This month was crazy. We had put together a very radical birthday package for Sister Bekah Howe. I say it was really radical because it was not expensive but hopefully fun. We put together a candy card using candy titles to write a letter to our favorite sister missionary. Unfortunately March was very busy and we did not get it out to her in the month of February her birthday month, so finally I remembered to take it to the post office 10 minutes before it was closing, I didn't want another day to pass by. Olivia and I jump in the car and we race off to try to make it. I had just gone through the light on 22nd and Kolb hit the gas and I heard the whirling sound of a police car. Yikes, I knew exactly what I had done, speeding.
So needless to say we did not make it to the post office. I was cited for not having my registration and received a ticket. I was clocked at going 11 miles over. Not ten, but eleven so the price of the ticket goes up by $40. Not very radical. My inexpensive present was climbing in cost. Since I hadn't gotten a ticket in many years I could sign up to take the defensive driving class. I put this off to the very last possible moment. So much so that I wasn't sure I could still take the class. I was suppose to sign up 7 days before the report date on my ticket and unfortunately I was calling the city because it was exactly 7 days if I counted the current date. I didn't want to pay for the class if it was going to be too late so I was on hold to talk to a city worker.
I was on hold for 45 minutes, no joke. It took so long I loaded up the car to go to my Friday kick boxing class and figured the music would be loud enough that having the phone on speaker wouldn't be distracting. Luckily the phone operator came on the line. I gave him my citation number and asked if it was too late to take the class. He then told me I was cited for not having my vehicle registration and all I had to do was take in a copy of my registration and the fee would be dismissed. I then asked about the speeding ticket, he said there was no speeding ticket. I told him but on my ticket it says that I was eleven over the speed limit. He told me that it does say that but that I wasn't cited for speeding. I asked him why not. He said I had a nice cop. Bless that wonderful cop! It was not in the radical budget. What a merciful cop.
Its a good thing, because my wonderful sisters surprised me with a birthday trip to Colorado!! I was sitting down to dinner on a Wednesday night. Lindsey was on the phone with me at dinner. She asked me if I believed in miracles. I said yes. She said say it out loud, say you believe in miracles. I laughed and said it out loud. She then asked me to check under my seat at the dinner table. I said ok, just to appease her not thinking much about it. To my shock there was something taped under the chair! I pull it off and read that it is a plane ticket for Thursday evening to fly to Colorado. A weekend getaway! It was unexpected and so much fun! We ate out, went to an awesome art exibet and musical presentation, a pine wood derby race, and the Denver temple. I love visiting my sisters I find that when I visit I get to see what awesome mothers they are. Hillary has great kids and she is a fantastic mom. I always leave wanting to copy something. March was a wonderful month!
Lessons learned in March:
1)Every unexpected win-fall goes to the goal! This month Benjamin got a small bonus, it is always fun to get more money, right! Sticking to our goal it did not even cross our mind to spend it on anything but our debt. Don't give in! Remember show your control so he can show you HIS control over everything.
2) Expect good things to happen! I was convinced the motorcycle cop was a "little devil leprechaun." I didn't think it would all work out. In fact I got very worked up about it, wailing and gnashing my teeth. It actually was quit pathetic how upset I got. "I don't have money for a ticket! This is not right! (Even though speeding is not right!) "Going radical never works out! I cried and yelled about it. So to hear the news that I didn't have to pay, to hear the news that I had a surprise trip planned, wow good things can happen!!!
