Well, there have been several times in the past week where I have meant to blog or post about something, and it has just slipped away. So I guess its just a mundane update instead...
Part of the struggle with writing on here the past week has been due to the fact that I have been under the weather. Last Monday, I woke up with a sore throat, and from there, a cold proceeded to take over my head and most of the week. Just a terrible cold, horrible congestion, runny nose, coughing, sneezing. It was made worse by the fact that it last an entire week (and even now I still have a small cough left over). I didn't really get a chance to rest and help my immune system fight it until Saturday as I was needing to finish an Appellate Brief for work by Friday. So it made for an exhausting week, a week that all I remember is being sick and working. Not good times. Although it finally feels like things are settling back into the routine...I am back up early without being tired, a good sign that my system is recovered from the cold, and I was finally able to get the yard mowed yesterday, to continue my jungle prevention for the summer months.
Around here locally, the economy still stinks, but there has been other excitement. Our local high school and middle school had some bomb threats recently, and there was actually some arrests made. Big happenings in the small town. Of course, over at Notre Dame, we have the whole brouhaha over President Obama being the commencement speaker and receiving an honorary degree. There has been protests for much of the last few weeks in seems, at least covered so in the news, including so rather graphic pictures and extreme language. For someone who tends to be pretty conflicted over the issue of abortion, which all this stems from (is there any other issue that is this divisive?), the nature of all the protesting and language used and what not is kind of a turn off. Personally. In any event, President Obama speaks on Sunday, so I will be glad when it is over just so I don't have to hear any more news reports about it locally. Its too the point of over-saturation really.
Work continues to roll along. As everywhere, business is down from previous years, although I have an increased number of court appointed criminal appeals to handle. Actually looks like I will be working on appeal cases non-stop from now until about September, assuming nothing else gets appointed to me during that time. Its a lot of work for not a lot of money, but in this economy you take what you can get, and I like doing appeals so I guess its worth it.
Anyway, I think there's more to post about, but maybe more appropriate for separate posts, so I don't get too many random topics in this one. And maybe breaking it up will help with my goal of blogging a little more often and openly, we'll see. As for today, I get to run down to Warsaw and the Kosciusko Superior Court No. 3 to pick up court files related to another appeal. Two interesting tidbits about appeals I am or will be working on...(1) one case the defendant was not present at his own trial, didn't show up; (2) the other appeals the sentence, yet, considering how long the appellate process takes, its likely he will have served the sentence before a decision is reached by the Court of Appeals. Have to love each situation's uniqueness. Now, off to Warsaw.
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