I've got two depos in Orange County tomorrow, but breakfast or lunch with you and Stephanie sounds good; we'll just have to pick a different day.

And if Stephanie's not feeling up to it by October 1st, just let me know. I can probably handle the drive allll the way across town :)

What!? I thought I was the only one! I do know of another CSR in Hemet, but she works in court, not depos.

I actually had a depo in Hemet a couple weeks ago...that was a first! The noticing attorney was from Pasadena, so I was hoping opposing counsel would be local and maybe I could pick up a new client, but no such luck. They were only in Hemet because the deponent lives in Hemet (sigh).

Do you freelance, have your own clients, or what?

No problem. When I read that she wanted to go back to school because her first day was so bad, I just had to write! I'm glad to hear she has an official mentor. Seems like she's just lacking confidence, and that will come in time.

Hi Michael,

Glad to hear she has a mentor. She clearly needs to boost her confidence. It's just a shame she got such a horrible job first one out of the chute. I thought maybe I'd better back off on her for now, but if she posts again, I'll keep an eye out for her and try to encourage her.

Good luck keeping her motivated and moving forward!

Hi there!!! Finally had time to get on this and send some messages....thanks for looking out for me!! In this very short time of knowing you, you are great!!! Again, thanks...and Happy Monday:)!

Hi Michael, hope you're doing well. When you have a chance, please read my blog re: interrupting the proceedings. I would very much appreciate your experiences. I'm trying to build my confidence in this area. I'm sure others would appreciate this as well.

Hi Michael, Stephanie and Carla are two buddies of mine. We're classmates. Stephanie and I took the June 26 CSR together. I have seen your name on several sites. Also I'm nosey. I like checking out other sites. lol I also love it when I discover another believer. I, too, like to encourage people, so I felt compelled to put in my two cents. I love the court reporting profession. I have been trying to obtain this dream for a very, very long time.

Michael, that is beautiful. I would like to share this message a friend from church sent me. This helped me through the recent CSR. Enjoy and God bless:

One day a young lady was driving along with her father . They came upon a storm. The young lady asked her father what should she do. He said "keep driving.”
Cars began to pull over to the side. The storm was getting worse. “What should I do?” the young lady asked. "Keep driving," her father replied. On up a few feet, she noticed eighteen wheelers were pulling over also. She told her dad, “I must pull over. I can barely see ahead. It is terrible out here. Everyone is pulling over. Her father told her not to give up. Just keep driving. Now the storm was terrible, but she never stopped driving, and soon she could see a little clearer.
After a couple of miles, she was on dry land, and the sun was out. Her father said, “Now pull over and get out.” She said, "But why now?" He said, "Get out. Look back at all the people that gave up and is still in the storm.” You never gave up and now your storm is over.

I heard this in church and wanted to share this with you. I thought this was a testimony for anyone of you that is going through something. Just because everyone else, even the ones that appear to be the largest and strongest gives up, you don't have to because, if you keep going on up ahead, your storm will soon be over, and the sun will shine upon your face again.

Hi there! How have you been? I have been very, very busy. My mom called a few months ago and wanted me to come and live with them in Hesperia, so I had to put in for a transfer, get the money to come on down, and am now here. I now work at the Lowes in Rancho Cucamonga, and am fighting to get enough hours to be able to pay my bills. I reenrolled at Tri Community, but have not yet had time to get there. But probably next week. I have been helping my parents with a lot of things that needed to be done here, mom and dad have to come first, especially for now. But don't fear, I will be back at it soon, and working really hard on it! thank you so much for being such a good friend and caring so much. I appreciate it a LOT!

Thank you for your kind words. Stephanie is a remarkable young lady and truly deserves to be where she is right now -- through her hard work and with a helping Hand. God bless you, too.

this was very inspirational to me. I'm doing well in school, but the rest of my life needs either a one huge blessing or a view little ones.

Hi, Michael.
I just wanted to touch base w/ you. E-mail me when you get a sec, please. I hope everything's okay w/ you and yours..... ??

Just taking a much needed break from practicing, and I thought I'd say hello. I wanted to ask you who your son's girlfriend is. I probably don't know her, but in case I see her around, I wanted to introduce myself.
Anyway, I hope you're doing well.

The poem I read was from your CSR Nation page that begins, "When things go wrong, as they sometimes will..."

Thank you for sharing that lovely poem. This one's a keeper. With your permission, I would like to share this with my family and fellow students.

Just dropping you a note to say, Hello. I hope all is well.

Oh, well, if I had bothered to actually be more observant, it does say San Jacinto! Lovely place!

Well, aren't you clever with that nickname! That's great! I was in the courtroom at the time I made that comment and didn't put 2+2 together! I like it.

Actually, I saw you on Angela's board, Marla's board, and then some of your posts to blogs/articles, AND you are on the leaderboard next to me -- so I went to your page. Glad I did, because it's inspirational for us struggling students. Frustration really sets in when you are at a plateau or you are angry with yourself because you aren't getting it.

Where are you in California? I used to live in Orange (many moons ago); I'm a native (Inglewood) and spent my elementary years in Garden Grove. Don't miss living there daily, though. But it's an exciting place!

Oh, my! What an awesome page! And you are EVERYWHERE on this board! Thanks for the poem - I'm printing it out to put in front of me - the last quarter was so unbelievably challenging for me!

So, what's the "DR" thing? Do you have a Ph.D., too?! Because I'll bet you do - you are really motivated!