Although I'm burned out...

Patrol yesterday was a hoot! Mudflap and I took "my" patrol car out as his was in the shop, which is cool b/c we keep a Taser in our trunk. Since we are both Taser-qualified we can both use it if necessary. We thought we might have to on the 1st call we took. A 16-yr old boy was belligerant and had a gun in his room. I asked Mudflap should I bring my shotgun, holding it in the air like Wigle on Reno 911, but he said no. When we got there the kid was GOA, so we spoke with the parents and we had backup show up as well. The kid finally came back home and we sent them all to the hospital for evaluation since the kid was on drugs to boot. The gun, a .22 rifle, was unloaded and there was no ammo for it in the house anyway.

In the late afternoon things were pretty slow so we decided to go hunting. Cars with no front license plates really get my goat, and I needed to practice my traffic stops so we pulled over about 5 vehicles w/no front plates. I wrote 2 citations, including one for this guy who had no proof of financial responsibility (car insurance) b/c that pisses me off!!! Mudflap thought I was being too mean, but I said that if you have no insurance, you have NO right being on the road! I told Mudflap how much S and I are paying for insurance per month and said that we also have to pay for Uninsured Motorist b/c of jerks like this, and Mudflap says he does too, so there! I also reminded Flap that I have read the U.S. Constitution and nowhere in there does it say we have the right to drive. Mudflap agreed I was right. The other ticket I wrote was b/c the guy lied to me. He said he had his front license plate under his seat and I asked him to get it so I could see it. He pretended to rummage under there, then said that maybe it was in the glove compartment. Liar! I asked why did he take the front plate off and he said, "I don't know. Stupid reason." I said, "Then guess what? You're getting a stupid ticket!"

Later on, I scared the shit out of this other guy. (Man, I was having fun!) We got flagged down by this man with his wife and daughter in their yard, saying that they needed more patrol in their neighborhood, that people were driving too fast on the streets and a red Dually was doing donuts and that people were racing go carts and doing all sorts of stupid stuff. I promised him that we'd go looking around, which we did. We drove down the street and around the corner and what do we see coming towards us at high speed but a total knucklehead on an off-road 4-wheeler! I threw on the lights and blocked him off. I became a total bitch, yelling at him, "Do you realize it's against the law to ride that thing on MY public roadway?" We interrogated him, asking him whose 4-wheeler was it, where did he live, where was he going, etc. We told him we'd been getting complaints from the neighbors. He admitted that he did know it was against the law to be driving that thing on the street and I said real nasty, "Oh, so you DO know that?!?!" I asked him for his license, to which he replied he didn't have one and I snapped, "Well this is just getting better and better!!!" The guy had a temporary paper ID card and he was shaking, fumbling trying to get it out of his wallet. Like Mudflap said, I was scaring the shit out of him. I threatened to tow the 4-wheeler which would cost him $185. He was all, "Yes ma'am, yes ma'am." It was funny, but I was pissed. I can't stand blatant disregard for the law!!! We followed him around the block to his friend's house, who was the owner of the 4-wheeler (the guy rode through a field, which IS legal) and I scolded the owner saying that if I saw the 4-wheeler on the road again I would tow it.

I didn't get home until after midnight b/c frankly we were busy and enjoying ourselves. This a.m. I could not get out of bed and got to work after 10am! I'm just glad I had Sat. night to myself. S was at the ball game with his coworkers and I lounged at home and relaxed. I watched Half Nelson, which I didn't get although the acting was great. I did laundry, read my book, ate ice cream. L. called me and asked if I was up for going out, but I just couldn't! I am so burned out, and I know when I'm at my limits like this I have to watch my mental health carefully and take preventative measures.

Also on Sat. night I finally had the time to deal with getting the latest pic's off the digital camera. Here's the 2 best Mother's Day gifts I could have asked for:

Here's my baby following in my footsteps at the library:

Here's my baby blowing bubbles and wearing my house slippers:

Here's a cute one of me and S at our b-day party:

Mean cop here! S said he was glad I got it out of my system yelling at turds all day long yesterday. When Mudflap said he felt a little bad for 4-wheeler knucklehead, S said at least that guy only had to deal with it for one day! Whatever!