Saturday, December 31, 2022

Mele Kalikimaka

The year 2022 is winding down.  As with every year in my legal career, it’s been a busy year filled with ups, downs, and relative social isolation.  Having endured some of my gnarliest cases yet and with temperatures getting colder and colder, I knew there was only one way to properly end this year: returning to the sunny shores of Hawaii.

And so, Cthulhu and I made the flight to Oahu where we stayed with my parents.  There, we enjoyed all 8 nights of Hanukkah, Christmas Eve, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, the occasional rendezvous with old friends, walks on the beach, a fun day at the water park, many video games old and new, and, most importantly, a trip to the Honolulu Cat Café for a meeting with SO MANY KITTIES!

Kitty!


Kitties!

More kitties!


Meow

Not cat-related: I also saw Hamilton on break.

In short, this trip out of state was just what I needed to finish off this whale of a year.  As the holidays and the year come to a close, I’ll bring this positive energy with me as I get ready to tackle whatever professional issues that may arise.

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