In Court with Alanna
I went to the gym this morning, really tried to focus on flexion as I did three sets of that sliding exercise with the sliding board. In hindsight, I probably didn't do the flexion portion of my exercises properly by bending my knee in the air (to cut the need from removing the towel under my knee each time).
After gym, I went home but didn't have breakfast as I didn't really feel hungry. I got to work and made two pieces of toast. I worked until about 9:50am when I went over to court. I was pretty sure it wasn't going to be heard at 10am, but I just showed up in case the other side showed up at 10am.
I saw Junar there and talked to her as we waited for the court to open. We both had an "I love Alanna" session, talking about how great of a supervisor she was. I noticed that Junar isn't really the bitchy type. Like, she seemed to accept pretty well that I was the one who got 'promoted', and teased me about it. Maybe it's because she accepts she's at the bottom of the hierarchy, but compared to Dugon and Zena, she was much more easier to get along with.
When court opened we went in and sat on the side waiting and watching. It was Tim Postman doing the list. Although Heath made him out to be a prick, he kinda seemed like a nice guy. He was definitely doing a good job with the list. As I watched, I tried to remember what Nom thought of him. I only remember a phone conversation with him where he offered to write up a document because I didn't know it needed to be done.
I waited until all the lawyers from the other side had gotten up and done their matters, concluded that my guy wasn't there and left. I was kinda glad, and couldn't believe my run of luck, as I didn't really feel comfortable doing my bail in front of everyone. Now, I would get to do it at 2pm when hardly anyone would be there. I returned to my office to prepare a bit for my hearing tomorrow, which involved lots of maths.
I had bread and soup in the office again. Talked to Melissa a bit as I made my lunch.
After lunch, I went back to court, and almost did a double take as I saw Alanna waiting outside. Apparently Junar's matter wasn't finished and she had a half day, so Alanna took over. We talked a bit while waiting for the court to open. It was the expected - how was the new floor, etc but she asked me how Ogre was going which I think was what she really wanted to know.
I told her what I thought to be the truth - Mary didn't seem that warm towards her, yet I wasn't sure if they'd already met before or if there's something I didn't know about.
The building opened and we went inside. I spoke to the other side a bit, gave them some documents and returned to sit with Alanna. We talked a bit, about the difference between level 10 and 11. When the courtroom opened, we went in.
I was wondering which one of us would go first. If it was me, I'd feel a bit nervous doing it in front of her. If it was her, would she feel self conscious?
My matter was mentioned first, so she did get to see me mention my name, which wasn't much. When her matter was called, she got cut off by the mag when trying to announce her name, but she didn't seem affected by it.
We waited for such a long time, we sat there talking sometimes, but I'd try to listen in on what was going on or observe some of the other lawyers there. I was paying particular attention to two guys, and noticed how they held themselves out and exerted confidence, and tried to learn from them, although one guy seemed a little too cocky.
As I kept watching and listening, Alanna would interrupt at times with completely random topics, like how she was bored, how she was hungry. She said she only thinks about two things - food and her weight. I was sure clothes would be a third. I wondered if I should've said men only think about money and women, but thought both subjects would be better off avoided.
She was playing with her phone, and I told myself that that meant she definitely wasn't interested. I also noticed she didn't pay any attention to the two guys I was noticing, and it made me think about how happy she must've been in her relationship. I mean, one guy reminded me of David Beckham and the other was a really cool, GQ kinda guy. She just kept playing with her phone.
I told her that Wendy A once asked if I wanted to come back, and said I didn't know if she was joking or not. Alanna said she was. I said I didn't know what to say. She said "I'll go wherever you need me to go". Perfect answer. I said "that's why I need you with me". And that was the truth.
At the end of the day, mine got adjourned to Friday, so I left, not wanting to make her feel self conscious. As I walked back to the office, I swear there was this girl who looked like Lily without the long hair. She followed me across the road and even walked faster to get ahead of me, which made me wonder if it was Lily trying to get my attention.
When I returned to the office, I told Sarah what happened, and that I might be unavailable to do the bail on Friday because of my hearing tomorrow. She said she could do it and that she was also doing the Wollongong list tomorrow. I asked her if she knew Wall there, and she said no. I said she was "short and fat", and then realised that Mary may have overheard from her office - yikes!
When I left, I looked in Mary's office and didn't see her, then took a walk around to see where she was, and when I came back she was at her desk, which made me think she may have been there all along but was just hidden away somewhere. I wonder if she heard it? If so, did I offend her?
I tried to test it when I saw her moments later in the corridor and told her what happened. At first she seemed kinda normal, but towards the end she gave me a raised eyebrow look which made me think that maybe she did hear me. I noticed at the end of the day she didn't come by to say bye, which she usually does.
I stayed at work till nearly 8pm preparing for the hearing. I hope all goes well.
Naby/Lily
I thought I had pretty much decided on Naby, but then today somehow the thought of the flower tied to Lily's bag came into my mind. It made me re-think my decision.
I've noticed that the last question to ask myself was: who would make me the happiest? Instead, I keep thinking about how my actions would affect them. Maybe I am too considerate. It makes things harder.
