<p>Today, I woke up feeling rested and refreshed. This was odd, so I looked at the clock and found that it was 8:00 (on the dot). I freaked. I threw on clothes, got in my car, and left. When I got to the school it was 8:14, the end of first period, so I had 4 minutes to get to AP Bio at the other end of the school. </p>
<p>Our parking lot has fewer spots than there are seniors that can drive, and seeing as people with no class seconds period hadn't left yet, I couldn't find a legal spot. I found a spot behind other's who'd parked illegally and had to take it to get to class on time. </p>
<p>I made it to class on time panting, but relieved. After 2 periods of Bio, I had gym. After gym, this acquaintance of mine came up to me in the hall and asked if I had a white Eclipse. I said yea and he told me he just saw it being towed. </p>
<p>I had that period free, so I ran to the lot and found that, sure enough, my car was gone. All of the other cars parked illegally were just stickered (my school has a system where they put stickers on illegally parked cars as warnings). I went to the office and asked to speak with the dean, who deals with parking. She told me that I had been stickered twice and that they tow if a person has another violation after being stickered. Never before had I parked illegally (I just got my license in December). It turned out that my sister had been stickered twice last year with the same car, and they thought it was me. I was dumbfounded that they even kept the previous year's records. Only seniors are allowed to park, so nobody would be an offender in two different years. Before I asked, she told me that the school would not pay for its mistake; I would have to pay the $288 to get my car back.</p>
<p>Right now, my parents are in Vegas for a convention, so I had no way of getting that much money. I called the towing company and they only take cash, so my emergency credit card would be of no use. I ended up having to beg my rich friend to lend me the money. My car is now back in my possession, but it is ridiculous that now I owe a friend of mine almost $300 for the school's mistake. I want to do something, but "you can't fight city hall."</p>
<p>I requested a copy of the parking agreement my father and I had signed in order to get parking privileges at the school, and it says clearly that the first violation just gets a sticker put on the student's car and the second elicits towing.</p>
<p>I really had to rant about this. I am so p'd off right now that I have to figure out a way to make $288 bucks by March. Thanks for taking the time to read this lol.</p>