sheesh
Well, the state legislature got in little hissy/pissy fights a couple weeks ago and went on vacation without setting the budget, disregarding the warning of the Supreme Court that said it would have to shut down courts if they didn't get any money.
So, the courts are shutting down for five Fridays. It was announced today and the first day is NEXT Friday. My boss has a half day trial then and hearings on four of the five Fridays. Cancelled.
Great.
Also, answer dates, when defendants are to appear, are Fridays in my county. When Fridays are holidays, answer dates are the day before, but they know this way in advance. Petitions filed a couple weeks ago may very well have next Friday answer dates. Not a problem for attorneys but defendants who are told to show up at 8:30 next Friday and come to the court to find it locked...shit out of luck?
What a colossal fuck up.
Also, you haven't been able to get a drivers license for the last two days in the entire state because of some computer screw up.
Hell in a handbasket here we come...
In happier news one of our choir members, quite the singer/musician, wrote an Oratorio of Wizard of Oz music--15-20 minutes long. It's wonderful. He's so talented. We're looking to perform it in early June at church.
Day three of the diet is going well. I was really hungry the first couple days and got headaches at night but I'm fine tonight. I discovered that Goldfish makes sandwich thins in white bread (shaped like fish!) that have the same points as the whole wheat ones from other companies. They're also more oval than round, so I used one for two buns for 97% fat free hot dogs. A total of five WW points. I'm not a fan of bread but I really only like white bread. I know, bad me.
On the other hand, we had black Japonica rice last night for dinner that was fantastic. It had this flavor that was out of this world. So wild and some kind of brown rice there.
I don't mind whole wheat pasta either.
Since I just started dieting again and mom has food issues (lactose intolerant, some gluten problem, definitely can't eat anything with the sweetener sorbital and maybe can't eat soy either) were not doing Easter dinner or going out for a brunch. I keep telling her she needs to test the soy. It's quite possible that when she was eating soy products and having problems, she was eating dairy, too and she's definitely lactose intolerant--did you know there's no test for that?! Beans and vegs like broccoli in quantity bloat her as well, so there's not much she can eat. If she can eat soy at least she can eat vegan cheese and soy milk. Right now she's using lactaid dairy products and she likes them okay. She made her famous chocolate cake with it and you could not taste that it wasn't real buttermilk, and Yoplait makes lactaid yogurt that, unlike the other fat free yoplaits, doesn't have high fructose corn syrup.
Anyway, she's down to 190 pounds, losing about 20 of it the wrong way, but she's back to counting points, too on WW. I have a long way to go to catch up with her. She wants to be 160 for their wedding vow renewal in September. I don't think shes been under 200 since the early 1980s!
But, then, neither have I. I'd like to lose about 50 pounds by then--I can do it if I start exercising a lot more. I need to start using the wii fit and walking on the treadmill daily. That would put me about what I was when I was at my lowest after Nutrisystem and I have so many cute clothes!
I did buy new shoes today, flats (but not ballet flats which hurt my legs, I need some heel) because I mostly have high heels and wedges for Summer. One pair of navy/grey canvass tie shoes and a pair of cream canvass with a flower flats. They had so many cute platform wedges at Famous Footwear but I have like six pair already.
Saturday I have to write my big bang fic that has a rough draft of 10K words (but doesn't have to be finished) in less than two weeks. *sigh*
And I probably should clean my very messy house.
Okay, tv watching time...
Oh, and it rained and even though the mailman put my Amazon box up against my door, it got wet and naturally the hardback I bought is fine but the top edge of Hunger Games is wet. *sigh* Oh well, it'll dry and it's only buckling a bit.
So, the courts are shutting down for five Fridays. It was announced today and the first day is NEXT Friday. My boss has a half day trial then and hearings on four of the five Fridays. Cancelled.
Great.
Also, answer dates, when defendants are to appear, are Fridays in my county. When Fridays are holidays, answer dates are the day before, but they know this way in advance. Petitions filed a couple weeks ago may very well have next Friday answer dates. Not a problem for attorneys but defendants who are told to show up at 8:30 next Friday and come to the court to find it locked...shit out of luck?
What a colossal fuck up.
Also, you haven't been able to get a drivers license for the last two days in the entire state because of some computer screw up.
Hell in a handbasket here we come...
In happier news one of our choir members, quite the singer/musician, wrote an Oratorio of Wizard of Oz music--15-20 minutes long. It's wonderful. He's so talented. We're looking to perform it in early June at church.
Day three of the diet is going well. I was really hungry the first couple days and got headaches at night but I'm fine tonight. I discovered that Goldfish makes sandwich thins in white bread (shaped like fish!) that have the same points as the whole wheat ones from other companies. They're also more oval than round, so I used one for two buns for 97% fat free hot dogs. A total of five WW points. I'm not a fan of bread but I really only like white bread. I know, bad me.
On the other hand, we had black Japonica rice last night for dinner that was fantastic. It had this flavor that was out of this world. So wild and some kind of brown rice there.
I don't mind whole wheat pasta either.
Since I just started dieting again and mom has food issues (lactose intolerant, some gluten problem, definitely can't eat anything with the sweetener sorbital and maybe can't eat soy either) were not doing Easter dinner or going out for a brunch. I keep telling her she needs to test the soy. It's quite possible that when she was eating soy products and having problems, she was eating dairy, too and she's definitely lactose intolerant--did you know there's no test for that?! Beans and vegs like broccoli in quantity bloat her as well, so there's not much she can eat. If she can eat soy at least she can eat vegan cheese and soy milk. Right now she's using lactaid dairy products and she likes them okay. She made her famous chocolate cake with it and you could not taste that it wasn't real buttermilk, and Yoplait makes lactaid yogurt that, unlike the other fat free yoplaits, doesn't have high fructose corn syrup.
Anyway, she's down to 190 pounds, losing about 20 of it the wrong way, but she's back to counting points, too on WW. I have a long way to go to catch up with her. She wants to be 160 for their wedding vow renewal in September. I don't think shes been under 200 since the early 1980s!
But, then, neither have I. I'd like to lose about 50 pounds by then--I can do it if I start exercising a lot more. I need to start using the wii fit and walking on the treadmill daily. That would put me about what I was when I was at my lowest after Nutrisystem and I have so many cute clothes!
I did buy new shoes today, flats (but not ballet flats which hurt my legs, I need some heel) because I mostly have high heels and wedges for Summer. One pair of navy/grey canvass tie shoes and a pair of cream canvass with a flower flats. They had so many cute platform wedges at Famous Footwear but I have like six pair already.
Saturday I have to write my big bang fic that has a rough draft of 10K words (but doesn't have to be finished) in less than two weeks. *sigh*
And I probably should clean my very messy house.
Okay, tv watching time...
Oh, and it rained and even though the mailman put my Amazon box up against my door, it got wet and naturally the hardback I bought is fine but the top edge of Hunger Games is wet. *sigh* Oh well, it'll dry and it's only buckling a bit.