C: Splurges
It’s gettin’ summertime down here in the South—actually, I’m hearing that much of the nation is under a heat wave. I am born-and-bred Southern, so I don’t know why it always seems to catch me by surprise each year, but it does. Little car’s outside thermometer has twice this week registered over 100 degrees F on the asphalt as I pulled out of the parking lot at the end of the day, although it cooled by at least ten degrees out here in the country. I worked last Saturday and have worked loooong hours this week. I have been tired, needless to say. But the other day, as I pulled into MIL’s driveway after work, I realized that for the first time in several days I felt pretty good at the end of the day. Maybe this is because I had just settled a difficult case in a way that I am convinced will be of benefit to the poor seven-year-old caught in the middle of his parents’ torment. Or maybe it’s that common-cold/pink eye virus losing its potency....