i never thought i’d be saying this, but:

woohoo!

(oh, and i was still wrong about my plate number. i got three of the digits right though, although one of them was misplaced. sigh. perhaps i should have it tattooed on my arm.)

((niqui could smack the nice officer at the district one station who, when she tried and failed to file her vehicle recovery report, didn’t bother searching under the VIN, like the nice officer on the phone did right now, and who could have saved her all this plus the $80 or whatever the towing is going to cost her. BAD OFFICER! BAD!))