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The answer to the question, "How does the other half live?" is Very Well ;)
Am at a conference put together by the County of Carleton Law Association. At Chateau Montebello. Um, wow. Am skipping out on the meal-time stuff, because my principal is paying for the conference but meals are extra and pricey, and this way I get to skip social gatherings with no guilt. Not that I would mind being social, but I don't really know most of the people here so "being social" would consist of variations on Allie's Four Levels of Social Entrapment. And I'd rather enjoy myself, thanks :)
Which, by the way, I am doing, OMG. Have seen three presentations so far and I don't know how gripping they were to those in the room who've been doing criminal defense for a while, but I was geekily spellbound and taking notes like there was no tomorrow. Even though there is a tomorrow, and it will have three more presentations :D :D :D
Could've done without the hour-long drive down, and the discovery that GPS will plan out routes that include ferries, with apparently no thought as to ferry schedules and crossing times and $9.00 cash-only ferry tolls. I should've known it was too good to be true when mapquest gave me a 1:20h route from Ottawa to Montebello, crossing to Quebec from downtown Ottawa over the MacDonald Cartier bridge, and GPS gave me 45 minutes, crossing over from about half an hour north of Ottawa. ::facepalm:: Thankfully there was an ATM minutes away from the ferry and I happened to get there right before the next ferry went out. I was most upset at GPS anyway >:(
OK, back to legal academia!
Am at a conference put together by the County of Carleton Law Association. At Chateau Montebello. Um, wow. Am skipping out on the meal-time stuff, because my principal is paying for the conference but meals are extra and pricey, and this way I get to skip social gatherings with no guilt. Not that I would mind being social, but I don't really know most of the people here so "being social" would consist of variations on Allie's Four Levels of Social Entrapment. And I'd rather enjoy myself, thanks :)
Which, by the way, I am doing, OMG. Have seen three presentations so far and I don't know how gripping they were to those in the room who've been doing criminal defense for a while, but I was geekily spellbound and taking notes like there was no tomorrow. Even though there is a tomorrow, and it will have three more presentations :D :D :D
Could've done without the hour-long drive down, and the discovery that GPS will plan out routes that include ferries, with apparently no thought as to ferry schedules and crossing times and $9.00 cash-only ferry tolls. I should've known it was too good to be true when mapquest gave me a 1:20h route from Ottawa to Montebello, crossing to Quebec from downtown Ottawa over the MacDonald Cartier bridge, and GPS gave me 45 minutes, crossing over from about half an hour north of Ottawa. ::facepalm:: Thankfully there was an ATM minutes away from the ferry and I happened to get there right before the next ferry went out. I was most upset at GPS anyway >:(
OK, back to legal academia!
