shouldn't be doing this...

However, I'm at a standstill in my writing. I have hit a roadblock in the paper I'm writing, and have exhausted my brain at the moment. I don't want to read another case, I don't want to go back and review the record right now. I want to go home.

I hate hate hate the last minute stuff, as I've said many times before. I prefer having the due date posted weeks before knowing how to lay out my weekly/monthly schedule. This paper falls in the last minute category.

I know the ins and outs of the case. I've written all the motions, pleadings, and brief in the case. I know the key testimony, and the key wording in the statute. I know the content and reasoning behind the appellate Court's judgment. However, I just can't find the words to impress upon the CCA why the appellate court's reversal of the conviction should stand. This is not one of those cases where I loathe criminal law. It's a just finding, the conviction was ridiculous in the first place. I wish I could just enter that as my reply to the State's submission...

I'm really wishing I'd gone to sleep earlier last night. I am not looking forward to the drive to El Paso tonight. I'm packed and ready to go as soon as 5 o'clock hits. I just hope someone else feels like driving.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend. I'll be thinking of those of you out on the river. I'm sure I'll feel a twinge of jealousy, but then remember I'm not the color of a lobster.

Just a quick note - if you could please send a few prayers up for my friend, it would be deeply appreciated. It was not a good week for him. Thanks in advance.