Sweet Christmas

Merry Christmas, fans/stalkers!  Ho Ho Ho!

Christmas Day is upon me, and not a day too soon.  Although I haven’t exactly been overwhelmed at work, I still get worn out at the end of each day.  Furthermore, it can get discouraging when I can’t find a clear way of helping clients, and I tend to feel guilty (pun not intended) as they sit in jail.  I’m starting to think I may need to find a way to separate my work thinking with my non-work thinking; the plight of detained clients can make it difficult to relax.  Still Christmas is a day for me to take off—because the court and DA’s office are closed, it’s impossible to do any meaningful work.  As such, I got plenty of rest and resolved to not do much.

The most eventful thing that happened this Christmas was that I headed downtown to catch the 6pm showing of Star Wars: Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker at the Tillamook Coliseum (Tillamook’s only movie theater, with just one auditorium).  Side note: one of the best parts about having an office in town?  Free legal parking!  As a lifelong diehard Star Wars fan, I’d been itching to go for the past few days.  I was not disappointed: Rise of Skywalker was a great movie and an excellent conclusion for the Sequel Trilogy. :)  Moreover, I haven’t been to the movies in a while, and this was a pleasant return to cinema-going since becoming a lawyer.  I don’t know how often I’ll be seeing movies, but I know the Coliseum is there!

Star Wars (and a little grocery shopping) aside, this day was spent relaxing: eating cheese, eating ice cream, napping, surfing the web, reviewing a client’s case file (hey, I still felt like doing a little bit of work—I’ve got a hearing tomorrow I want to be ready for), calling loved ones, etc.  It wasn’t exactly the most exciting holiday, but it was one day where I wasn’t racing around, sitting in a jail visiting room, or nervously talking into a courtroom microphone.  In other words, it was just what I needed!

It's not exactly snow, but check out that frost; winter is here in Tillamook!

Over Thanksgiving, Cthulhu's parents gave me a Lego Star Wars advent calendar.  Having reached Christmas, behold my total bounty!

Decorations in the Tillamook Coliseum.  Rather appropriate, given the show. :)

It's also the fourth night of Hanukkah.  I may not have a proper candle menorah, but my electronic travel menorah works wonders.

But all good things must come to an end, and this includes relaxing days off.  My batteries are charged, and I’m ready to buckle down.  Tomorrow, I’ll resume doing what I (try to) do best: defending the guilty, protecting the innocent, and sticking it to the man.