When I left for my trip I told myself that I would most definitely check two things in particular:

1. Door to apartment was to be closed

2. Lights in car turned off.

Naturally, I was so nervous about the trip that I totally forgot to do both. Didn't find out about the lights in the car until today when I couldn't start it. Fortunately, I keep a little battery recharger in the car. Unfortunately, it needed recharging. The long and short of it was I had to appear at a deposition this morning via speakerphone and I had to have someone cover for me at a court appearance.

But I had a very productive day at work. Didn't finish up until 7:00 p.m., but I was very satisfied with my output. This trip seems to have done an excellent job of making me put it all in perspective. Lately, I have been really tired of work and have not been as focused as I would have liked.

One nice thing happened when we observed a court session in Utah. They had a lot of defendants go before a judge on what were essentially probation reviews and I made notes about what I thought the demeanor of each one. Later on we did comparisions, and I had picked up as much if not more than the rest of my colleagues. Asperger's syndrome means that a person is unable to pick up on regular social cues and at work and in my personal life a few people have openly suggested that this describes me. Clearly not true. I'm asocial and nervous, but I can read people.