Ouch

I managed to gash open my big toe yesterday on the new brick walk that CLif and my dad put in. I really opened up my toe. Even more bizarre before the pain set in I was fascinated by trying to identify the tissue level it opened it up to. I think I made it all the way to muscle. At least that's what the striations of the tissue looked like.

But its been so long since I study tissues I could be completely wrong.

Then the pain set in and I'm now beginning to worry about infection. Since I have to go to a conference tomorrow through Wednesday in Orlando if it is infected it will be Thursday before anyone with a medical degree will get a look at it.

I can only where my flipflops at the moment. No shoes are going over this sucker today unless people what to here me scream. That might upset the neighborhood kids a bit. Did I mention I also dropped teh granite door stop on this foot. Yeah, not good.

Also Clif has me watchin gthe Angels in America miniseries off of HBO. The first two sucked...as in so depressing I wanted to throw myself off the roof, give up on happiness, and crawl into bed never to re-emerge.

The third and forth haver been better. It's a good series, and I woudl recommend it to anyone in need of a good cry or who is emotionally strong enough to handle the painfull beginning.

It has a good prespective question on what is love and how does it relate to sex, and what happens when two people who are together don't have the same definition and aren't strong enough. Then there's the ultimate evil ...Roy Crone. Goddess, that guy 3was a piece of work.

First Court Appearance

Well,

My first day in court. A motion hearing. I got it postponed, but I feel bad.

Opposing counsel threw a hissy in the hallway of the court building saying I misrepresented what his secretary had said to me. He actually yelled at me. He also said I was ignorant and did not know what I was talking about and to "run along little girl". Yeah, end of conversation.

I find this curious. We were there because the judge told us to try and work this out and save our clients some money. My client has issue but would drop his client if they were met. I do not understand this behavior. If I had done something inappropriate I beleive the judge would have scolded me and I believe the other attorney could have been at least polite. I do not think this behavior an indication of anything but rudeness and a soreloser.

Did I mention this guy is older than dirt? As in over 60 years old and still in practice.

I know that I did not intentionally misrepresent anything, I stated what I understood her to be saying. It is unfortunate that it came out in open court, however I felt backed into a corner.

Anyway, my first court appearance ended with a win, but me feeling like a very bad person, even though I do not beleive I did anything wrong.

What happened to the I don't care attitude I used to have? I never cared what anyone thought of me. Sigh.

Gardening time is here

Sigh.

It seems to be officially summer here. 70's and 80's most days with birds and insects happily flitting about. It's nice to run and break a sweat again. I have planted two Don Juan roses that are comming along nicely. I've managed to move my millions of house plants outside and now can walk through my house again.

I also have a swath of petunias and snapdragons. My elephant ears have not come up yet (i'm growing concerned), and my irises seem confused.

I have two other roses that aren't as happy, but I think its lack of direct sunlight.

This is my refuge from work and life. I dig in the dirt and reaffirm my connection to the planet and the goddess.

Then I fill my bird feeders and watch the masses swarm. They drive the cats crazy. It's fun.

I have a growing desire for a small greenhouse and have begun to hatch plans for a small part of the yard. Not that there's much of a yard to begin with. But for now this will do.