Hello, everyone; your favorite blogging lawyer (I hope) is back with a new entry! I would write more often, but relatively little has happened in my life for the past 3 months (at least, little that I can legally or ethically write about). The most notable thing to mention is that the COVID-19 pandemic has flared up again here in Tillamook County. In part thanks to some people insisting on not getting vaccinated, there have been several deaths in the county, a few government workers got sick, and the court has resumed everything by video. My trials are therefore getting pushed back yet again, my parents had to cancel a long-awaited visit, and I once again find myself in splendid isolation (though I have been able to eat at restaurants on occasion and visit Cthulhu on weekends). Grrrr, lousy pandemic…
Alright, I don’t want to focus on the negative; time to get positive! A lot of the troubles I had in June have now been resolved thanks to some hard work and a little bit of luck. I also hit some milestones in my career, trying my first felony trial this summer. However, the arguably biggest change I recently underwent was, of all things, finally getting a haircut. Before the pandemic hit, my hair was already a little on the long side (for me, anyway). Just when I was getting ready for a new haircut, I found myself staying at home and yadda yadda yadda, 18 months without a haircut went by.
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| Pictured: results of 18 months without a haircut |
When the pandemic first started showing signs of receding, I thought I would finally have my chance to get a prompt haircut. Unfortunately, car troubles and overbooked barber shops conspired to keep my hair long and shaggy up until late July. Delays and complications overcome, I finally got my long-awaited haircut and ended my tenure as a scruffy-looking nerf herder.
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| That's better. |
You might be asking, “if you got a haircut in July, why did you wait until now to write about it?” Well, hypothetical reader who is somehow interested in my mundane life, I wanted to give my hair a chance to grow in before showing it off for the interwebs (that and me constantly being busy/lazy). Enjoy my new and fresh lawyer look!
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| Much better! |
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| Random side-note 1: I recently got a nameplate for my office door. Just looking at it makes me happy. :) |
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| Random side-note 2: Rosh Hashanah caught me off guard this year. Thankfully, my landlord has been recently keeping the kitchen regularly stocked with apples. Shana Tova, everyone! |
