Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 5/366
Even though I called it an early night last night, I woke up extremely exhausted today. Got ready and left to school. It was an alright day I guess.. I think the fact that I was so tired just made the day kind of go slowly and it all seems like a blur to me now. Ran into a certain someone on my way to third which made me feel a bit better, haha. I left early during fourth period to go to my court case. My dad picked me up super early though so when we finally got there, we still had an hour to kill. Despite my continuous pleading, he did not agree with me that it would be a good idea to go to Irvine Spectrum ( even though it was like a ten minute drive and the streets were empty -__- ) so I opted for a nap instead. Woke up an hour later just in time and we headed into the building. I think my expectations for the court case were a little out of hand.. I expected some Judge Judy type of shit but it was just in a small room and it went by pretty quickly. All in all, they just asked me some questions and I felt really comfortable and at ease after all the nerves went away. I thought my nerves would get the better of me, but my lawyer actually told me an interesting story..
” You know.. There was this time when a man came in telling me vivid and descriptive things about a car accident he was in about over a year and a half ago. After he finished recalling what had happened, I told him to stop bullshitting me and leave. Of course this angered him, but I quickly apologized and proceeded to ask him, ” What did you have for dinner two nights ago? ” Now, tell me.. Do you, yourself remember what you had two nights ago for dinner? “
As long and as hard as I thought, I seriously couldn’t even remember what I was doing two days ago, so I replied with a simple ” I don’t remember “
” Exactly my point. But this man.. He gave me details on everything, what he ate, what he drank, all the little toppings and every single little thing. I asked him, just to make sure, if he was lying. He replied with no. We proceeded on and he told me every single thing he ate for the previous two weeks before that. 14 days, correct me if I’m wrong. Now remember, I wrote everything he ate down on my notepad. I told him to get out of my office because I was done. I told him I quit. He was outraged and when he finished yelling at me, I simply asked him, ” What did you eat nine days ago? ” And he refused to answer. What I’m trying to tell you is, just be yourself. Be honest. Everyone thinks that lawyers just tell you what to answer and what to say.. No. We just want to get the facts down so we can truly help our clients. How are we able to help if we don’t have the facts? So, be yourself. In anything and everything you do. “
I don’t know, I thought it was a cool story haha. Anyways, after we finished, I asked my dad to drop me off at Tiffany’s and we just hung out and talked for a few hours. We watched a few episodes of American Horror Story before I got picked up too. I think I’ll be sticking with my Kardashians though.. I don’t think I’d enjoy not being able to sleep at night.
Overall, I was in an okay mood today. I think I just need to stop thinking about all these things that bother me and maybe I’ll be able to get past this whole funk. Whatever happens and however long it takes me, I just need to remember that life moves on and I can’t dwell on these things forever.
