(pause)

I think this is mid-week or something.  I've been in trial 3 days running (basically 12+hr days) and tomorrow is a trial day.  We lost the first, which was disappointing on many levels, but there's an appeal there - so we're not quite done.  We won the second, which was, in many ways, more of a stretch going into it all. 

Tomorrow - who can say?

The week has thusfar featured more than usual courtroom drama, including a couple of contempt charges (client, not me), alleged criminal behavior in the courtroom itself, shouting, finger pointing, and frantic scrambling to manage absurdly large calendars prior to trial.  Out of the craziness came some nice and unsought kudos from judges, prosecutors, and clients.  I think when I have time to digest things, this will go down as a good week - right now there's (always) some major or minor emergency in the fore of my brain that's demanding my attention to the exclusion of reflection.  And honestly, I'm a bit afraid to pause for fear of not getting through the rest of my tasks.  Starting and stopping over a short span has always (for me) been more exhausting than going twice that distance in one stretch.

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Coda - Today I got the most random and lovely gift in the mail.  I plan to very carefully explore it this weekend.  I don't think I'll be able to give it and/or the complex but useful instructions proper attention until that time.  More details on that when it happens.  Thank you Kat!

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[Kat]

You're most welcome! :)

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