Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I got a parking ticket on Friday for doing a good deed. Wrong zone. Stupid BYU parking police came five minutes (literally!) before I got to the car.
And today, I got a second parking ticket. This time, it's because BYU refuses to provide enough parking for all the students, forcing me to park on the street. I checked to make sure that it wasn't a red zone, but unfortunately, due to the snow that covered everything, I failed to notice the sign that was too covered up to read anyway which said that I was in a no parking zone between 8-4. I was just trying to go to a class that I hate anyway. Thanks, City of Provo. Everyone knows you hate students, well guess what. If we all disappeared, you would die. We're the reason this ridiculous little city functions.
So now, all the money that I've been diligently saving for Rommel's birthday on the 9th will now go to paying parking tickets. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, I was crying when I got that second one. I have no idea where the money will come from now. My meager paycheck has already been cut down because of all the holidays I was forced to take (Stupid New Years. Stupid MLK day. Who decided that these were holidays? And who decided that people can't go to work on holidays they don't believe in?). And I'm still trying to recover from tuition and books and Christmas. I've taken every opportunity to try to come early and stay late at work, and yet still, the nickels and dimes are not adding up.
I know, I know, it's not about the money, it's about being together, and it's the thought that counts, blah blah blah. But he works so hard to take care of me, and he does so much for me, and this is the one day of the year that can just be all about him. We don't have to deal with families or friends or Hallmark or commercialism. And I don't have anything to show him how much I love him and appreciate him. And the reason why? Because BYU and the city of Provo have no mercy.
I really need something to cheer me up. I wish I had some See's Candies.
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