My Life, As It Stands

So, what have I been up to since I left Texas, you ask? I have been on a business trip in New Orleans for eleven weeks now, living in a hotel, working 70-80 hour weeks with two weekends off so far. And I’m here until the end of May. It’s brutal, and I’m pretty over it, but the money’s great and I feel like I have an obligation to see this thing through. For those who don’t know, or long since forgot, I create information graphics that attorneys use in court to make their case more understandable to the judge and/or jury. Typically, I really enjoy my work, but this is by far the longest I have ever been on a trial site by many times over. Luckily, every time I start to freak out and think I can’t keep doing this or I’m going to lose it, the weekend arrives, and I get a couple short, eight- or nine-hour days and a few nice meals and I find myself continuing to show up every morning.

Sam started out the trip with me, spending about a month here in the city, which as far as trial-sites go, was AWESOME. Most people have to miss their families… I had mine right here! And New Orleans really is one of my favorite cities, when I've got the time to play. After a while he headed back out on the road to St. Petersburg, FL to visit an old friend he doesn’t get to see very often. He went to Orlando to hang out with me for a weekend (Disney details to come!), and finally ended up in St. Augustine, FL, which I think he really enjoyed. Unfortunately I don’t know very much about what he’s been up to on a day-to-day basis. He’s actually coming back to NOLA today (!!), and will be here for the duration of the trial, for which I cannot express how excited I am! Everything will be so much better.

I realize this post is kind of a downer, but I thought I’d let you peek in a window of my life right now. The two weekends I’ve had off were AMAZING, which I will post about next, and I spent of week or so in Chicago, which has some food I want to tell you about. Not to mention the food in New Orleans! I promise I have more positive things to come!