April 26th! THE DAY OF TRUTH

So yesterday morning the big day finally came, our face off with the ex-landlord in small claims court. Despite several waves of nerve-induced nausea the day before(wow that word was hard to spell) it was surprisingly easy. And admittedly I have to thank my landlord for that, he was unexpectedly polite and non-confrontational throughout the same process. I cannot say that for some of the other people who went to trial that day. One man in particular was really getting into it with a United Airlines rep. Weird. Anyhoo, in the next ten days the judge will send us a decision, but that is secondary to the personal triumph of standing up for yourself and getting to say the truth about what happened in court. It felt really good, not in a vengeful sort of way, but good nonetheless. And on the way out the ex-landlord told me "If you prevail in this case, I will send you a check and an apology letter immediately." Hmmmmm..... Just goes to show you that everybody has good and bad sides, sinners that we are. Like most I always expect people to be one or the other, not both...

Anyways in related news Cookie Monster also had a great day with her angsty struggle of the past few months! Unexpectedly an angel in a high place swooped down to rescue her from the trap of playing the politics game. So we are declaring April 26th a National Holiday of Truth, the day when you finally get recognized for your sufferings, big or small. Ours would probably fall on the small side, but still, you have to recognize the small triumphs too!