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One Week Later…

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

I just looked at my site, actually in the process of searching for something I had the foresight to blog about because I knew I’d need those details again, and realized I haven’t posted anything in a week. Heck, I’ve barely posted anything to Twitter or Facebook either! You might be wondering just what the heck is going on.

Rest assured, I haven’t decided to stop blogging or anything like that. Sometimes, life gets in the way. Between a very busy workload, and Angela getting ready for a two week stay in Europe, sitting at the laptop and composing something coherent about any topic has been pretty much impossible. As I’ve mentioned a few times, when you work in Litigation Support, and getting ready for a trial, it can be all-encompassing. We haven’t reached the all-encompassing part yet, that’s coming in the next few days though, but it was encompassing enough that, combined with trying to spend time with my wife, something definitely had to give!

So, now that she is on her way, trial prep kicks in to high gear, and we’ll just have to see how much mental energy I actually have to login and come up with something interesting to write about. I wouldn’t hold my breath, but then again, who knows how many neat little Trial Director tricks I’ll master over the course of the next week or so. If I can remember them, they might even make an interesting blog post. If I can remember them. 😉

So, stay tuned, you never know when the mood to post will strike. I just can’t promise it’ll be as often as it usually is!

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