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Monday, June 13, 2011

164/365: A Day in the Life

6:00 am: Alarm goes off. Hit snooze.

6:50 am: Finally get out of bed. (It's monday)

7:00 am: Make coffee

7:04 am: Shower & get ready to go. Check email and facebook. 

7:30 am: Shower & get ready to go.

8:15 am: Pour coffee into insulated mug to drink later.

8:20 am: Drive to work.

8:57 am: Arrive at work. Grab keys to van and a carseat.

9:00 am: Drive to daycare and pick up child.

9:15 am: Leave daycare, head to Springfield.

10:00 am: Drive past the place I am supposed to go. Circle the block.

10:02 am: Arrive at my destination.

10:05 am: Make awkward conversation. Observe parent/child visit.

11:45 am: Alert parent & child that it is time to go.

11:55 am: Go thru McDonald's drive thru. No time to stop for lunch today.

 12:05 pm: Drive back to Lincoln, eating my McDonald's deliciousness.

12:45 pm: Arrive at daycare, drop off child.

12:55 pm: Drive to courthouse. Stand outside while parent smokes.

1:00 pm: Go into courthouse. Realize we didn't actually have to be there until 1:30 pm.

1:02 pm: Set off metal detector for no apparent reason.

1:03 pm: Take elevator to second floor. Look at the posting for cases that will be heard today. Client has several.

1:05 pm: Wait for court to begin.

1:30 pm: Court begins. Wait for client's case to be called. 

2:50 pm: Recognize a professor from college who also has a case to be heard today. He allegedly squealed his tires in his driveway (he was able to get the charge dropped).

3:00 pm: Head outside to move the van so I don't get a parking ticket.

3:05 pm: Return to courthouse and find my client's name has not been called yet.

3:20 pm: Client's name is finally called. Client goes into court room, I wait in the rotunda.

3:25 pm: I watch a bunch of police officers converse outside of courtroom (Not sure why there were so many of them)

3:26 pm: I take a picture of them.



3:40 pm: Client comes out of court room, very pleased with outcome.

3:45 pm: Drive to friend of client's so client can pick up items to take back to Springfield. 

3:50 pm: Arrive at friend's house. Friend is apparently in the shower so we wait for friend to answer the door.

4:20 pm: Friend answers the door (finally). Client and friend converse.

4:35 pm: Finally ready to head to Springfield and take client home.

4:40 pm: Go thru McDonald's drive thru for a soda.

5:25 pm: Drop client off at home.

5:30 pm: Fill van up with gas. Get rained on.

6:15 pm: Arrive back at the office in Lincoln. Everyone has gone home for the day.

6:50 pm: Arrive home and collapse on the couch.

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