Anchor night

[jawsoflife]

I sent two good friends home to their wives tonight. I may be a good influence, I may be an enabler. At the bottom line, I'm envious

Comments

[john1082]

I know that I have taken folks home - these are just things that you have to do sometimes.

[jawsoflife]

Just weird that both are recently married and I'm friends with both their wives. I feel like I'd be home more if I were in their shoes, but what do I know?

[maigrey]

And that's one of the reasons we adore you.

p.s. - i'm moving to the citay of chicago in the next month. don't ignore my calls next time :)

Bloodshot eyes are also adorable.

[jawsoflife]

Dude, I was playing POKER! POKER! I mean, on the list of reasons you'd forgive one for missing your calls, there's (1) death/dismemberment (2) being chased by bears or other wild animals (3) "doin' it" and (4) poker game.

I forgive you ... this time

[maigrey]

but dude, playing POKER for TWO DAYS? an entire WEEKEND? :)

I'm just sayin' I'm gonna be a cityyyy girl :D

[divisadero]

Non sequitur, but . . .

Big city big firm work sucks! It sucks real bad! How do you cope with this shit?

Chin up counsellor!

[jawsoflife]

Alcohol. Guitars. Smugly accepting that I'm ridiculously overcompensated.

Seriously, the drag gets more bearable and the work gets better, but as long as the billable hour remains, it's going to suck. I'm surprised that litigation at a mid-size firm isn't treating you well. I'll stop being envious.

Honestly, my job is a lot better than the last one, but I think that the stultifying nature of its predecessor lowered my expectations.

Re: Chin up counsellor!

[divisadero]

Thanks.

It's a mid-sized firm by mega firm standards, but there are still 120 lawyers in the office and they pay NYC rates. I had hoped it was going to be a lifestyle firm with big firm perks. My hopes were misplaced.

I find myself incredibly envious of the staff. I sometimes think that I'd happily take the lower salary and ability to leave at 6 if I wasn't shackled by my law school debt.

Won't make you feel better, but

[jawsoflife]

I don't know that "lifestyle firms" actually exist. I've got colleagues who have worked at other big firms, mid-size firms and boutiques. The response has been typically the same across the board; it all kind of sucks. The boutique firm people especially have found it to be unbearable (fewer people to bear the work load). Even those who went to relatively big firms with 1700-1800 billable requirements said that it wasn't much different than a 2000 hour shop.

Shit, now I feel worse. I'm also working with German counsel trying to close a deal right now. Ah, the exciting life of the international lawyer.

[switchduck]

I fully support this.

home to wifey

[lostcosmonaut]

mebbe they're not happy

--mza.