Want to know what a day in the life of a working attorney/candidate is like?
Today's plan was to be...
Office 8-945
West Bath at 1030 (45 mins from office), quick lunch on the road
Portland at 1-430 (near office)
Mt. Vernon 615-730 (80 mins from office)
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...except that's not what happened.
After hours yesterday I discovered I had not received a scheduling notice, which happens to all of us a handful of times per year. It was for an event in Newport @ 830 am. Someone involved in that case was leaving state.
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Newport was suddenly a higher priority than West Bath because of the move...so I have to make a call at 8 am when court opens to tell the West Bath clerk and beg a phone appearance...except I have to leave way before 8 to get to Newport.
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Newport I have to leave at least 2 hours in advance for due to road construction, and Newport is nowhere near West Bath.
Now I have a new, totally implausible itinerary.
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Now my day was wake up at 4 am, email paperwork I can no longer hand deliver to West Bath and take care of urgent only email.
10 minutes to change and out the door. Kiss boys bye.
Leave just before 6 for Newport.
Hit in desperate need of tea.
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Pull into parking lot at 8, call West Bath clerk, coordinate with client to make sure case is handled.
Dash into court 20 mins early to get set up/prepared.
Mediate case.
Pause at 1030, call in to other court to get a final divorce hearing on record.
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Get full agreement on Newport case 🎉
...except the printer is broken, and it's 1222.
I needed to leave at latest at 1120.
And my computer won't send email at Newport because their wifi is temperamental.
Apologize profusely to Magistrate, run to car.
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Sadly, no photos of Newport.
It's a truly adorable town. You should visit!
I ate warm hard-boiled eggs from Starbucks in the car instead of the highly preferable Chinese food available in Newport. I recommend the opposite.
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Lots of Maine has poor mobile service. We absolutely should fix that!
I text my departure to Portland case, which I took the step yesterday to warn about the possibility of being late.
I hope and succeed at getting past the dead zone by 1.
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I call in to the mediation and participate by phone until I walk through the door in Portland.
I'm a planner so I have a garage pass and employee access, saving me easily 20 minutes.
Sit down.
Email order to Newport.
Mediate.
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This mediation will not settle because there is missing information.
Get as agreed as possible.
Status Conference with Magistrate.
Breathe.
Walk to car.
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Pause to notice that some more weather appears to have escaped a book, including some unusually menacing but camera shy seagulls.
Hustle into car just before 4.
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Head to Mt. Vernon with another caffeine pit stop.
Arrive so very early that I get to grab dinner hooray! Except Mt. Vernon is such a small hamlet that there are no dinner venues. (Seriously though, do not underestimate how gorgeous the waterfront is here)
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At this point I'm more than 13 hours deep into my day.
Are you exhausted yet?
Let's pop over Readfield!
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Quick bite at Weathervane in Readfield.
It's really hard to find a bad view or a bad meal in #maine.
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Back to Mt. Vernon, spent a lovely hour doing Q&A in a delightful waterfront venue.
Always such a pleasure to discuss #mepolitics with an engaged group.
Back home to tuck 5 and 7 into bed, and now 19 hours in doing triage for tomorrow.
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Some days are long days.
Almost every day requires juggling and reprioritizing, plus a little extra preparedness and relationship management for times beyond control...just like what you'd want in Congress.
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