Waiting for Spring...

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

And so the Braves' season has ended. I have to say, I have never in my life been more crushed about a defeat than I was on Sunday night. There were about 50,000 other fans who all stared at Brooks Conrad as he made yet another error and dashed our post-season hopes into the dirt.

I was angry and bitter.

But, I remembered about an hour later one very important fact - I love Brooks Conrad.

So, to you, Mr. Conrad, I say these words - Thank you for everything you did so well for us this year and as for the rest, let us not speak of it again. You are a class act and we are proud of you.


With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them. ~Art Hill

( Now for stress free baseball! )

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

Tick Tock, On the Clock

Today is Day 2 of the "run 2.2 miles every day for a week plan." This plan is seemingly out of nowhere and comes about just because I want to make my life more difficult. But, I figure I'll see what's happened at the end of the week. (I don't imagine it will be bad.)

Tonight, it rained. I ran after the rain and the temperature was definitely colder. That plus the humidity made my asthma kick off. And yet I still had an easier run than yesterday. I really think it's partially just reminding myself that yes, indeed, I *can* run 2.2 miles and it isn't even that hard. But some days, I just don't want to do it.

That's why I'm making it a rule for the next week. If I can run that far every day, then I 'm probably ready to find a longer route and kick it up a notch. But I think I'm going to need to acquire a few winter running shirts.

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I'm afraid of my work phone. Which is my cell phone. Which is bad. But I can't stand it when I end up with 14 voice mails in a day where I'm answering my phone. It scares me. And half of them are people wanting to know why X isn't done.

I'll tell you.

BECAUSE MY DAMN PHONE WON'T STOP RINGING!!!

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I have a med mal case regarding a girl who had to have two liver transplants thanks to a doctor's incompetence. I calculated the bills from her second surgery today and had a stroke.

My life isn't so bad. And I doubt that I will ever hit my maximum lifetime coverage in insurance in the span of three months.

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Irrationally perhaps, but sometimes when my f-list page is full of "you should think X instead of Y about [insert political issue of choice]", I just want to tell people to quit telling me how to think!

*bangs head*

At the end of the day, very few people know anyone else on their flists well enough to judge their lives. S'all I'm saying.

ETA: I figured I'd better specify that this is aimed mostly at the folks telling me that because I support women's colleges, I somehow support a classist system that prevents the lower classes from obtaining a feminist education.

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I'm dying my hair. I think this is the wrong color.

That is bound to be interesting.

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S called my phone when I was out running. V answered. He said he had something he wanted me to do in the morning (why call me at night????), but he didn't answer when I called back. I dread to think what it will be...

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Remember when Mattie dislocated his elbow? The insurance company has denied coverage. *rolls eyes*

We'll see about that, won't we? But that's BS. It was a weekend. He was in pain. Where the hell else should we have taken him?!

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There is a client who owes me $5,000. This would go a long (long, long, long) way to making my world easier right now. I'm going to spend part of tomorrow trying to get my money from him. (No, seriously. A long, long, long, long way.)

Wednesday: To Do List

* File G's docs (!!!)
* Research for med mal case
* Meet with client
* Talk to docs
* Schedule all 4 meditations
* F/U on payments
* F/U on discovery for G2
* F/U on discovery for IP
* Filing (!!!)
* File D docs and get entered into case
* F/U with DDS for 3 clients
* File new case and send letter to DDS
* Get oil change/new wiper blades for car
* Send check to M
* Send paperwork to insurance company
* Belly dance
* Run
* Buy cat food/litter
* Schedule closing x 3
* Spend some time organizing S's email
* Work on mag article
* Schedule both newspaper articles (2 of 3 interviews are done)
* Friday F deadline
* Letter of Recommendation
* Meet with K