First day back.
Much grogginess from wearing oneself out amidst three different time zones, five flights in six days, and coming back home to have several crises plopped on my plate while I also am now in the last nine days of finishing my book edits and additions.
I have a bunch of meetings and catchup this morning I am racing to do, all while still on my first cup of coffee, but later today, will fill y’all in on the tales from Philly.
Long story short? I ROCKED it. Even by the much higher expectations the ACLU had for me than I had for myself. Quite frankly, I’m not even sure who inhabited my body while I was up there on the stand, but whoever she was, the girl was golden. (I’m told the transcript of my testimony should be up by the end of today.) Unfortunately, I know for sure it was me back in my skin the next morning when Mark and I nearly missed our flight due to oversleeping and waking up still as drunk as we were at 4 AM the night before.
More news later today or tomorrow. More coffee — much more coffee — now.
November 6th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
You continue to make me proud of you Heather. I’d have been standing there with sweaty palms and knocking knees.
November 6th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Thankfully, I didn’t have to stand!
In fact, being in a federal courtroom here is a fine illustration of how rich our nation is. While I don’t advise sitting for a couple hours in a leather chair with double-lined wool trousers on (I felt like I wore cling film), that was one seriously luxe, cozy chair, I gotta say.
November 7th, 2006 at 10:12 am
That’s really fantastic, Heather…congratulations on getting involved in our messy legal system for something so important. It’s something few would do, and you’ve made many of us very proud!