Kick it up a notch. Bam.

Passed my second Q & A at 120! Yay. Now it's time to kick it up to that 130. At least I'm evenning out, I think that's got me working on 130s for all of my work now, lit's, jury charges, and Q & A. They say Q & A are "easier" because there are more phrases, you can pass higher speeds sooner. I'll believe it when I see it.

I lost my mind today while practicing. There was a dictation piece I was writing, that was reeeeally sloooow, and I was tired, and bored of the speed and the topic. Well, the piece was about insurance, and what kind of rates you can get, etc. So the piece suggests you look into rates for senior citizens, that you can get better rates being an old fogey. Sorry, age-ism. But the sentence that literally had me in tears, and my classmates thinking I'd really skipped the groove, was,

"Retired people stay at home more and spot fires sooner than working people."

I got this image in my head (and couldn't shake it for anything) of two old folks sitting in their recliners, watching TV, and suddenly one saying to the other, "Huh. Look, Margie, there's a fire over there in the corner."

Just a little spontaneous combustion, that's all! I laughed and laughed, and then kept trying to write, and laughing, and crying--I hope I wasn't really disturbing any of my fellow classmates with my temporary insanity.

That's been my day.