I just paid a library fine bigger than I thought they could get.  Due to some stellar miscommunication with my bride a huge library fee was due.  I could have used her card that didn’t have a fee on it, but I pledged to be responsible for all fines on my card when I signed up at the library and so I bit the bullet, took a deep gulp and paid the fine.

The woman at the counter asked me if I knew how much the fee was and I said, “Yes.”  She was rather surprised.  I knew we’d screwed up, I knew what we owed, and I paid it.  It was the right thing to do, even if it was painful to do.  Stupid tax that, had I done this three times, could have bought me a bass guitar this last weekend in fines.  Lesson Learned most definitely