hello Idaho!

Although there are many things that I absolutely love about living in American Samoa and my job at the High Court, sometimes I really miss life at the Idaho Supreme Court. Back in the good ol’ days (uh, last year) when crazy things came up in conversations, like Tenielle’s, “just so you know, I’m not breastfeeding the puppies.” Just in case you were wondering. She’s not. She does sometimes call them the granddoggers, but that’s where it ends.

And other fun stuff: the screeching tombstone that I hope is still making its rounds, pranks on the summer intern, treat days & coffee runs, sock puppet appearances in offical court photos, a certain wedding blog, and conversations about grammar ballet (because really, a sentence-semicolon-conjunctive adverb-comma-sentence combination is the most graceful way to transition. It’s also a great format to follow for “however,” which I realize is in dispute as to actually being a conjunctive adverb by certain folks, but I think it is. Speaking of “however,” why is it so insanely overused in legal writing? There is more than one way to begin a sentence that has a point to it. If you don’t actually have a point, “however” isn’t going to magically create one. “However” is not necessary at the beginning of every sentence or every paragraph. Once per document is more than enough, and it’s especially great when you save it for when you really mean it. Ahem. I’ll climb down from my soapbox now. I hardly know how I got up there in the first place.).

Anyway, I certainly don't wish I were there right now (I'm loving this too much to want to come back), but I do miss you guys!