Well.

I feel very overwhelmed right now, but not sure if I have a reason to feel that way. I guess I do. Holidays. You know. Going to court. Being told I have to come back to court.

Christmas! My Christmas Eve was… AMAZINGLY wonderful. Robin (hey Robin!) invited me to dinner with her extended family and it was awesome. I didn’t know those people, but I did not for a minute feel awkward or out of place or like I was intruding on someone’s family celebration. As an introvert… I don’t know if I have ever felt that way. In fact, it went beyond simply not feeling awkward to actually enjoying myself and the company. Hospitality, thy name is Bolash.

I drove down to SC for Christmas day and family time… gifts were exchanged. Way too much food was eaten. Nieces were entertained and celebrated. Speaking of nieces… I’m getting a new one! My brother and his wife are having a second little girl in April.

I had to be back in Raleigh for my court date of Dec. 27th at 1.30. I learned a lot, actually. Everyone goes in together and sits in benches in the back of the courtroom. The judge called everyone who was present and then handled the fastest cases immediately… these were mostly evictions. It was actually really heartbreaking. The property management had about 15 or so eviction cases and there were only two people there who were actually trying to fight it… both of their stories were awful and you could tell that, like most of us, these were people just trying to get along who couldn’t help what had happened to them to keep them from paying their rent. The judge really didn’t listen to their cases, making notes and processing paperwork while they spoke, which I got legally but was a little upset by morally. Not my favorite place to be, all in all…

And I get to go back! When I filed my paperwork I filed the suit against David W. Kenney, Nine Sages, Inc. And what I was supposed to file was: Nine Sages, Inc, David W. Kenney.

SERIOUSLY.

Apparently the company name has to be written first. Right. Whatever. I am going back down tomorrow to resubmit the paperwork. Or at least I hope that is what I am doing. The clerks in the courthouse are not allowed to help anyone with these matters and this situation was not covered in the “small claims court guide” I got from legal aid. So. I am slightly winging it.

When I got home I read the headline that Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated. This tears me up so desperately. I don’t have words for it right here tonight but for now I will just say that the world scares me.

More soon.