The good (well actually the great): My first birthday with my wonderful baby and amazing husband (OK, I've had the amazing husband for a few birthdays, but together with Emily the day was spectacular).
The bad: I woke up feeling run down and not all that well. It could have been the fact that Emily really wanted to spend as much time with me on my Birthday as possible so woke me up every three hours starting at 1 AM.
The ugly: I got a speeding ticket. We decided to take a quick trip to Baena to check out the Olive Oil Mill and I was happy to do the driving... less happy once I got pulled over. A few tips I learned about driving in Spain. First, I recommend taking your license and/or passport with you if you plan on getting pulled over (well you should probably take them with you regardless if you plan on driving). Second, if you plan on speeding make sure you have enough cash to cover your ticket. If you are going say 75 in a 50 zone (I didn't see the sign and the guy before me was going that speed) it will cost you 150 Euros. If you have 149 Euros, it doesn't matter, they will still make you go to an ATM to get the one Euro. I thought about pointing out that when you add the gas to follow us there AND the lost revenue from catching the other speeders while they are escorting us to get money it would *more* than cover the 1 Euro... but I don't think my limited Spanish and his limited English would get us through that. In the end, not having my license or passport turned out to not really be that big of a deal... just took longer to look me up in the system.
Mom and Emily in Mom's new favourite shirt :-)
Emily and her Daddy!
At least I do think that I can probably make next year's Birthday a touch better :-)
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