Mary Ann came and spent last night with us. She left this morning going to a Premier meeting in Texas. Lori is bringing Clay and Cooper tomorrow as she drives back from their mother's to Gautier. They will be here until Sunday or Monday, then are going back to Jeanette's after Mary Ann returns on Saturday night. Ricky chose to stay in Tampa with Shelties Tucker and Maggie as his only company for the two weeks his family is in MS. He's going to get really lonesome while they're gone, if I know my son as well as I think I do. I was really disappointed that he elected not to come, but he thought two weeks was too long to be away from home, even though he works remotely while he's here. I hope he eventually gets over his aversion to Mississippi and decides to use his Brandon lot for a new house.

I got stopped by the Flowood police this morning going 58 in a 40 MPH zone, and this time they didn't let me go with a warning, even though I begged him not to write the citation. I was driving Mary Ann's van on the new road between Lakeland and Old Fannin. I don't recall seeing a speed sign, but I didn't argue with him. Flowood police are notorious when it comes to speeders and I was totally oblivious to the speed I was doing until I saw blue lights. Simon and Garfunkle's "Feeling Groovy" immediately started playing itself in my head:

Slow down, you move too fast,
you've got to make the morning last
Just kickin' down the cobble-stones,
lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy
Feeling groovy
Hello lamp-post, what's cha knowin',
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me,
do-it-do-do-do, feelin' groovy
Feeling groovy
I've got no deeds to do,
no promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
Life I love you, all is groovy.

Should I read more into this than is there? Do I need to slow down with anything I'm doing other than driving? Probably. I'll consider myself warned. Driving away from this unfortunate encounter, I heard a different song, Wilson Pickett's Mustang Sally:

Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down.
Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down.
You been running all over the town now.

Oh! I guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.

One of these early mornings, oh, you gonna be wiping your weeping eyes.
I bought you a brand new mustang 'bout nineteen sixty five
Now you come around signifying a woman,
you don't wanna let me ride.

Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down.
You been running all over the town now.
Oh! I guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.