Today I was planning on taking half a day because things were supposed to be a bit slow. I dressed down, wearing jeans and a casual shirt. Got a lot of phone calls and some extra work from the boss, so I was still there at 1:45 p.m.

Good thing. I got a call from the court. Today was the second day of a trial that I had forgotten about. Arg!!! I threw on the backup dress shirt, coat, and goofy tie, and I had a secretary drive me over to the court while I hastily reviewed my notes. When I arrived the judge was waiting for me and my client who had not shown up. "Mr. Brainsalad, do you know where your client is?"

"Um. No judge."

So we went ahead without my client.

We won. Whee!!!!!