A sudden burst of employment leaves Feidts well placed

A most unusual day. I went to the St. Paul City Hall/Ramsey County Courthouse, a building with incredible, Gotham-like style in the lobby. But our adventure with the Robed branch of government was on the 14th floor.

As most people reading this probably know, I was arrested along with a number of other Macalester students on the evening of my 22nd birthday, May 11, 2005, outside one of the cottages at Mac, in a weird and improbable incident with police from St. Paul, Minneapolis and the freakin airport. I was charged with Obstructing a Legal Process with Force, and my police report is an exciting work of fiction, although for entertainment the report of Mike Dannenburg's 'threatening' clipboard-wielding is a laugh Riot (in the 3rd degree).

I believe these reports are a matter of the public record, and down the line I'll probably post them here on the site.

I can't really get into main details of the incident & our current situation. So now we have three lawyers, and are trying to get the case dismissed. Today we arranged to have another hearing called a Florence hearing, with witnesses (some seniors, for us, and possibly cops, for the city), sometime in early September. Also the judge ordered the prosecution to produce the digital pictures I was taking as I was arrested a week before the hearing. I am eagerly looking forward to getting them back.

That was pretty much all that happened downtown today. After things wrapped up, Andrew from Computer Zone Consulting called me up, and it sounds like I have finally got some more web developing projects to do.

I went out to see the family in Hudson this afternoon, because my dad got the job he was after at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN today. My sister Sasha just started at the Hudson Target store. My brother Johnny 'Cakes' is a counselor at YMCA Camp Warren right now, and my mom looks after a space at Abigail Page Antiques in downtown Hudson.

As far as I can tell, this is the first time that the entire Feidt family has been employed at once. Suddenly that horrible Abyss we call the Bush Economy seems a little further off.

So when I get back from this evening with the family I discover that Sarah Janecek of the ol' Politics in Minnesota gig has left me an exciting message that I've got some work to do. In one day I shift from itinerant Selby dweller to dual employment, and my dad is set with a salary again (and a bit of a raise). It has been a most excellent day, and I must sign off to get some rest, because it seems like things may gear up Real Well tomorrow.