Baby Steps..

That's my motto for right now.. every good thing that I do to put my in the right direction is just one more baby step closer to getting back to where I want to be..

Yesterday was a good day, all in all.. I went to court and the judge (who looked like Paul McCartney, I swear) honestly looked like this case was totally stupid.. but this court hearing was just the pre-pre-trial.. basically to make sure I understand what I'm being charged with (which I'm still confused as to why bouncing ONE check=check deception), and the min/max penalties for this charge.. and then we set a date for my pre-trial.. ugh! THANKFULLY my judge thought this was kinda stupid, bc he said he recommends that i represent myself (which I was leaning towards anyways) and that the judge would most likely use my bail to pay the check and fees and that'd be it.. I'll find out tomorrow at 9am.. I hope I can come here tomorrow and say I'm done with the FC/NA courts for good.. lol

All that took about 45 minutes, and my anxiety made it pretty much a sleepy day after that.. sobI let my client know I wasn't coming and took a nap.. then woke up refreshed and did some spring cleaning.. :) THEN my friend Laina text me that she was takin her puppy walking at the lake I live next to, and I usually decline (either bc of work or laziness).. well, yesterday I joined her.. and it rained on us.. but we still did 2 laps.. and now that I think about it, I have no idea how far that is.. lmao.. I'll have to use my new MapMyRun app for it next time..

Today, I have to go to work.. I am off from babysitting for the next TWO weeks! ugh.. so I can't afford to miss anymore work.. but with all the rain we've been having, I've let myself sit on the couch and "enjoy" it.. well, today I put on my workout gear and went out to try my newly downloaded MapMyRun in my neighborhood.. I ran .65 miles in almost 9 minutes.. kinda slow, but I'm happy bc I didn't stop running.. and that's great to me.. I'm hoping to do this at least everyday.. and get my mileage up there for the 5k I'm running on Memorial Day.. :)


**UPDATED** HS asked for more details of my court issues.. so here they are.. lol

This all goes back to Sept. 2007, when i got my fur baby Sammy fixed.. I've posted pics of him before I think.. I was living on my own (with my roomie, I mean) and barely working.. they have a program down here that gives yo vouchers to help with the costs of getting them fixed, so I'd only have to pay $6.. I went to go get him, with the $6 on hand, and they told me they'd done something extra, so it'd be $26 instead.. not knowing what to do, and not having the cash on hand, I wrote a check, figuring I could get the $20 into the bank before it cleared (this is an assumption, I'm not really sure what I thought).. it bounced.. well, somewhere in all this crap, I got seriously depressed and moved back to my parents place.. I moved back at the beginning of December.. no phone calls were made, but with all the changing of addresses, I aaume the notices got lost..

I honestly forgot about the check, until the beginning of Jan 2008, when I got a letter from the county prossecutor.. I couldn't get off work to go to the court date, so they issued a bench warrant.. 3 years later, i get pulled over by an ISP officer and that's why I went to jail.. I think that's all of it.. My main issue is why they didn't just send me to collections.. that's got to be cheaper than court.. ugh!

Well, well, well..

For those of you who are wondering about my court date, here's the scoop.. and for those of you who don't know what the heck I'm talking about, here's the link.. lol

So I went to court, with a few detours, and was going to be a few minutes late.. I wanted to have the money to pay off the check IN MY HANDS before court.. so I called to see if I had a certain time, or if it was a general time and they'd get to ya when they got to ya.. Wellllllllllllllll, two transfers later (and multiple attempts to get the clerks phone number),  I was finally told that my court date wasn't until NEXT Monday.. WHAT?!

Yeah, after all that crap, and a 45 minute drive, I have to come back next week to do it again.. OH, and the bitchy lady I finally talked to told me that if it were today, I'd have already been 30 minutes late.. UGH!  Who peed in her Cheerios this morning, huh?!  Did I mention that I had to miss work to go to this damn thing?!  Now I have to inconvenience them again next Monday.. :(

Well before this call, I had called the Meds Department to see about getting my prescriptions back that were in my purse when I was brought in.. and then was told that I could have had them back on FRIDAY when I was released.. EXCUSE ME?!  Why does this have to be so difficult??  Isn't there some kind of manual they can give first timers??  Honestly, my mom incurred at least $50 worth of charges (for collect calls on a cell phone and bank fees) because they didn't tell either of us the correct way to do things..

So basically, while the trip wasn't a total waste of gas and energy.. in theory it was.. because if I'd been told all this in the beginning, I would have been working instead of driving all around Southern Indiana..