Post by Jo Pearson on Aug 12, 2008 21:34:29 GMT
OMG, guys! I'm sorry I've not been here earlier today as I usually am, but I've just had THE worst day ever in my whole life...
Last night, I went out for a "girls-only" meal in Berkeley with my bff's, Cricket and Diana. After the meal, just after 11pm, I was driving home back to Marin County, and I'd just come off the Marin County end of the bridge over the bay when I saw flashing coloured lights behind me, and realised I was being pulled over by the police. Apparently, I'd got a busted tail light, and he was stopping me for that. But, once he'd pulled me over, he asked if I'd been drinking at all, and I told him I'd just been for a meal with friends and had a couple of glasses of wine with the meal. So he said that, as he could smell alcohol on my breath, he was going to test me. As usual when I've had wine, I felt OK, so I wasn't too worried about it, but I guess that was a BIG mistake, as I actually ended up failing the test...
Of course, I was totally shocked when he said I'd failed, as I didn't think I'd had all that much (it really was just a couple of glasses...), and so you can imagine how I felt when I heard him say that, as I'd failed the test, he was arresting me on suspicion of DUI!!!!!!! So he handcuffed me, put me in his car and took me to the station... Once there, they tested me again on the big machine, and I blew 0.10% - 0.08% and above is bad news......... So they started to book me for DUI, taking mugshots, fingerprinting me and all that stuff, and then put me in a cell, which is where I ended up spending last night - although I didn't really sleep much, as I spent most of the night crying.
So, this morning, my mom, dad and b/f arrived to bail me out - $12,000 - and pick up my car. I felt soooooo ashamed when they turned up, but they're being so great about it all. On the way back home, we stopped off to see a lawyer friend of my dad, who's agreed to take my case, and then we came home so I could get out of the clothes I'd spent the night in and have a proper nap. I've not long woken up from my nap, and I thought I'd let you all know what had happened ASAP.
I really do feel soooooo stupid right now, and so ashamed too. I really feel like I've let you all down with this - but, more importantly, I really feel like I've let Mischa down too, as we should all have learned from her mistake a few months back, and now I go and make almost the same mistake...
I'm just going to get something to eat now, but I'll be back soon (probably about an hour or so) to chat...
Last night, I went out for a "girls-only" meal in Berkeley with my bff's, Cricket and Diana. After the meal, just after 11pm, I was driving home back to Marin County, and I'd just come off the Marin County end of the bridge over the bay when I saw flashing coloured lights behind me, and realised I was being pulled over by the police. Apparently, I'd got a busted tail light, and he was stopping me for that. But, once he'd pulled me over, he asked if I'd been drinking at all, and I told him I'd just been for a meal with friends and had a couple of glasses of wine with the meal. So he said that, as he could smell alcohol on my breath, he was going to test me. As usual when I've had wine, I felt OK, so I wasn't too worried about it, but I guess that was a BIG mistake, as I actually ended up failing the test...
Of course, I was totally shocked when he said I'd failed, as I didn't think I'd had all that much (it really was just a couple of glasses...), and so you can imagine how I felt when I heard him say that, as I'd failed the test, he was arresting me on suspicion of DUI!!!!!!! So he handcuffed me, put me in his car and took me to the station... Once there, they tested me again on the big machine, and I blew 0.10% - 0.08% and above is bad news......... So they started to book me for DUI, taking mugshots, fingerprinting me and all that stuff, and then put me in a cell, which is where I ended up spending last night - although I didn't really sleep much, as I spent most of the night crying.
So, this morning, my mom, dad and b/f arrived to bail me out - $12,000 - and pick up my car. I felt soooooo ashamed when they turned up, but they're being so great about it all. On the way back home, we stopped off to see a lawyer friend of my dad, who's agreed to take my case, and then we came home so I could get out of the clothes I'd spent the night in and have a proper nap. I've not long woken up from my nap, and I thought I'd let you all know what had happened ASAP.
I really do feel soooooo stupid right now, and so ashamed too. I really feel like I've let you all down with this - but, more importantly, I really feel like I've let Mischa down too, as we should all have learned from her mistake a few months back, and now I go and make almost the same mistake...
I'm just going to get something to eat now, but I'll be back soon (probably about an hour or so) to chat...