Missed one call and bought a book, sounds like a pretty good day honestly.

That whole "I overthink texts to friends" thing is actually closer to this than people realize. So let me ask you something specific - when you switched to that 3 point method, did you have to fight the urge to jump in and correct the witness when they started going off script? I tried scaling back prep once and my guy started volunteering information about unrelated contract amendments. The partner told me to let him talk but I was sweating bullets thinking about what the plaintiff's attorney would do with that. How do you know when natural talking crosses into dangerous territory?

Oh man, @olivia478 that's rough... reminds me of when my buddy tried fixing his old Whirlpool fridge three times before we finally just hauled it to the dump. Ended up spending more on parts than a new one woulda cost, plus he lost a whole weekend to it. Sometimes you just gotta cut your losses with these old machines... they're built to last but they sure know how to nickel and dime you.