Thursday, December 12, 2013  Holiday Hurdle  In addition to the
aforementioned sickness, whose lingering effects are evident
from the bottle of pepto bismol safely tucked in my desk drawer
just in cases, this was THE week I've been dreading for several
weeks. My mind has looked at every event and related it back to
this week. I remember hearing about the Sound of Music live on
NBC being on December 5th, and my stomach tying itself in knots
thinking of it as my deadline to submit some documents to our
outside counsel. Everything related back to this week, December
9th, 10th, and 11th. I realize I'm being cryptic on what was
going on, but I assure you that it is only to do with work, and
completely beside the point.  Things did suck, for those three
days, culminating in less suck on the 11th, where I managed to
play my own role very well. I was proud of myself and felt very
well prepared for the 11th (date of hearing), so going into the
morning, I wasn't too anxiety ridden. Anyway, things weren't as
fine as the