Jun. 10, 2007
Legal Drama...yippee!
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Well, my head's coming out of the fog a little. Feels kinda nice actually. It's been hard waiting for this whole lawsuit to end. We found out last week that we'd need to file an appeal...and it was filed last week. Our lawyer says that it could take at least 1-2 years for an appeal to go through, so....more waiting. We're three years in, so what's a couple more? (said in my most sarcastic voice). But, at least we're done with all of the hearings every few months and different filing dates and, and, and. We feel confident that the appeal will go well, but the trial should have gone our way and it didn't, so nothing is guaranteed. If there is really any justice, we will win the appeal. Friends, be careful and mindful when you are voting for your judges. I was so naive...the lack of justice has caught me by surprise. I can't wrap my mind around how they could make decisions based on things that have nothing to do with the facts. How do they sleep at night? In our case, there are many possibilities. She didn't like our lawyer, she wasn't familiar with our lawyer, she is familiar with the other lawyers as they use her court more often, maybe some unknown reasons. Who knows? But, just a friendly admonition -- be very diligent when voting for the judges in your area. - you never know when someone is going to frivolously sue you and the next thing you know, you're living in something that you never would have dreamed for yourself. And unfortunately, I'm learning, that there are plenty of people out there who are 'sue-happy'. And, I'm also, unfortunately, learning that there are a lot of judges who abuse their positions. We hold tight to His promises and trust His plans, so it's all good. It's not all fun, but, we have too much to be thankful for, to wallow in defeat for too long. When it's all said and done...we have the Lord, we have our beautiful family, we have a roof over our heads and we're not wanting for anything. It's a good life...even if it isn't always an easy life. Now, can someone explain to me how to continue to live right next door to this person? LOL. We're on our best behavior, as much as it pains me to say, lol. She is very juvenile; blaring her radio when she sees us sitting on the porch, yelling at our children, eavesdropping - and more. But, as much as we can, we've taken the high road, or a higher one at least, and haven't reciprocated. We just ignore. But, it's rather sad, because we have good relationships with a lot of our neighbors and it just feels so unnatural to ignore someone who lives right next door. Oh well, whatcha gonna do? I guess we just pray for her and make sure that we run the other way fast if we see her coming at us with a weapon, lol. |