7th Day

The crescendo of excitement regarding the first trial came to an abrupt end when Sam Hinga Norman discharged his attorneys and proclaimed that he wanted to represent himself. The outcome of Norman's maneuver is that the judges will put all proceedings on hold until Tuesday, when they will issue a ruling regarding this request. Milosevic did the same during his trial. The problem is that his strategy did not work.

There's now a sense of stability and routine for the journey. We are all working on different research or summarization exercises.

Guess where I currently spend my days? Why at the library of course. Actually, it turns out that there are not enough workstations to spare at the offices - so some of us use the terminals at the library to type our summaries or research.

As far as socializing with other people at the Special Court, we have gone out to dinner with different groups twice thus far. Personally, I like our usual place. However, these other places let us realize that Freetown does have a very real western contingent who calls this place home.

We are all looking forward to the weekend. In an ideal world we will all have enough juice to spring out of bed early on Saturday. That scenario is unlikely.

I will blog again Monday -
I love you sweetheart
The night sky carries my love so it can kiss you goodnight
xoxoxoxoxxooox