Bye, $20.

You'd think all that writing about the city raising parking ticket fines would make me a little more careful. But today I was issued my first $20 ticket. It's probably my fifth or sixth ticket overall since moving to the city.

I went downtown for something I thought would take maybe an hour or so. I put about a dollar in the meter. And then everything took waayyy longer. I remembered my parking meter at some point, but by then my time had probably already expired by, oh, about 45 minutes. Plus, I was out of change anyway (except for a plethora of pennies and one of those $1 coins, which appear to be good for nothing).

So, tomorrow, I will go to City Hall and give them my $20. Spend it well, city officials.