All Things Profane and Sacred

The office is dead quiet today. The court docket shows that only 1 (of 4) judges is actually sitting on the bench today-everyone else seems to have skaddaddled. In the last week, we've had about 1/4 of the calls we usually get, and I've got no new stuff-just all the stuff I've been sucessfully procrastinating on. Gotta keep my eyelids propped up until 5-what to do, hearing prep, despite having no return calls from witnesses? Or call the hospital and do the phone circle? Or blog and read blogs, email home, look out the window and burn some comp time while waiting for the Friday afternoon emergency to walk through the door? I'd enjoy this downtime a bit more if it weren't for the bored intern sitting in the office next to me-gotta be a role model for the next generation and all that.

Went out to Alsea Falls last weekend and camped overnight. We didn't have a destination in mind when we set out, so we were traveling light. The spot we found was drive in camping and had its share of the usual weirdos who need to bring a generator and their xbox when camping. We pulled in and snapped up the last spot at about 5 pm, which isn't so shabby. $10 for the spot and $5 got us an armful of firewood. The next morning we got up and it was an easy hike to the falls. Since everyone else was still hazily poking about their campsite, we had the falls to ourselves. It felt good to finally do some exploring of the coastal range, outside our own little home. Hopefully we'll do some more before the cold comes.

We're already getting ready for winter-bugging the landlord about finally fixing the damn roof, getting in firewood, fixing up cars, canning preserves, etc. Still, it's beautiful today, blue sky, clear water, and, um, piney pines. I can't friggen wait for the weekend to start.