January 22nd-"Excuse me, I don't believe I got your name."

     The last couple days have been very interesting...not exactly fun, but interesting.  The weekend started by taking a trip to the Municipal courthouse in Kansas City, MO, to serve a ticket I had been written at an accident back in December of 2010.  Before my mom and I even entered the courthouse, there were issues.  Walking across the street from the parking lot, I was honked at by a rich man in a black Lexus that nearly ran over me.  Moreover, once inside the courthouse, we had to go through security, and unload all of our pockets, coats, etc, only to find out we could not bring cameras into the court area.  Therefore, I had to take the camera back to the car, come back inside, and re-enter security; what a joy.

     Once upstairs, I was surrounded by a lot of people that made me feel uncomfortable.  One was a man that was obviously high as a kite, and approached my mom and stated, "Excuse me, I don't believe I got your name." He stood there and insisted on shaking my mom's hand.  Later that morning, a clerk shared with him that his charges had been cleared and that he did not even have to be there.  Another interesting part of the court experience was observing how corrupt the judicial system appears.  Countless times, attorneys and police officers would shake hands, talk in hushed tones, and act as if they were old friends.  Who knows who's on your side and who's not out just to get their next paycheck?

     Luckily, though, I walked out of the courtroom with only a $20 fine, and no points taken off my license.  I was very lucky, and I feel the judge liked me as well, so that was a plus.  However, my fun of the weekend would not stop there.

     After coming home from work, I had blurred vision as well as numbing in my right hand and arm.  At about 2:30a.m. I woke up with the worst migraine I had ever encountered.  Not being able to stand it anymore, I had my mom take me to the ER around 4:30a.m. I was given an IV, Benadryl, a pain killer for the migraine, and something for the nausea.  I finally was able to go home and get some rest.  The migraine could not have come at a worst time, because I was forced then not to spend time with Hannah.  That was very, very upsetting. I know we were both looking forward to spending time together. Next weekend, though, for sure. :)

     On another note, I work tomorrow.  Tomorrow is the last day at work before we get our new system installed.  We also have 4 weeks to prepare for an FFR day (Full Field Review).  On those days, franchise owners as well as messengers from corporate inspect each store and make sure we are running at McDonald's standards; I'm looking forward to it because they are coming on a night I close, which is Monday nights, so I think it's my time to shine.

     I guess that is all for now. Let's hope for no more court dates and no more migraines for sometime.

-Kory