My Worst Nightmare...

I woke up Friday morning and decided I wanted to go visit one of my good friends from college. I decided I would call in sick at work so I could get an early start on my journey. I had about a four hour trip so I wanted to get on the highway by noon. Needless to say I ended up falling back to sleep after calling off and didn't get up until noon. I jumped out of bed and filled my suitcase with some clothes to get me through the trip. I threw on my sweats and got myself together and it was now 1pm. No big deal I was only an hour behind schedule. My buddy didn't get off until 4:30 so I wouldn't make it to his house until 5pm.

So I am driving on I-70 East going about 80 miles per hour. I have traveled along I-70 many times and have never came across any police. For a winter day it happened to be pretty sunny outside. After about an hour and a half of driving I decided to pull off and grab some lunch. I saw an exit that had a McDonald's. I figured I would get a chicken sandwich and fries and get right back on the highway. I only had a dollar in cash so I figured like most places they would take credit cars. So I get to the window and order my food. My total was $3.27. I pulled my wallet out to pay with my credit card and then the lady says sorry we don't take credit cards. I'm like what? She then proceeds to tell me I have to go to the ATM and get cash and that one was located in the McDonalds. She pointed me into where it was and I go over and figure since it wasn't my bank I would take $50 out and that way I wouldn't have to get anymore money out of the bank during my trip. So then its going through its stuff and then proceeds to say that I will be charged a $5 fee. I'm like WTF?!?! Whatever I need the cash so I proceed and get my cash. I get back to the register and pay for my food. I get in my car and am on my way back on the highway. Well I put my hand in my bag to get the chicken sandwich out and pull out a hamburger. I am confused because I know I didn't order that. Well I look in the rest of my bag and realize this isn't my order. I had gotten on the highway and didn't feel like turning back. I couldn't eat the burger because it had mustard on it and I was allergic to it. Anyways I wasn't really paying attention to the highway and didn't realize I had hit 90 mph. I found out quickly when I was pulled over by the police. The officer was of course a jack ass. I gave him all my information and he tells me I look like a bank robber. So I'm of course like what? Trust me I am no bank robber. Well he says, "You seem to match the description of a guy that just robbed a local bank." I then try and explain to the officer that I just left McDonald's and wasn't from there. He gets me out of the car and then pats me down. He runs my name in his system and of course I have some unpaid parking tickets that he begins to scold me about. You all know me. I couldn't just sit back and take that so I started yelling at him. He was being ridiculous and I didn't have to take this. The officer then says well I am taking you in to the station until I can prove you aren't our bank robber. I couldn't believe this shit. I'm like what the hell is going on. He handcuffs me puts me in the back of the cruiser and I feel like shit. He calls someone to come and tow my car. Eventually we get to the police station. I am sitting there cuffed like I am a criminal. I ask if I can call someone and they tell me no. Well the TV was playing and I decided to just pay attention to that because they would soon realize that I wasn't there bank robber.

The officer eventually begins questioning me. I explain to him where I was coming from and why I was in the area. He tells me that he doesn't believe what I am saying. I try and explain to him that I have no reason to lie. I am the perfect citizen. I have never been in any trouble with the law. (minus my parking tickets) Then another officer tells the other officer to turn on the TV there was some news about the bank robbery. He turned the TV on and of course they had video tape of the robber. I thought good this will prove that it wasn't me. Well was I in for a surprise. The video wasn't that clear but of course I matched the description the tellers had given. I knew I was fucked now. They then said we had breaking news. Our President had been shot. I couldn't believe someone had shot President Bush....Well that's what I thought. Then the newscaster came on and said, "Today is January 22nd, 2009 and our President has been shot. That's when I realized that President Obama had been shot. And then I woke up from what was my worst nightmare EVER.