A dreary afternoon

When business is as slow as it has been over the past year, you get days like this when you are waiting for any kind of call to come. This afternoon, I had a pro se defendant call me about a matter for which I had sued him about a year ago. What a surprise! In the category of the times in which we live, I had two clients call me yesterday and today with concerns about the fact that their bank in Gwinnett County had been seized by the FDIC. A couple of weeks ago, a local bank had been sold to another local bank. There are rumours that other banks in the area are insecure. Fine times in which we live.

The skies were quite dreary today and the temperature was kind of warm for December. We are four days away from Winter and it seems as if the weather wants to play Deep South on us for a week or so. I don't mind the grey skies. I would prefer a little colder weather.

I slept through the night last night for the first time in several nights. I don't know what precipitated the good night's sleep, but I would sure like to duplicate it tonight.

Last night, we took my gift card from Joseph Banks and drove to the store in Peachtree City. When we got there, I had it in my mind to buy a navy suit. But then it turned out that the suit sale was over. I was just about to go back home, when Cindy noticed that everything was half off. So we went towards the front of the store and started looking at dress shirts and such. By the time we were finished, I had three dress shirts, a pair of khakis and a nice cashmere sweater for less than $200. That's not bad.

Afterward, we drove down to the tea room and ate salads and drank tea to ward off the chill in the night air. I enjoyed the salad and the tea was great. I may not drink coffee, but I do drink my share of tea. This time of year especially.

I have been thinking about business today. I had some things to take care of, but nothing that pushed my time. It was a quiet day for most of the day. It would sure be nice if the economy would turn around and start pumping the closings. I wouldn't mind a few divorce and criminal clients. Just to justify my existence on this dirty ball.

I wouldn't mind the opportunity to stay at home for next few weeks rather than driving all over the southeast. But family must be served. It will be fun, I am sure.