Five Second Entry in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

This morning I had an arraignment. Lovely man; hope I can help him.
That took about a half hour. As I was leaving court; Chinese Boss calls and asks me to pick her up from her home. After the Networking Party with the Iowa Chinese Association last night; she had left her car at the office. So, I picked her up and brought her to work. Again… she and White Boss are/can be very nice people… but I’m still a little upset about yesterday.
Got to work; was given another appointment. So that means I now have (criminal cases of my own) 3 cases. Two of which are in Ames. And Ames is where all 3 attorneys are going today. Because we’re doing depositions (and part of those depositions will be in Chinese). SO… yeah. There’s that. I have 3 cases. No offense, loves, but 3 cases isn’t exactly “the hours builders” I think you were hoping I’d get.

In fact, Wife and I talked a lot last night. We’re fairly certain that since I am the firm’s first Attorney Hire… the bosses are realizing they may have made a fundamental mistake and don’t know how to handle it. Chinese Boss wanted someone to take over Immigration cases. White Boss wanted someone with a unique insight as to Criminal/Juvenile cases. They hired me. A litigator (who can’t speak Chinese) with a unique insight as to Criminal/Juvenile cases. They should have hired either (1) someone who can speak Chinese; or (2) an Immigration attorney. Instead… they got me. Someone who, if given work, will attack that work. But if not given work; doesn’t attack the not work. Which, after speaking with my brother who owns his own business, I got perspective on that. They own this business. If I’m not attacking something… it makes them nervous. Because they don’t want “dead time” since “dead time” is “not making any money” time. But… uh… yeah. If you cast the three attorneys of this firm into DnD… Chinese Boss is the Wizard (conjure and language skills). White Boss is the Warrior (happiest when attacking and in battle). Me? I’m the Bard. Versatile but best when I’m dealing with people.

Last but not least… last night was… interesting? I think either Wife and I had more booze than we anticipated or she felt bad for me about yesterday but… we did, in fact, have sex. And Wife said, “I like doing this. And I like you. A lot. We should do this more often.” SOooo… we’ll see what happens in the future?

As for now? Well… it is 10:45. Court was .7 hours. My new case has given me 0.6 hours today. My afternoon is mostly shot with other Ames stuff. Seriously… I’m not stuck at 2 hours a day because I’m not a hard worker. But I need to work that I can bill in order to be a harder worker.