Happy Reinstatement Day

Sooo.... Martin got pulled over today while he was driving with his suspended license.. Anja and I were riding with him and it was pretty scary to watch the cop get him out of the car and handcuff him and drive him away. Luckily, I was allowed to drive the car to the police station to meet him, but now he has a Class A Misdemeanor on his record AND he had to spend the night in a cold, cold jail cell, all alone.

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APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, what happened today was quite the opposite of all that! I drove Martin down to Indianapolis this morning to the BMV downtown and after only about an hour and a half wait, he was re-issued his license privledges, without having to pay the $150 AND given permission to start driving again right away! Turns out, the very bad consequences (the fine and the not being able to drive until April 8th) were the results if you COULDN'T prove that you'd had insurance at the time of the accident. So, we were good to go! Which couldn't have been more fabulous, since navigating a car holding myself, my child and my husband through downtown Indianapolis at lunchtime is NOT something I'm especially comfortable doing....

The BMV is very close to the Government Center where Martin used to work, so we parked there and went into his old office to say hello to Julia, his old boss, Joe, his other old boss, and Drew Weintraut who now has Martin's old job! It was funny to see them all. Well, actually today was the first I'd met Joe, but he seemed really nice. From there we walked down to where the chinese restaurant used to be, but it's currently a construction site, soon to be a Dunkin Donuts. Whoops! So we walked back to the Rock Bottom Brewery where we had a VERY enjoyable lunch with our VERY perfect, and adored-by-everyone baby. We got giant hot pretzels as an appetizer, (which was funny, but didn't save me much room for my sandwich afterward!) and beers, and it was a generally lovely time. I'd say her first trip to our state capital was a success, in spite of the cold and wind!

On the way into town we stopped by the mall to spend the last of our specially designated "FUN NEW CLOTHES" portion of our tax return. And I must admit... I got some cute stuff. Including, the most important bit of clothing ever: a better-than-what-I'd-been-looking-for cream colored, light-knit shrug to wear with my brown polka-dot dress which I'm planning to wear to Laura and Alison's weddings in May. HOORAY!!!

Our friend Lisa just called us; she's just on her way up from Bloomington, so we'll be seeing her later tonight.

And I'm so thirsty! ...it's from the pretzels!