Signs of Guidance

So today as I left the gym I asked the parking fairy to get me a space around 25th and Wilshire. It was 1:30 PM and I was going to meet a friend for lunch. There were cars everywhere as I pulled around the corner of 23rd St. I spied a space and slipped in. My friend rang my cell just then and sounded a little confused as to where the restaurant was so I jumped out and went around to flag her down. A space opened up for her right in front of the restaurant. She was short on change and when I reached into my purse, I realized my wallet was still in the car and ran back to get it. A little voice said I better check the posted sign for parking times even though there was a car in front of me and another behind. The sign was covered in graffitti but I saw that parking was not allowed between 2 and 4 PM on Tuesdays. If I hadn’t come back I would have ended up with a nice fat ticket. Instead, I pulled onto Wilshire to find a space just across the street. And had a wonderful lunch with a friend I hadn’t seen for over a year.