My husband rocks

The hubby will be embarrassed by this post, but I just don't care. I think it is important and blog-worthy!

As some of you know, Todd has been slaving away long hours at the office preparing for his first trial. He was given only 13 days notice from the judge (uniform rules call for at least 30 days, but this judge just didn't care). Both sides had agreed to try mediation before hitting up the trail-route, but the judge denied their request to mediate. So for the past 7 days he has been working 12+ hour days feversihly preparing for trial. The facts weren't easy and his client wasn't ideal, but he had a plan and was ready to go to bat.

As of last night, he had his opening statement down pat (and sounded great and confident delivering it). His case was compelling and he grabbed my attention right away and if I was a jury I'd have been interested to hear his side of the story. He had all his questions ready to ask the jury at voire dire - Have you ever been accused of stealing something? Are you a caretaker? Have you or any of your close relatives had to deal with terminal illness? Have you ever had a strained relationship with your in-laws? (You can kind of get a grasp of the oddity that was this case).

This morning we woke up at 5:45am and Todd left the house in his navy suit, crisp white (wife ironed) shirt, red and blue stripped (lucky, new) tie (from said wife) and white handkerchief (just in case one of the witnesses started to cry). His hair was parted on the side and he looking like an intelligent, yet likable attorney. (And very attractive, if I do say so myself. I am his wife, so I might be a bit biased, but still...he looked good. And more importantly, he looked the part.) And off to the court house he went.

Well I just got word that he'll have to get his sea legs another time, because thanks to his hard work and dedication to his client, they were able to reach a settlement agreement this morning before he could deliver his performance. In my book, that counts as a SUCCESS!

So I just wanted to share with everyone this victory!

GO TEAM TODD!!!! Your wife is SOOOOOO VERY PROUD OF YOU!