I bought a bead spinner today! I can’t wait to start making badass things with it. I want to buy a lamp and figure out how to modify the lamp shade with hanging beads somehow. It could be really cool so I’m trying to figure how to do that in my head. It seems to be coming together pretty well. I’ve got a decent idea of how it could be done at this point. I’m excited!

I drove to St. Cloud and met some college friends. We got lunch and then bummed around St. Cloud for a while before getting dinner. It was a lot of fun. I always have so much fun with that group just laughing and having a good time. I always feel super light hearted around them. Unfortunately, on the way home from the cities I got a speeding ticket. I was taking this road out of St. Cloud that I don’t normally take and not paying attention to the speed limit. I looked up and saw a sign that said 45 MPH, but was going 65 MPH at that time. I immediately slowed down, but a cop had already clocked me and pulled me over. I admitted it was my mistake and I just wasn’t playing close enough attention. He gave me a ticket, but was nice and just wrote a citation for 54 in a 45 MPH zone. I assume that will save me some money and not go on my insurance. I apologized to him for having to get out in the cold to give me the ticket. I wonder how often he has that happen?