then the Price is Right at 11.
Back to my story, I was a sophomore in college at the time, and Feb. 2nd happened to fall on a Monday. I had 3 (three) tests that day. That was great fun to explain to the professors. My swim coach got the biggest kick out of it, as I was the last person on the team he figured would miss practice for being in jail.
My friend JP now works as a prosecutor in the county attorney's office. He tried to dig up my mugshot, but alas, all records have been expunged.
Triathlon training weeks 8 and 9. Did great last week, but working >70 hours this week and being sick today killed this one. 8.1/26/5850 totals:53.68/120/19950
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