life
i thought my work was amazing before, but it's only gotten better. i was just starting to settle in to being the assistant to the firm admin, and kind of just being a jack-of-all-trades in the law firm. then, we hired a new attorney. the law firm has been exclusively an HOA law firm, but the new attorney that the partners brought is in a bad faith litigator. he basically represents homeowners against insurance companies. no one in the office has ever done work like that before, and the firm decided i would be the best fit to be his paralegal. i was kind of nervous because i had never even met him before and i had no idea what he really did. despite having gotten my paralegal certificate, i had NO experience as a paralegal, and frankly expected to have to pay my dues for a while before i would be at all ready to really work as an actual paralegal.
it's been about six weeks of working together now, and it's so freaking awesome. i've had to learn a lot, because i've never done any of this before. but i love it, and i know i'm learning quickly. i'm drafting pleadings and scheduling depositions and filing documents with the court. drafting correspondence to opposing counsel. i can't help a little glow when people ask what i do now, and i can say completely truthfully that i'm a paralegal. and you know what? i'm a damn good one. this profession is perfectly suited to me, and i can't believe all the dominoes just fell perfectly for me to end up in the position i'm in now.
my attorney's name is chris, and he's awesome. we get along really well, and i just love the work we're doing. i got called into the name partner's office like two weeks ago, which was terrifying. but he had called me in there to show me an email chris had sent him, saying how i was "truly outstanding" and despite having worked with lots of paralegals, most with more experience, he was extremely impressed by my drive, my work ethic, my willingness to dive into anything. damn, that felt good.
the only downside is, i basically got jumped over the girl who trained me when i first started interning there. she definitely expected to be the new attorney's paralegal, and i could feel her resentment for the past few weeks. then, last week, she just walked out. so now the rest of us are trying to cover the extra work and figure out how to survive until we can hire someone new. i've been going in early, skipping lunch, and staying late. there's always so much work. me and chris have a ridiculous number of cases, and each one has incredibly important deadlines that we have to meet. it's tough!
i could never have imagined that this is where i would end up, when ex moved out two years ago. it felt like my life was over. and now it feels like life is just beginning, and is so much better, so much more fulfilling. i LOVE my job. i feel an incredible sense of accomplishment every single day. i don't even have that much of a life outside of work. everyone who works there feels like a friend, and most of the time, i'd rather be at work than at home.
i feel like the future is bright. chris is a really great attorney, and he's bringing the firm a lot of business and making a lot of money. i think i've become pretty indispensable to him - actually, i know i have. he tells me all the time. so i think there's a TON of room for growth. to maybe get my own office, to make more money, to gain incredible experience. i could see myself doing this for a long time.
and really, if ex had never left and acted like an asshole, i wouldn't be where i am right now. so i guess i can't complain too much about that!
it's been about six weeks of working together now, and it's so freaking awesome. i've had to learn a lot, because i've never done any of this before. but i love it, and i know i'm learning quickly. i'm drafting pleadings and scheduling depositions and filing documents with the court. drafting correspondence to opposing counsel. i can't help a little glow when people ask what i do now, and i can say completely truthfully that i'm a paralegal. and you know what? i'm a damn good one. this profession is perfectly suited to me, and i can't believe all the dominoes just fell perfectly for me to end up in the position i'm in now.
my attorney's name is chris, and he's awesome. we get along really well, and i just love the work we're doing. i got called into the name partner's office like two weeks ago, which was terrifying. but he had called me in there to show me an email chris had sent him, saying how i was "truly outstanding" and despite having worked with lots of paralegals, most with more experience, he was extremely impressed by my drive, my work ethic, my willingness to dive into anything. damn, that felt good.
the only downside is, i basically got jumped over the girl who trained me when i first started interning there. she definitely expected to be the new attorney's paralegal, and i could feel her resentment for the past few weeks. then, last week, she just walked out. so now the rest of us are trying to cover the extra work and figure out how to survive until we can hire someone new. i've been going in early, skipping lunch, and staying late. there's always so much work. me and chris have a ridiculous number of cases, and each one has incredibly important deadlines that we have to meet. it's tough!
i could never have imagined that this is where i would end up, when ex moved out two years ago. it felt like my life was over. and now it feels like life is just beginning, and is so much better, so much more fulfilling. i LOVE my job. i feel an incredible sense of accomplishment every single day. i don't even have that much of a life outside of work. everyone who works there feels like a friend, and most of the time, i'd rather be at work than at home.
i feel like the future is bright. chris is a really great attorney, and he's bringing the firm a lot of business and making a lot of money. i think i've become pretty indispensable to him - actually, i know i have. he tells me all the time. so i think there's a TON of room for growth. to maybe get my own office, to make more money, to gain incredible experience. i could see myself doing this for a long time.
and really, if ex had never left and acted like an asshole, i wouldn't be where i am right now. so i guess i can't complain too much about that!