Naptime

I am in court virtually every non-holiday weekday of the year. Today was no exception. However, Fridays often involve only traffic court. Today was such a Friday. Needless to say, there is not exactly much stress involved in traffic court. I needed that.

I rolled into work, dealt with whatever emergency measures there were (today this involved having two people locked out because one doesn't have a key yet and the other forgot hers). I took care of traffic court and mostly spent my day answering questions from people in the office (I was barely in the office this week because I was in court almost all day everyday).

We also had our Friday office meeting. Today we had it at my favorite sandwich/coffee shop, Barrister's Brew. The food and atmosphere are fantastic. The place is a bit on the small side and can be slightly uncomfortable, but overall I love it. The place has its name because the owner is, in fact, a lawyer. I don't think he ever practiced law, however. He practices food, and the world is a better place for it. My wife would probably strangle a kitten to get to one of their brownies. Okay -- maybe not a kitten. A puppy. I will go with a puppy.

After lunch, I think I felt the stress of the week washing over me. My house happened to be situated between my house and my office. In my house is my bed. I knew what I had to do. An hour and a half later, I returned rather refreshed to my office. It was well worth it. Being able to do things like that sure makes it worthwhile to be working for myself.

I own my office building. It is for sale. We have a decent amount of equity in it, so my wife and I thought it would be a good idea to cash in. Unfortunately, I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to rip out the drop ceiling in my office. Above that was an even less attractive popcorn ceiling. So I tore that out, too. Now there is no ceiling. I am not sure that the realtor and prospective buyer who looked at it today thought, but I am thinking that they weren't enjoying that exposed electrical wires and heating ducts as I do. Maybe I ought to get around to having a new ceiling put in at some point.

But it was a good day. At least no one went to jail on my watch.