24 years ago today…a milestone!

Awww memories. Some are heart felt, some are sad, but some are just funny. The day I got my drivers license was 24-years ago…exactly from today. Yes I did get my license on April fools day, it was a perfect day for it too  because I also got pulled over for the first time on that day too. Yes you heard right…first day of driving and I got pulled over. It did scare the crap out of me, but it turned out to be rather humorous.

The day I got my license was a Friday. My parents pulled me out of school early so I could go and take my tests. After passing I went back to school and the plans were made for me to drive my best friend and I to the local Dance Club as it was High School night.  Now if you are aware of the style of cars 24-years ago you will know that station wagons were all the rage…yes we had a big maroon station wagon with wood on the side and YES that was the car I got my license in and the car that was taking us to the dance club. Oh ya…I was so cool…LOL.

Anyway we went to the club and left about midnight when it closed. It was, of course, dark outside, but there was pretty much no cars on the road. We headed over to the 7-11 and got a large “suicide soda.” For those that are suicide virgins that simply means an everything soda. Get a large cup and put a squirt of every soda they have on the fountain machine. I mean every one! After 3-4 hours of dancing, and being 16-years old, it tastes awesome! Now don’t get me wrong…I tried one a few years ago and OMG I could not even take more then one sip…it was nasty. But 16…hay!

So we loaded ourselves and the soda back in the car and put on the local rock station. Wouldn’t you know it…ACDC came on and of course that was mine and my friends favorite band. So I decided that I would swerve back and forth on the road to the music. Now I stayed in my lane, the swerving as very minimal, but I did swerve nonetheless That lasted abut 3-minutes and then I saw those bright flashing lights right behind me…OMG I was so dead if I got a ticket on my first day of driving!!

So the cop pulled us over and I got the drunk driving test and he checked the suicide drink for alcohol, which of course he did no find.

I had also just got contacts and they were hard contacts. My eyes did not like them at all and they were beat red. So not only was I swerving, had a drink in the car, and red eyes, I might also get my first ticket.

I guess the cop was feeling nice that night because he let me go with a warning and made my friend drive home who had had her license longer then me…ha ha that was classic. You know I never lived that one down!

So I was lucky enough to dodge that bullet. Could you imagine what would have happened had I got a ticket? I probably would have not been allowed the car for a long time and I am sure I would have had to work off what it would have cost as well. Anyway, needless to say it was a few years before I got pulled over again!

Happy April Fools Day…today always makes me smile…it is a fun memory actually!