It's Friday evening and we're just about to wrap things up at work so we can throw my farewell party. Don't be to quick to celebrate though, I'll be coming back again on Monday. One, I messed something up last minute and need to hit the courts first thing in the morning, two, my Case 6 client has booked an appointment that I should be around for and three, my replacement is starting on Monday so I have to hand over my cases to her. What are the odds of me leaving straight from the office to the airport on Thursday?   Now, let's update that list Sort out my proof of address papers Translate my latest energy bill Have the translation stamped and certified by a fellow lawyer Mail everything alongside my passport pictures (already have those) Get an acceptable birth certificate Just keeping this here for the sheer satisfaction of seeing things struck out and feeling like I achieved them. Let my accountant know when to terminate my tax and insurance ties Call and ask if I can suspend my bar membership instead of requesting a release. Ask what happens with my trainee. Pull the trigger on tax and insurance termination. Take termination papers to the local bar association. Texted the man to do his thing on Monday. Have my cats transferred to their new home Bit too exhausted to type out all the details here, but apparently I've found a more long term/permanent solution instead of the temporary ones I had in mind. This would leave them in a large enough house, with a garden, plus one doggo, two other cats and a human who loves and knows how to care for them. Finalize the sale of my car Receive payment Do the transfer of ownership paperwork Hand over car, keys etc I'm told it's as good as sold. Still, not striking this out till it actually is. Pack my things From the looks of it, it'll either be done on Sunday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday. Make arrangements regarding household bills Still not done this, but there is time. Wrap up my personal cases Case 1 Make sure someone checks my mail and notifies me when a certain letter arrives. The rest can be done online and remotely. Notify my client I'll be living in a different country? Still waiting for the letter, still need to sort this out as part of arrangements for my mail and any bills that are still coming in physical format. Case 2 Re-check the lawsuit I've drafted Get the payslip required Mail it to be submitted Make sure a copy of the submitted lawsuit is properly served to the other party Sort out a subsequently required mediation process Let my client know I'm leaving Appointment was done and it went good, now the papers have officially received a number in the office and assigned to someone, so as far as I'm concerned, it's off my hands. All I need to do is keep checking up on them and adding pressure to make sure they'll see it through instead of leaving it on indefinite hiatus. Case 3 Figure out the process and how it involves the client's sibling (see Case 4) Inform them of my departure See if I need to do something else or if I can hand this over No progress made here, but I really should make a call sooner rather than later. Case 4 See how this client is involved in Case 3 See how the 2 pending cases before the court of appeals can be technically handed over to another lawyer Inform client of my departure Hand over case documents Same as Case 3, it's kind of a package deal really Case 4 Call the Courthouse employees and ask what happens in this procedure Inform client of my departure Hand over case documents Think I'm doing this next week when I'm gone from work. Said client is my ex's mom, so you can understand why I'm procrastrinating here. Case 5 Serve the papers I've submitted Make sure the lawyer I have in mind is indeed interested in seeing this through If so, bring them in contact with client Make arrangements (they both already know I'm leaving) The meeting was had last night, the papers were handed over this morning and this one's done. Case 6 Ask Courthouse employees about the technicalities of a lawyer change at this stage of the process Add some final missing papers into the case folders Inform client of my departure Hand over case documents As mentioned, the client here called me with what sounds like a new case, so I told him about me leaving and redirected him towards my current employer. He's booked an appointment for Monday and I'll be around for it.

We had 50mph winds and gusting above here about 30 min outside Atlanta, I am thankful for solar panels and backup battery today, even though I did not lose power in all of that. Hope your teammate faired well in the storm.

Just like when the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch made Jon Snow a steward so he could groom him for leadership.

"I’ve never forgiven a single person who’s broken my heart. I construct palaces of their deceit. I wallpaper my house with their betrayal. I build a fence made up of their bad faith. inside, I harden. inside, I grow powerful." — Fortesa Latifi    

This made my heart sing! mine too

Sigh. Agree. Even his sorta protegee Brando Sando compares poorly with Card, the former more of a technician to Card's gorgeous artistry of the human spirit. Including Card torturing his worldview to a shape barely acceptable to LDS religious doctrine, but still fairly shitty with queers. I sorta think of him as our talented and closeted queer uncle in the rainbow family. 

They are calmer-ish this morning, so perhaps that was the issue.   We would occasionally get the crystal-encrusted-tree look, but that was pretty rare. And usually accompanied by power outages and breakings of branches due to the weight of the ice on stuff.     All in the clear here. It definitely went far enough west to have minimal impact for us. Just a bunch of yard debris which I will handle after a bit more work at my actual job.    

"I need you to be a monster / which is to say, I am trying not to love you / which is to say, I am still dreaming of kissing your claws." — Fortesa Latifi 

Calling all scribblers and scrawlers! Inktober starts next week. I'm not much for drawing, but I've been having so much fun with the West Marches writing quest this week (thanks @Sovalis and @DarK_RaideR!) that I think I will be using them as writing prompts. (Will it be all limericks? Maybe not, but yes, quite possibly it will be all limericks.) Are people interested in forming an Inktober Adventuring Party over in the PvP section?

@Snarkyfishguts Today's Adventuring Limerick is for our vigilant bear companion, Ursina:   Gentle in peace time but fierce when at war With her lightning swift sword and her terrible roar. We shall fear no attacks For our bear has our backs. Who could ask for anything more?