A Week In Hell

This past week was just horrible. My weekend was terrible and those who know me personally know why. Then on Monday, I selected a jury for an attempted second degree murder trial and that was only my third day in that section. The trial started on Wednesday and on that day my victim did not appear in court and the judge flipped out. I convinced the judge to let me recess the trial until Thursday. My victim finally called after 4:00 that evening and said he caught a flat. I had my investigator pick him up Thursday morning. The trial was a three defendant case where they shot my victim 17 times. Everyone thought for sure the jury would find one of them not guilty and the other two guilty. The jury came back not guilty as to all three. I was shocked and upset. On Friday, I had to argue against a motion for a new trial on the attempted second degree murder trial I had in my previous section. In that case, one of my victims was left paralyzed from the neck down. The judge granted the defendant a new trial. I was so pissed off. The judge didn't even give reasons on the record. I told him I was appealing the matter to the court of appeals. I felt so bad for my victims. I walked back to my office and just started throwing everything in sight. The entire week was not good for me at all. Valentine's Day truly meant nothing to me this year. In fact, it wasn't even on my mind until my best friend called and asked me what did I get. I told her nothing of course. I tried to stay away from everyone that day. Because of my weekend, I was apprehensive about getting close to anyone. I can count the men I have actually hugged this week. Probably two. I think my perspective has changed. If you can't trust someone of 15+ , who can you trust. Be back soon....