Last Tuesday of the month

I started this morning with a trip to the State Court of Spalding County to represent a young fellow who is struggling with substance abuse problems. He is a nice young man and deserves a chance to grow out of this present problem. We are going to try to assist him in that endeavor.

When I was through, I went home to pick up Cindy and take her to work so I could continue on to Atlanta and the Fulton County Courthouse. Cindy wasn't feeling very good and she was moving like molasses. However, I finally got her in the car and headed down the road. As I was running late and needed to take her to get lunch before I dropped her off at work, I was running a little fast for the posted speed limit. The next thing I see is a Griffin City Police car coming toward me. I slowed but I could see him turning around in my side mirror. He flashed his lights and I pulled over. He took my license and insurance card and went back to the cruiser.

Unfortunately, it turned out that my insurance on this particular car had expired and not been renewed. So, I called Patti at the office and had her bring a check to State Farm to reinstate the insurance. She came out and I signed the check which she took to the local State Farm office. While I waited for her, I chatted with the policeman about all sorts of things. I recommended movies and we discussed his wife's legal problems. As it turned out, she had come to me once to discuss the problem but I had not been at the office at the time.

Anyway, as Cindy and I sat on the side of the road watching the cars go by, we pretended we were detectives on stakeout. A lady and her daughter came out and looked at us as we sat. Cindy opined that the lady had "made us." I said it was her turn to get the coffee.

Anyway, there were a lot of times in the car from here to there and back again. Finally, I completed a closing in my office for a nice couple who used to live in Griffin. He was a former First National Bank of Griffin loan officer.

Tonight, I agreed to do a closing in Buena Vista, Georgia, which is southeast of Columbus, very near Fort Benning. The company agreed to pay me extra for the problem of driving to Buena Vista. When I accepted the trip, I called the borrower who suggested we meet somewhere in between. As it turned out, we are going to meet in Thomaston, which is not that far.

It has been a long day which included some barking between parent and child about the payment of Kate's tuition. I say it has been made; the school says no. When I finally talked to the collections person, she checked her computer report to find that the payment had been made. Well, ladeda.

Well, it is on to Thomaston. Forsyth tomorrow. Another closing in the afternoon.