I've been out drinking, apparently, and my 18 year old daughter comes to pick me up. She only has her learner's permit. Since it's illegal for her to drive at night, technically, we go to the power company to ask for them to switch the traffic lights from red to green when we go by, so we won't have to worry about her getting pulled over.
While we're waiting (the operator is very indifferent to our presence), I accidentally bump into a power grid...which is run by a P75. Everything resets, and I notice that Gilroy and Hollister's power is offline. I urge my daughter to go ahead and drive, since I have 'taken care of everything'.
We drive on.
The cops, however, are onto us..they know that I've reset the power, and they are quite pissed. My daughter is driving like a grandmother - slowly, and weaving in and out, not to mention almost getting us hit by a giant truck.
As we swing around the corner into the parking lot of a string of grocery stores (most of them are actually tattoo parlors, with one small store in the middle), it starts to rain. I have her slam on the brakes, and I urge her to continue on, and I'll wait for her.
As she drives off, the cops catch up to her, and I run into the store. I've thrown her under the proverbial bus, and I'm quite happy with myself, since I didn't get caught.
Of course, as usual, I wake up and tell my husband. He mumbles something about needing my medications changed, and then rolls over and goes back to sleep.