I've even considered not seeing either of them this weekend - and that may well be the case due to practicality as Malay needs to move, I want to play ball with William, and everything depends on me getting the car.
After gym, I went home but didn't have breakfast as I didn't really feel hungry. I got to work and made two pieces of toast. I worked until about 9:50am when I went over to court. I was pretty sure it wasn't going to be heard at 10am, but I just showed up in case the other side showed up at 10am.
I saw Junar there and talked to her as we waited for the court to open. We both had an "I love Alanna" session, talking about how great of a supervisor she was. I noticed that Junar isn't really the bitchy type. Like, she seemed to accept pretty well that I was the one who got 'promoted', and teased me about it. Maybe it's because she accepts she's at the bottom of the hierarchy, but compared to Dugon and Zena, she was much more easier to get along with.
When court opened we went in and sat on the side waiting and watching. It was Tim Postman doing the list. Although Heath made him out to be a prick, he kinda seemed like a nice guy. He was definitely doing a good job with the list. As I watched, I tried to remember what Nom thought of him. I only remember a phone conversation with him where he offered to write up a document because I didn't know it needed to be done.
I waited until all the lawyers from the other side had gotten up and done their matters, concluded that my guy wasn't there and left. I was kinda glad, and couldn't believe my run of luck, as I didn't really feel comfortable doing my bail in front of everyone. Now, I would get to do it at 2pm when hardly anyone would be there. I returned to my office to prepare a bit for my hearing tomorrow, which involved lots of maths.
I had bread and soup in the office again. Talked to Melissa a bit as I made my lunch.
After lunch, I went back to court, and almost did a double take as I saw Alanna waiting outside. Apparently Junar's matter wasn't finished and she had a half day, so Alanna took over. We talked a bit while waiting for the court to open. It was the expected - how was the new floor, etc but she asked me how Ogre was going which I think was what she really wanted to know.
I told her what I thought to be the truth - Mary didn't seem that warm towards her, yet I wasn't sure if they'd already met before or if there's something I didn't know about.
The building opened and we went inside. I spoke to the other side a bit, gave them some documents and returned to sit with Alanna. We talked a bit, about the difference between level 10 and 11. When the courtroom opened, we went in.
I was wondering which one of us would go first. If it was me, I'd feel a bit nervous doing it in front of her. If it was her, would she feel self conscious?
My matter was mentioned first, so she did get to see me mention my name, which wasn't much. When her matter was called, she got cut off by the mag when trying to announce her name, but she didn't seem affected by it.
We waited for such a long time, we sat there talking sometimes, but I'd try to listen in on what was going on or observe some of the other lawyers there. I was paying particular attention to two guys, and noticed how they held themselves out and exerted confidence, and tried to learn from them, although one guy seemed a little too cocky.
As I kept watching and listening, Alanna would interrupt at times with completely random topics, like how she was bored, how she was hungry. She said she only thinks about two things - food and her weight. I was sure clothes would be a third. I wondered if I should've said men only think about money and women, but thought both subjects would be better off avoided.
She was playing with her phone, and I told myself that that meant she definitely wasn't interested. I also noticed she didn't pay any attention to the two guys I was noticing, and it made me think about how happy she must've been in her relationship. I mean, one guy reminded me of David Beckham and the other was a really cool, GQ kinda guy. She just kept playing with her phone.
I told her that Wendy A once asked if I wanted to come back, and said I didn't know if she was joking or not. Alanna said she was. I said I didn't know what to say. She said "I'll go wherever you need me to go". Perfect answer. I said "that's why I need you with me". And that was the truth.
At the end of the day, mine got adjourned to Friday, so I left, not wanting to make her feel self conscious. As I walked back to the office, I swear there was this girl who looked like Lily without the long hair. She followed me across the road and even walked faster to get ahead of me, which made me wonder if it was Lily trying to get my attention.
When I returned to the office, I told Sarah what happened, and that I might be unavailable to do the bail on Friday because of my hearing tomorrow. She said she could do it and that she was also doing the Wollongong list tomorrow. I asked her if she knew Wall there, and she said no. I said she was "short and fat", and then realised that Mary may have overheard from her office - yikes!
When I left, I looked in Mary's office and didn't see her, then took a walk around to see where she was, and when I came back she was at her desk, which made me think she may have been there all along but was just hidden away somewhere. I wonder if she heard it? If so, did I offend her?
I tried to test it when I saw her moments later in the corridor and told her what happened. At first she seemed kinda normal, but towards the end she gave me a raised eyebrow look which made me think that maybe she did hear me. I noticed at the end of the day she didn't come by to say bye, which she usually does.
I stayed at work till nearly 8pm preparing for the hearing. I hope all goes well.
Naby/Lily
I thought I had pretty much decided on Naby, but then today somehow the thought of the flower tied to Lily's bag came into my mind. It made me re-think my decision.
I've noticed that the last question to ask myself was: who would make me the happiest? Instead, I keep thinking about how my actions would affect them. Maybe I am too considerate. It makes things harder.
I've even considered not seeing either of them this weekend - and that may well be the case due to practicality as Malay needs to move, I want to play ball with William, and everything depends on me getting the car.
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