I'm late to the party, chuckling over this motion, but in case you haven't seen it before, either, check out this motion for relief from a blown deadline, which the world's most honest lawyer admitted to have been caused by her suspending her work
"in order to take a friend out to dinner for his birthday. When she came back, she was unable to finish it, due to the wine :-) ... WHEREFORE, inebriation constituting excusable neglect ... the court should grant the present extension." (emoticon in original).
The blog post that broke the story five months ago redacted the lawyer's name until she got huffy about it. Then the entire motion became available online. It's great reading.
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