Row, Row, Row Your Boat

This morning I was set for trial. In June, I am set for trials on 3 separate Mondays. Therefore, I am taking taking the entire month of July off. In my dreams.

This morning, Oklahoma had some wacky rain. So wacky we might displace the bp gulf coast disaster in national news for at least three hours, maybe four. My client for whom trial was set this dreary Monday morning started calling me an hour prior to trial regarding the rain. To me, we were having a thunderstorm. Oklahoma + storms = the norm. I honestly think Oklahoma must give Seattle a run for their money in the rain fall department. This thunderstorm was scary for my client, who is not from Oklahoma. He was watching the news, which I had not done. The roads were a nightmare. What is normally, in high traffic, a 2o minute drive turned into a 1.5 hour drive. I think it would have been worse had I not driven through some water I shouldn't have and had I not attempted different routes based on the axis of the earth, the amount of rainfall per minute, the slope of the land in relation to whether plumb bob's really actually work, and so forth.

If a small car muddled through a rapid moving flow, I went for it. I'm in an SUV, big, bad, and also very good for the oil companies who are sucking me dry on the whole fuel thing...... When I hit a spot with trucks stalled out, I called it good and turned back for another route.

Trial never got started due to with issues with the roads and the fact that some people opted out of attempting the drive through water. Of course, here is what happens when they do.... So said people made good decisions.

Another client frantically called me because his office, which is like a mile from my office, flooded and the roof also leaked. I didn't hesitate to point out to said client that it is bad form when a roofer's roof leaks. So then I'm sitting at the courthouse, with a trial going nowhere because the Judge and staff couldn't get through the flood waters (where is a helicopter when you need one) and wondering how hard it will be to get back home and if my own office is in a state of WET. Thankfully, my office was fine. My SUV is fine. My house is not underwater. And my yard won't need watered for a week.