What The!?!

This weekend i went down to Utah County to visit some friends and to go to a wedding reception.

I was just in my car driving through the neighborhood and listening to my music. I pulled up into the driveway of the house I was staying at and my friend looks at me and says, "Do you think it was because our music was too loud?" and I looked at her so confused.... I looked behind us and there was a cop there. Lights flashing and all.

OH CRAP

Well I have never been pulled over before so I didn't really know what to expect. The cop came up to the car and asked where I was going in a hurry. I was so shaken up that I didn't even know what to say. I honestly didn't say much. He asked me for my license and if I lived at the house I was at. I told him I was there for the weekend and really lived 45 minutes away. He asked for my insurance and my registration. I didn't know which one was which so I just looked through all the papers that I had in my car and I asked him which ones he needed.

He could definitely tell I was flustered. This had never happened to me before. He told me he stopped me because I rolled through a stop sign and I was speeding. I knew I had been speeding but the stop sign..... I didn't know I had rolled through it. Apparently my version of a stop is WRONG-O!

As he went back to his police car to check everything I looked over at my friend and said that the ticket is going to be about $300. Good thing I just got paid right? I was shaking and I was trying not to cry.

The cop came back and says, "Kimberlee I don't want to ruin your weekend....." and here I am just waiting
for the but to come "so I am not going to give you a ticket. I am going to give you a warning." OH MY LANTA!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I was so relived. How did that even happen?
He says "the fines you wold be looking at are around $300." I nailed that one right on the head. I looked up
at the cop and said, "I am so sorry that this happened. I honestly didn't know that I had ran that stop sign and
I knew I was speeding but I didn't know how much. This will never happen again I promise you that."  The cop looked at me and said, "Alright! you have a good weekend and stay safe."

Seriously, how did I get so lucky? I don't even know. It still doesn't make sense to me. I went inside my friend's house and I called my mom and told her everything and I just started crying. I had made a mistake and it was my fault. That usually doesn't happen to me. I am not a huge rule breaker. So this really hit me hard. I had made a mistake that isn't the end of the world, but now I had to forgive myself and move on. The hardest part of anything for me.

I texted my best friend and told her everything and she helped me through it. She always does! Then I got ready for the wedding reception I was going to. I asked my friend if I could drive because I wanted to prove that I could drive without speeding. And I did!

At the wedding reception I had so much fun that I forgot what had happened earlier! I was able to forgive myself and move on. It was the fastest that any of this had ever happened to me before. I was so happy. I went home and prayed to my Heavenly Father and thanked him for everything. I am so grateful and so blessed!

Thank you Heavenly Father and thank you Alpine Cop.