It has been a helluva week. Molly and I drove up to Atlanta on Tuesday night after the gym. We were in new lawyer training all day Wednesday through Friday. I should feel smarter. I did learn some things, but man there is a lot to learn. Good thing we have specialist attorneys to call for any number of issues. It was nice to meet all the ( Read more... )

Adrianne*: how do we determine what offenses are ones involving moral turpitude?
Molly: um, anything your mom would do

* Screennames changed to protect our secret work AIM identities.

Also, today my fingernails are black.  Black like my soul.  Or something.

Tonight Molly and I volunteered at a spaghetti dinner for the local battered women's shelter. One of the attorneys in our office is on the board, so we got roped in. It was fun. We helped make sweet tea, scooped pudding and fruit cocktail into bowls, and served spaghetti. I nearly bitch-slapped a woman in the face. Seriously. There was an ( Read more... )

I did my first intake today at work. I foresee me having a good deal of trouble understanding people when they call. I had to ask the person to repeat things several times. I didn't mess up though, so yay! I'm not a big fan of talking on the phone, but there are so many calls and not enough people doing intake. I'm going to be doing it a lot I ( Read more... )

Good news: I found out today that I don't have to wear a suit every day to work. I still have to be dressed for business professional, but this takes the load off considering I don't have that many suits (that fit ( Read more... )

Yay for pay day. My bank account should be sufficiently increased for the time being. Just have to keep myself from spending it all at once. Maybe I should start thinking about buying Christmas presents. Or, at least, I should resist the urge to spend my entire paycheck on things I don't really need ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is, but showers are seriously the best place for thinking over things. Once the morning of my second semester property exam, I had a complete epiphany regarding the differences between easements, real covenants, and equitable servitudes while showering. And, this morning, I had an epiphany about how best to explain this part ( Read more... )

Presentation at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Hello, crummy mood and desire to sleep instead of work. Haven't seen you guys in, oh, a couple of days. Ugh. This is my last week of work, and it couldn't be any more welcome. I'm freezing cold, and eating lunch outside in 97 degree weather didn't help. Office still frigid. I have no desire to get ready for my presentation on Thursday any ( Read more... )

I went to see the Durham Bulls and Richmond Braves play last night with people from the School of Government. It was so fucking hot. Ugh. But, I had a good time. This family (apparently from the SOG) were sitting farther down the row from us and one of their kids was eating pizza. He didn't finish one of his slices. He left it sitting on some ( Read more... )