Bat those lashes

Today I was in court with my client who showed up about an hour late. Unfortunately, being late means you get stuck on a list with dozens of attorneys in front of you and you never know how long they will take with their client once in front of the Judge. This morning was almost painful.

Anyway, after waiting for about an hour and a half I approached the court officer (for the second time) to ask how many cases were still in front of mine. This is one of the situations where being a female criminal defense attorney can really work in my favor. His response "bat your eyes at me and your case will be next". I'm not kidding.

It took me a quick second to run through my checklist- 1. I need to get out of here and get back to the office, 2. today is my last day before my vacation begins, 3. do I have eyelashes?

Exhale. Stomach unknots. Yes! I can do this! I actually have lashes (that i was so close to pulling out once again last night) and so, for the first time ever, I put aside my pride and the general awkwardness of the situation and batted my lashes (I would imagine that batting your eyelids doesnt have quite the same effect).

I'm not going to lie, it was weird. I'm not a cutesy/blatantly flirty type of girl to begin with but I had stuff to do and places to go. Anyway, thank god I had something to 'bat' at him because that could have been a pretty shitty and awkward situation. Who asks that anyway? Apparently he does.

Once again I am relieved that I have continued to stay strong and that my self confidence didnt have to suffer yet another uncomfortable blow as I tried to awkwardly avoid the situation or make up an excuse to run to the bathroom and untie all the knots that had formed in my stomach. This was a situation I've never encountered before but lucky for me it occurred a couple months AFTER i decided to wage my own war against trich.


Reason #28 to stop- need to be able to "bat those lashes" on command - never know when you'll be asked.