It should have been a day full of this...
And this...
And, now that hubby is back, a whole lot of this...
But someone apparently forgot to check the calendar and missed the fact that it's a national holiday. So at 6:00 tonight, instead of enjoying having my family home from Maine, I was rolling into the office in the rain. I'm not talking a few raindrops. I'm talking a huge freaking drenching rain so that by the time I got from my car to the door, I was soaked.
Our trial starts tomorrow and someone thought it would be a good idea to teach me Trial Director the night before the trial. Now, if you know anything about me, you know how bad of an idea this is... I can do basic stuff... but you don't want to rely on me to run the technology for your trial! We have other attorneys who are good at all things tech. I am not one of them.
I managed to load all of our exhibits onto the trial laptop and I decided it would be a good idea to play around with the program and see if I could actually pull up the exhibits, enlarge portions of it, scroll through the enlarged portion and do the basics of what this really cool program can do.
I clicked on what I thought was the button to bring up the presentation mode of the program and...
...the fucking power went out.
Don't you know the first thought racing through my head was "WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?" Because it would be just my luck that I knocked out the power somehow by clicking the wrong button (even though that wasn't even remotely possible).
Fortunately, my mom gave me one of those kits you're supposed to keep in your trunk that has all kinds of emergency roadside stuff, including a little flashlight. So the two of us are in the office, huddled around this tiny flashlight for an hour trying to get ready for the trial.
We looked ridiculous. I managed to escape after being alone in the dark with this guy for an hour. I have to tell you, what happened tonight is pretty much typical of how all the trial prep has gone on this case.
Wish us luck tomorrow... It's going to be one hell of a show.
11 comments:
this is a great omen...mr. murphy is getting out of the way before the trial starts...thats a good thing, right?
This is a good thing.
No matter how bad or good go, you will get through it fine.
That's some way to start out.
Good luck!
You'll ace it! Think positive! ( if you really knew me, you'd be laughing out loud, as my friends sometimes call me "Chicken Little," for good reason).
Good luck, Jamie! You know you work way, way, way too hard!
Good luck with the trial! hopefully it will go easier than the prep has.
sending you luck and hugs and a power grid.
thanks guys! it was definitely an interesting first day... i have to take one of the cops tomorrow. if we can find him...
Hey cutes... I trust all went well!!!!!!!
:oD
~shoes~
the best thing is yet to come,
stay cool!
You're still my favorite attorney no matter what!
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