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Hey, you made it!! So glad to see you here!

Incredible timing, Tracy. I was just posting about the local students who come back for a -Z for plural with words ending in -T. Didn't know one was going to call me the next day, but I'm so glad you did. :)

To be honest, I can't place you from the students who have sat in with me, but I'm sure when I see a pic. it will all come back.

If you are working out my way, I'm now in 201. Yes, my new assignment that I've been reluctant about -- only because I hated the thought of leaving my judge and clerk, who are like family to me.

Good luck on the interview. (I think you said it's tomorrow.) Our supervisor at Southwest is a dream. (Darla) She even called me at the end of the day today worried about how I physically was handling it. Writing short is a necessity to me, not a luxury. :)

Thanks, Tracy, for adding to the Sage discussion. I do value your opinion and appreciate your time. Hope to see you soon!

Hi Tracy, I do remember you. Are you working for the court in Riverside? Did you fill out an application for the officialship? Let me know how it's going. Nice to hear from you again.
Helen Lee

Well, I'm glad you are working. If ever there is anything I can do for you, don't hesitate to ask. We should all pull together anyway. Good luck on the interview. Keep me posted.
Helen

bomb, BOM/-B???

Five theory students sat in yesterday and observed. Did a bomb prelim. They shared with me how they write it.

My stomach is still turning.

Good luck! I'm sure the news will be great!

They were theory students and very open. I told them to finish out theory and then start tweaking.

I don't, but I know plenty of reporters who love it.

Contratulations. Wow, I heard they didn't hire very many people. Do you know who else got an officialship for mid-county? Do you know if Vanessa Felix got hired? Mid-county? Is that like Temecula and Indio or what? You must be so excited. I know I was when I found out. Good job.

Congrats, Tracy!!

Congratulations Tracy!!!!!!!!! You're gonna be great!

Tracy -
Feel free to give my name to your friend. And thank you, Amanda, for the referral! I have done and still do lots of depo work, and I would be happy to talk to her. Have her e-mail me directly (easier) at bdonnaleah@aol.com and we can discuss the particulars.
Thank you again!
Donna

Happy Birthday 35 minutes early.

I hear you've been working my dept. Hope you've been having fun.

My shoulder is doing better. I did get another deep, deep tissue massage today. My bicep is all black and blue, but it's really been the only thing that has helped get it back to where it will move for me.

Anyway, hope you have a wonderful b-day!!

You had three slow days with Judge Hansen??

I'm sure you must be working for a visiting judge.

I don't think I've had one open day since I started with him in the spring, AND I never have had a day out of court whether he was there or a pro tem judge. I guess if you count the day or two that I read back to juries . . .

I think you covered me one day like that. Seems like the juries who wanted readback wanted the entire trial. Sorry about griping. I just feel like I was left to drown, and my shoulder didn't make it out of the water. :)

Anyway, Happy Birthday!!

On fire?? Yep, that's a perfect description.

I LOVE my staff, the judge, even hearing DUI after DUI. I just wish the body could keep up with the mind!!

It's a bit frustrating because you know how much I love doing what I do. I just wish it loved me back a little bit more than it does!!

I wish I could get Thursday and/or Friday in my office to catch up on being off for six weeks and start a little fresher with Judge H. on the following Monday. Vonda has never offered, so if I don't say anything, I know it's not going to happen. Guess I should ask.

I opened up a request for corrections on a DP I did in 2003 today. It's Yonko. He just got sentenced to death. I had the 1368 hearing -- very technical hearing with at least two doctors. I know it lasted two days, maybe three.

I had four corrections: Jag to JAG twice, trustworthyy -- two y's, and a name like BuSwar. I had cap'd the S, and they wanted it initial cap only.

I have no idea what the word is, so I'm sure I asked and somebody told me to cap the letter in the middle, as you know I wouldn't have done it on my own.

So I was feeling like a dog when I heard I had corrections, and now I'm actually flattered. If that's all they found in those two or three days, WOO-HOOOO!!!!!!

What's really funny is on the request to correct the transcript the attorney asking for the corrections has a simple spelling error in the two-sentence request.

I really do think this job is a kick!

Took a guilty verdict today right after lunch on your trial.

Think it shocked a few people. The deft. looked pretty bummed.

I have no idea what the case was about, but I'm pretty sure you would want to know. I meant to call you before I left today, but I totally ran out of time. It was 5:00 before I knew it.

I did a 1538 this morning with Judge Rudloff -- I think that's how he spells it -- and I was pleasantly surprised. I liked him being a bit short, and he seemed to be really nice to the staff.

Oh, and Vonda scheduled me in my office next week a lot. I can't believe it. Things might fall apart schedule-wise and things might change, but I'll take whatever time I get and count my blessings that she was nice enough to offer after a little whine from me. Well, maybe it was more than little.

Still after all these years I haven't learned to speak up and say ENOUGH -- whether it's to a judge or a senior. I just stew about it and then six months later my body falls apart, and then I just get mad about it.

Not very smart on my part . . .

Anyway, after next week hopefully the shoulder feels even better, and I will definitely be at ground zero all caught up work-wise. That should last a day or two. :)

Thanks for covering my dept, Tracy. Hope it was a nice break for you.


Oh, and that correction was Buspar. So I looked it up, and that's exactly what I had, not BuSpar.

I call appeals. Dolores looks it up, says I'm right and to do an affidavit.

I told her if it was all right with her I'd just send another O & 6 of the page exactly how it was. It would have taken me an hour to do an affidavit. :)

She said that was fine with her.

BOIT, Buspar is a drug. Guess I should have known that, but at least I didn't cap it wrong, and I obviously knew what it was in 2003.

Have a great weekend!

Hi Tracy...My name is Kwannna. I am a court reporter student and i read your comment on why people are not passing the CSR and i think you are absolutely right. Right now I am at 190/200 Q &A and 180 in jury. For some strange reason, i do very well on a 200 jury and 225 Q and A; yet, i cant pass the speeds that i need. When i practice at higher speeds, i do pretty well, however, going back down to my speed is rough because i start to over-think what i am writing. At this point, i don't know what to do. At home i practice both high and low speeds and once again, i tend to drop at the lower speeds. Is there anything i could do to get over this issue I am having?

Hi Tracy, Do you still practice every day, and are you going for your RPR? I have to admit that I don't practice at all since passing the CSR, but I've decided to change that. I'm going to start practicing again, but I'm not sure where to start.

I've been reading about Mark Kislingbury (sp?) and the Magnum Steno Club. Have you checked that out at all? I figured you would be a good person to ask because I think we have the same theory. It sounds logical to write shorter, but seems a daunting task to try to "unlearn" things, so to speak. Have you used his method, changed things on your own, or stuck with your theory and just worked on your speed?