I am very conscious of the fact that the next few weeks are a state of liminality. I've spent the last three years studying and learning. While I graduated in May, I dove right in to studying for the bar. Now that I've taken the bar exam (last week), I am done with formal study for the foreseeable future. I start my first job on August 22nd. ( Read more... )

Listening to Bare Naked Ladies while reviewing for my practice exam. For a moment it felt like undergrad. But I'm so much more settled in myself now than I was then, that the moment was fleeting. A glimpse of a past me. I respect that person, but I'm happy I've grown past her. She's just a small part of me now. Such an odd sense of deja vu. ( Read more... )

After what seems like both the longest and shortest year of my life, law school is officially starting. Orientation is Friday and Saturday. Classes begin Monday. This week is dedicated to completing my first week's assignments. I briefed my first case yesterday (for my legal skills class that takes place as part of orientation). I am both ( Read more... )

The latest is that we're taking a stretch limo to Sra. Martinez for dinner Sunday. A stretch limo. Craziness. We really didn't feel like taking two cars (there are six of us) and having to have two designated drivers. And through a friend of a friend the limo was cheaper than a regular car service (which would have been an escalade). The limo ( Read more... )

As a follow up to the previous post, I'm doing about as well as can be expected. I tried to make Gwenn's last weekend as great as possible, with lots of love and extra treats. We held her at the end telling her how much we loved her, how much we will always love her. I pet her belly and rubbed her ears. I bawled like a child. Hu cried. (Hu ( Read more... )

Yesterday we said goodbye to our amazing beagle Gwenn. It was without a doubt one of the hardest experiences of my life. The combination of her heart issues, ongoing back and ACL injuries, increasing anxiety/aggression, and tumors (non-cancerous but requiring surgery due to being on her eyelids) was finally impacting her quality of life too much ( Read more... )

As a shock even to me, I've stuck with running for six weeks now. Generally exercise and me last a few weeks and then have a mostly amicable breakup. But not running apparently. (I'd say we're together for the long run, but that would be to terrible even for me.) I've found I look forward to getting outside and moving. I was seriously bummed ( Read more... )

Today is not a good telecommuting day. The neighbors we share a wall with have decided that today is a great day to do some really loud home improvement project... behind my head. We only share one wall with anyone else. My office happens to be on that side of the house with desk facing into our house. On the other side of the wall behind me ( Read more... )

I probably need about 10 entries to get everything caught up, but each time I go to get started something comes up. So, I'll start with the fluffiest one so that I can delete my notes. The conference in Vegas will require a separate post, as will Ka and also the saga around my wallet. But now, on to the food ( Read more... )

It has been over a year since I realized that certain foods were just not tolerated by my body. We found two levels of this. First there are the 'if I eat it I'll get an upset stomach, but that's it' foods: anything fried, greasy foods, any leafy greens, and peas. The fried and greasy foods I avoid except for very rare occasions as 'treats'. ( Read more... )