negotiating hypothetical thousands

i have my lawyering negotiation in abt 40mins. i have to haggle over a settlement for a pool that was not built according to specifications... in fact if this was my pool i probably wouldn't even settle given the crap job the contractor did. but it's not my pool. the settlement authority i have from my pseudo-client is not so great and i don't know who i'm negotiating against. i guess it's all pretty realistic in that sense.

i just have to work on getting angry and working myself up to a point where i'll be mad enough to threaten to walk out if i don't get what i want. i have to think of bad thoughts. angry thoughts. argh. i want my blood to boil.

there is much to write abt the events of last night... who would have thought a walk to the library could end up being so interesting. haha. anyway, back to my anger-frustration generating thoughts.