Maybe I will major in Social Work.

So it has been a bit. I just thought you may want a little rest from the guy who has cops and motorcycles on his brain.
Recess is over.
Kristin got her M1 endorsement. She is now officially qualified to ride a motorcycle on city streets. When we added her to the insurance she was shocked because she didn’t imagine that she could make the premium go much higher on a policy that had my name on it. Little did she realize that I have not been in an accident or received a ticket since our honeymoon. (on which I managed to tack on two tickets and one “at-fault” accident).
On the subject of driving records, this is what the Background Investigator for the Sheriff’s Dept. had to say to me:
“I’m not gonna tell you not to come back, because I think that you could have a chance. This is what I am gonna tell ya, from now on you drive like a grandma. There is no longer a 4th or 5th gear on your car or motorcycle. Make good decisions. When you are about to make a choice of actions say to yourself “Will this help me become what I eventually want to be, or will it prevent me from doing what I would like to do with my life instead of what I want right this second?” Also I need you to stay away from people doing things that are against the law. Next time you go to a party and somebody brings out some weed or something like that, and mind you, this doesn’t matter if it’s your best friend's friend from work, your sister, your brother, your cousins, your mom or your dad, just let them know that you cannot be around anything like that. Then leave. Go get a bachelors degree, and come back in three years. This is what you need to do in order to give yourself a chance against your competition.”
Wow. I don’t care what sort of hot seat any of you have ever been on, nothing can ever make you feel more like a criminal than my background investigator. Holy Crap. I started to cry because I was so frustrated ( I was almost halfway out of the parking lot by this time). I don’t know one person who had their whole life worked out and knew what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives, then have the discipline to follow through with it when they were 18. Maybe Josh Roberts. I’m pretty sure he had his future planned out before he was done with middle school. I'm not sure though because he couldn't ever come play. Whatever.
On the positive side I got some very clear and honest feed back. I really appreciate what this officer had to tell me. I haven’t decided exactly what to do yet.
I think that the weirdest part about this last week or two has been the number of people who told me they always pictured me as being a guidance counselor or something like that for teenagers, and I should try and pursue that instead of being a cop.
It has been a strange time in the world of pete, I’ll tell you what. Strange time.