Trial team log day two continued

[nagi_schwarz]

So we made it through our first day, which Melilli says is the hardest. We made it to the hotel and Dan and Melilli went to the coaches' meeting while we girls decided whether or not Chelsea should dress up. We ended up deciding to all go in jeans as a matter of team solidarity.

The security line felt ridiculously long, but we made it through and saw the other team. All of the other teams have been really nice about us looking like hobos, and the Georgia team let us borrow their exhibit on direct. People have been nice about everything, although one older juror/evaluator said we were from School Scruffy. I confess, I really didn't think much of my role as a witness until I realized that Dan and I were the first ones to perform after Chelsea did her thing. And she totally rocked her opening. It was interesting to hear what opposing counsel's theory was , although the defense opening seemed a little too argumentative for their own good.

So Chelsea rocked her opening. And I think Dan and I rocked direct. Our approach on Knight is pretty conservative and I could see the panic in opposing counsel's eyes when I spun my story. It was disappointing to see that opposing counsel didn't track the language on cross like we were taught, and so at times it made it easier to fight.

Vanessa absolutely rocked on cross and seriously messed with the girl who crossed her. After a while I started wanting to drop my keys on her because she started nearly every question with "and". I really liked the judge who knew what he was doing and awesome enough to keep time well for us.

Dan rocked his cross because he was so cool and calm and relaxed, and I thought he was awesome on closing as well. We had some screw-ups because we were tired and high on adrenaline, but Melilli is pretty confident we won.

After the trial we met one of Melilli's friends who is a sheriff at the court and protects Melilli's judge friend. We walked back to the hotel and checked to see if our luggage had come in, which it had not. We had a review on the trial and then went to dinner down at the hotel restaurant. We each had the buffet and then we had a floor show. And by floor show I mean we got to see Chelsea lose it over the phone at the baggage claim person. Man. It was entertaining as he'll and also scary.

But we got luggage. Vanessa and Dan's suitcases came, so after I let Chelsea borrow one of my suits we will all be ready for trial tomorrow and dressed like real lawyers. Hopefully our big shiny exhibit will be ready in time for our prosecution trial tomorrow afternoon. It has been a crazy couple of days, though.

One of the weirdest moments today was when Chelsea was hanging out in our room. She was in the bathroom and I thought she was putting on makeup, and then there was a crazy shriek from the bathroom, so Vanessa and I scrambled to make sure Chelsea was okay. She was perched on the toilet lid looking crazy embarrassed. And then we had to call for a plumber. And Chelsea had said they couldn't get any worse.

It's been a crazy day. And I am tired. So it is time to sleep.

Go team J.

Note: it's not easy to edit posts from my phone. Otherwise, I'd just have one post per day. Melilli is OCD and full of bad puns, but he has been a great coach.

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