I’m playing catch up for the last couple of weeks, so here’s what I hope will be my last Conrad Murray Monday.

The trial is over and I’m pretty worn out from the six weeks I worked on it. That’s pretty short time compared to the guys who shared stories with me about the OJ trial.

I think every celebrity trial of our time is going to be compared to the OJ trial. I’m wondering if anyone is still around from the days of the Fatty Arbuckle or Errol Flynn trials?

I’m pretty sure those trials were also considered the trials of the century.

This didn’t feel like the trial of the century, but it certainly felt like the hardest work I’ve done in recent memory.

I think maybe that’s why I enjoyed it so much.

I’m no glutton for punishment, but it’s rare that I feel like I’m working as hard as I can or that i’m on an assignment that I can really bite into.

The people I worked with were all top notch. Every day, we had to think about how we were going to get through that day.

We also had to be ready for surprises.

Equipment failures, rainy weather and vandalism were just some of the curve balls hurled at us.

Plus, we got a huge breaking news story to deal with during the trial. The day of the Seal Beach shooting I worked from 5:30am until 6pm the next day.

That’s probably why I still feel like I’m recovering. I worked the SAT truck every day that court was in session.

A lot of those days were 14 hours long and none were less than 10 hours. In this economy, the overtime was appreciated, but it didn’t make me a rich man.

No, just made it easier to pay the bills this month.

I’ll be on my regular schedule today for the first time in almost two months. Just a nightside shift. I may have a reporter. I’ll likely shoot and cut a package.

It feels kind of strange to be looking forward to a typical day.

Working in news, I think there really isn’t any such thing as “a typical day”.

All I can do is just go to work and try to be ready for anything.