Holding pattern on court

I was sent home at 9:30 to return at 1:30 (actually they will call me at home and let me know what's up, and if I need to return I'll be back in at 2:30). My stomach churned in the court when I saw my attacker and I started getting that tingly feeling in my hands and feet that (sometimes) indicates I'm going to faint. Fortunately my neighbor who is a witness was there and she helped me keep my shit together (breathe deep, don't think about it, c'mon, you're going to be okay, yeah, I wonder if she's going to come after me too). I can't believe I thought I was going to get some Japanese studying in, but I also can't believe they aren't keeping us apart from each other, in a separate room or something.

I guess I'm going to lie down for a while and try to chill out. I've called in to work to help out with an issue that was still active from yesterday - I'd have driven in if I had a car here. I hope they can get this case taken care of today and have it all just be over.

The New Year gets off to a bad start

According to my coworker Ken, the way you spend today will determine how you spend the rest of the year. This worries me as I do not want to spend 2004 eating potato chips for lunch and waiting hours for a phone call (not to mention having my digestive system destroyed by stress). It all came to a halt around 3 PM, when I found out my trial had been put off until late February. Now I can get back to my real life, which apparently consists of whiling away my time playing silly games and not getting nearly angry enough over the ability of the (Republican-controlled) federal government to screw my voting and civil rights away. At least I can feel superior because I'm not sitting at home watching TV ... no, indeed, I'm reading trashy science fiction and cruising people's blogs. (OK, and reading the New York Times online religiously, but still, it's just not the same as really getting out there and doing some AgitProp.)