It has been another busy week. At work, I've been doing a lot of work involving getting guardians appointed to adults who are deemed unable to make their own medical decisions. Yesterday I had to run around to get forms signed and notarized, and then I accompanied the attorney of the case to the courthouse to file for an emergency guardianship appointment. A note about the courthouses in D.C. - if anyone needs to be there for a hearing or anything else, make sure you get there early because you do have to go through security... and I think they like to pretend it is an airport because they take it a bit too seriously. I've never had a problem with security before, but yesterday the guard made me practically empty my bag because he was seeing something suspicious on this little x-ray monitor. For everyone who doesn't know me, I carry a very large bag that contains most of my life, so this wasn't a quick process. The item he was so suspicious about... was not a knife, or a sneaky set of nunchucks... it was my set of keys. Keys sure are suspicious, bet no one else ever carries keys in their bag. I guess I should leave them in the office today because I will be going to a court hearing this afternoon and I think I'd feel guilty holding the attorney up again today.
It has been a really good experience working on these cases this week because even though it isn't an area I would want to work in full time, I definitely want to do pro bono work on the side when I have my license. So it has been a good opportunity for me to learn about ways I can help the less fortunate later on... plus all of the field trips get me out of the office for a little while :)
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