update

i think earlier i had mentioned that i received 19 parking tickets at the university of kansas. unfortunately, i must now amend that statement.

you see, when I arrived at this new campus, I had promised myself that I was gonna turn my life around and be 100% ticket-free. I was uber careful about planning where I was going to park, bringing the appropriate change, putting more than enough money in the meter, and coming back to add money if my time ran out. i didn’t engage in any ticket action for a full two weeks after arriving here!

then today i climbed out of bed on a saturday morning one or two drinks short of a hangover and 45 minutes before I had to be to a MANDATORY (in caps!) meeting on campus. The bus was out of the question at that time so I had to drive and I had to park on campus. When I got there I realized I didn’t have any change for the parking meter but I wasn’t too worried because it was a Saturday and parking is free on saturdays, right? and if not, parking inspectors certainly don’t work on saturdays. (saturday and sunday were the only days i didn’t get parking tickets at my old university).

I waltzed out of the meeting two hours later to see a pretty piece of paper an eye-jarring shade of orange adorning my front windshield. come on, really? on a saturday? at 10 am?

Oh well. I guess people never change.