Duct Tape Fixes Everything!

So I had two matters scheduled on Wednesday morning in court this week. As I am hurrying into the courthouse and through the metal dectors, all of a sudden I notice that my right shoe is flopping around, hooked only to my ankle with a strap, and that I am nearly tripping! What the . . .

The strap on my sandal that goes across the front part of my foot had broken! Argh! So, as I am standing at the metal detectors -- apparently looking a little helpless and desperate -- one of the County Sheriff Deputies looked in his drawer and hands me a roll of duct tape . . . well, they say there are 1,001 uses for duct tape, why not 1,002!

So . . . I proceed to tape up the front of my sandal as best as I could -- hoping it would be enough to make it through my court call. I made it through, although I could see the other attorneys around me trying to be polite by not staring at my right foot, which was now almost consumed by duct tape! I admit, I had to "readjust" the duct tape 3 times during the court call . . . taking my shoe off and, again, noticing how the attorneys around me attempted to advert their eyes -- wondering, I'm sure, why I didn't have a decent pair of shoes!

I made it through my court call and out the front door of the court house, at which time the duct tape gave up its final breath. I resorted to walking the two blocks to the parking garage wearing only one shoe. I'm glad it was summer!

. . . and so went my week . . . and, boy, am I glad it's Friday!

. . . until Monday . . .