Milestones

In January, I reached the one year mark in my new position. It's been quite a year. (This, as my friends will attest to, is quite an understatement.) The area my job covers was reeling after a number of very serious crimes occurred last spring. I'm still dealing with those cases. I have been on the news in the local media markets much too frequently. (If this all seems a bit nebulous, it's meant to be that way in order not to include any terms that could come up in an internet search engine.)

Last fall I had my first jury trial (in my new position, not my first jury trial ever).  After a 10 day trial, justice prevailed, with the jury returning a verdict of guilty on all counts after only deliberating 2 hours and 15 minutes. Sentencing in that case happened at the end of January and the defendant is now within the state's prison system. The more serious cases are slowing coming to a resolution or a trial and (knock on wood) nothing horrifically serious has occurred in the last few months.

I am hoping for 2014 to return to the type of workload enjoyed by my predecessor - busy, but not overwhelming.

Obviously, my hobbies have taken a back seat due mainly to work responsibilities. I'm hoping 2014 will have many less serious events happen in my jurisdiction.

And I hope to get back to being able to craft more and blog more in my spare time.

Thanks for checking back here from time to time.

Thanks for not giving up on me as a blogger.