Today involved one of those "duh" moments I've frequently experienced in law school. When my brother asked me, on his birthday, to come to his last softball game of the season, I told him it would depend on school and work; I was just too swamped to think of much else. With two projects stalled around mid-afternoon, I went to the gym to wait for the projects to shift back to my desk. While running like a gerbil in his wheel on the treadmill and meandering about lifting weights, I relearned a lesson I undoubtedly will have to relearn many times in the future: spending time with my brother, sister-in-law, and niece at my brother's softball game on his birthday is much more important, pressing, and worthwhile than sitting hunched over drafting and Journal work simply to aid in reducing my own anxiety. The work will still be there when I get back and had I opted to work instead, the anxiety wouldn't have dissipated; it just would have been redirected elsewhere. Thus, after the gym and dinner, I met Kyle, Brittany, and Campbell at Krieg Fields to watch Kyle's game. It was a great opportunity to catch up with Brittany, remember Kyle's days in little league and school baseball, and spend time with my angel, Campbell. Perhaps just for his birthday, Kyle's 2-3 team ended the season 3-3 with a stellar victory for Brigham Exploration. Happiest of birthdays to my big brother!
