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CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

The previous post was partly about my dog Tasha.  She came to me shortly after I had returned from a six-week road trip through Western Canada, which passed the time while I was waiting for the results of the bar examination.  I was pretty sure I had passed, but I couldn’t start practicing law until I had been formally admitted to the bar.  The exam was held in July and the admission ceremony was in October.  I was set to start working as an associate at a small firm in Thornton, Colorado – Carroll, Bradley & Ciancio.  After I was admitted, I immediately began working on some very interesting cases, including the defense of a murder for hire criminal prosecution and a case to determine who owned the water system serving the City of Northglenn, Colorado.  Somewhat less interesting was my first divorce case.  I represented the husband while the wife was represented by another young attorney who had been admitted to the bar at the same time as me.  We were both sort of feeling our way through the process, but I didn’t find it very interesting.

At some point during the negotiations, the other attorney and I began talking about things we enjoyed outside the office and I mentioned cross country skiing, a sport I have enjoyed for many years.  He said that he had never tried it, but would like to learn and we arranged to meet the following weekend to go skiing.  Tasha was about 7 or 8 months old at the time and had never been skiing, so I brought her along.  When I met my skiing companion, I found that he was not alone, either.  He had brought a woman with him – who also had never been skiing and was expecting me to teach her.

Well, this lady was attractive, intelligent, personable and witty, and I was glad that she had joined us.  Continue reading →