getting lost

about two weeks ago i was given the job of driving my dad off at the airport on january 4th (yesterday). so 12.30 rolls around and we head to the airport. im familiar with the freeway for about 15 minutes after you get on at the merging by the mall, but after that i didnt have a clue where i was going since it was only the second time ive driven there, AND the last time i was there, my brother drove with me so i had some help on the way there. anyways, as my dad and i are driving hes pointing out to me what i'll be looking for on my way back since i'd be driving alone this time. when i drop him off and he says "now what are you looking for on your way back?" i said "5 South, then 80 East" like he had me repeat in the car. so i get onto interstate 5 fine, then as i start seeing signs for business 80, i move to the right one lane, then another. but i wasnt paying attention to when it was coming up and i panicked and moved over one more, and i could have made it if someone in a small red jellybean for a car wouldnt let me over. SO, i still ended up a lane away from the exit, and missed it. so now i have no idea where im going so i just decided to get off somewhere and figure it out. i ended up going all the way to old sac, and missed the J street exit so i got off at the O street exit. i drove around for a little bit then found some yellow bridge and i figured it probably was leading to the freeway. after 10 minutes of that with seemingly no sign of freeway in sight it turned a corner and i was back on 80, except i had less than a minute to get over and exit. five minutes later i was passing IKEA and like 45 minutes later i found the douglas blvd exit.

this should be the part where everything goes fine and i get home 20 minutes later. NOPE. its the part where im pretty sure i ran a red light: coming from the direction of the mall, i was at the intersection where you get on the freeway (where this lovely adventure started a good two hours earlier) and the light turned yellow and i wasnt sure if i would make it if i kept going so i slammed on the brakes, and the car didnt stop until it was waaaay past the line and after my complete stop, the nose was like 5 feet into the intersection. panicking again, i just hit the gas again without thinking and sped through the light, even though it had just turned red a second before that.

$328 fine ??