Quite a month so far! I've spent three full days hearing Family Court cases for other judges, and have several more scheduled this month and next. Work at the church is going fine - a lot to do there. My only little girl got engaged last week! And - also last week, the windstorm that wreaked havoc in several states uprooted our 60' spruce which slammed into our deck and knocked it off our house! The deck was over a carport and yep, our Uplander van was there. Although it didn't look that bad, the adjuster totaled it - so we're getting a new car! Our homeowners insurance adjuster came today and among other things, we're getting a whole new roof! Annette and I had been talking about work we needed to have done on the house but we weren't focused on the deck - but now, of necessity, we are. We're hoping to replace it and the carport with a garage and a lower covered back porch.
The whole family was home the weekend of Feb. 6-8 and we celebrated Colleen's 21st b'day, which was Feb. 10. That was also the day she got engaged - Cevin, her fiance, asked me for her hand in marriage the weekend before. He's a great guy, we're very happy. He will be our third great kid-in-law! They're planning an August 15 wedding -yikes, that's less than 6 months from now - but we'll pull it off. A lot of plans already in place. Fast work, eh?
Interesting things on the job front - sorry to have to continue to be so obscure but really can't be too disclosive yet - we'll see how it all plays out in due time.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
First February Post
Hmmm...much to report, and not that much to report. Work at the church going fine but I'm concerned about the status of the programming I'm responsible for if there's a hiatus between my leaving this interim position and the church's finding someone else to fill the gap. Not that I think I'm indispensable in any sense! Have to be realistic and know that if the gap is not filled and the programming has to be modified, that's all in the plan.
Regarding the permanent future career-wise - much happening, and not much happening. (Yes, I'm trying for parallelism throughout this post - HA.) Actually, it's really not fair to say not much is happening. Better to say nothing to hang my hat on permanently is happening. Not complaining! For instance - had a very interesting meeting on Thursday about one part-time possibility. And, this past Monday, I received confirmation that I've been approved as a Senior Status Family Court Judge and that I've been assigned several cases to hear in other counties, to cover conflicts of interest for other judges. Had to wait for paperwork to get started officially but received that yesterday -- so I am anxious to get started on these 25 cases this coming week. I'm hoping to be able to handle them along with my responsibilities at church - should be able to. I am glad to get back into the law business for sure!
Regarding the permanent future career-wise - much happening, and not much happening. (Yes, I'm trying for parallelism throughout this post - HA.) Actually, it's really not fair to say not much is happening. Better to say nothing to hang my hat on permanently is happening. Not complaining! For instance - had a very interesting meeting on Thursday about one part-time possibility. And, this past Monday, I received confirmation that I've been approved as a Senior Status Family Court Judge and that I've been assigned several cases to hear in other counties, to cover conflicts of interest for other judges. Had to wait for paperwork to get started officially but received that yesterday -- so I am anxious to get started on these 25 cases this coming week. I'm hoping to be able to handle them along with my responsibilities at church - should be able to. I am glad to get back into the law business for sure!
