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Sweet Surrender

Posted on August 08, 2008
There's something about writing honestly- about admitting near defeat or uncertainty or inadequacy, that makes things turn around for me. When I wrote this post about "oh my god I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, I'm completely faking this whole competent parent thing", Landon started falling asleep on his own that very night...

I've Looked Forward to This for 3 Years

Posted on June 12, 2008
Tomorrow morning we fly to Chicago for my graduation. I am really not looking forward to the traveling as it is going to screw up Landon's tenuous nap schedule and he is NOT going to appreciate the restrictions that will be placed on his crawling and cruising...

Oh Internets, I Have Missed You

Posted on June 10, 2008
The past few days have been pretty crazy and I've been nearly without internet which has been more painful than I should admit. I apologize for my lack of email replies or blog comments, but I promise that I have read everything while mooching wireless off a neighbor, I just haven't had the time or signal strength to respond...

Mental Snapshots

Posted on June 09, 2008
I read a book many years ago with a main character who talked about freezing certain perfect moments in his mind forever. I've taken a few of those mental snapshots over the past few days. Like Saturday when we took Landon to our community pool and he got so excited about the water and the babies everywhere that he just flapped both his hands in the air and made squeaking sounds for thirty minutes...

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Home

Posted on June 07, 2008
Well, it's been a crazy past 2 days. After being told over and over that our stuff wouldn't be arriving until Wednesday the 11th, we got a call Thursday afternoon with news that the moving van would be in front of our house at 8 AM the next day. Ahh! This was very good - it meant we could get the bulk of the unpacking down before we fly back to Chicago for graduation, which was the whole point of moving down here right after finals, but we were still in Houston at my parent's house and not expecting to drive over to Austin until this morning...

My Kind of Mommying

Posted on June 05, 2008
I've been thinking the past few days about what kind of mom I am. Probably because I'm usually the only mom around, but now I'm home with my own and surrounded by others. After some thought, I've decided that I'm a practical one.I've always been a practical person...

Godmama Daycare

Posted on June 03, 2008
Landon is hanging out with his Godmom for the day. She's got a pool and toys and a portable crib and a big house for him to crawl all around in- there's even a miniature dachshund that is just his size! I know he's having a blast and she is too. I'm a big believer in the "it takes a village to raise a child" and I'm quite happy to pass off my baby to a member of my blessedly large village while I listen to back-to-back bar exam lectures...

Melting, but Accounted For

Posted on June 02, 2008
We are safe and nearly sound here in Houston. We're staying at my parent's house until our stuff arrives in Austin. We arrived at their lake house in Livingston around 5 PM on Saturday and Landon got to take his first swim in something bigger than a bathtub...

Things I Did During My Last Exam

Posted on May 31, 2008
I can't decide if this is a How To or a How Not To, but this is how I took my 2-hour legal profession exam, for which I studied approximately 1.5 hours: 1. Read the first fact pattern, read it again, read it a third time. Wonder if there's really on two issues in it...

Last Supper

Posted on May 30, 2008
Yesterday was my last day in Chicago. I spent it organizing the nearly empty apartment, sitting in a hotel room with Landon trying to study, searching online for a new fridge because the one we ordered is out of stock (I found one, but it was $200 more and will be delivered 6 days later than we needed - argh), and trying not to let it sink in that we were moving the next day...

Wishing For Tea

Posted on May 29, 2008
I have now switched to ice water in a big plastic cup, but I'm really wishing there was a way to make hot tea without tea bags, a kettle or microwave proof cup, or sugar. I have yet to come up with a solution. Last night was interesting... and something of a blur...

Big Plastic Cup of Wine

Posted on May 28, 2008
I'm not even sure where to begin to describe the past two days. I suppose it can be summed up by telling you that I'm sitting cross-legged on an air mattress, drinking red wine out of a huge plastic cup while JP is in a nearby hospital hooked up to an IV...

My Kentucky Dandy

Posted on May 27, 2008
While I'm being raked over the coals in my M&A exam (I only made it halfway through the class slides and read a 12-page outline once through), I thought I'd share these pics of my dapper little man from my cousin's wedding in Louisville this past weekend...

A Lag Liv Family Miracle

Posted on May 26, 2008
After another scare last night when JP's temperature jumped up to 104.4 and took its time coming back down (I have never felt someone so burning hot), we have experienced a Memorial Day/Exam Week/Big Move miracle. I gave him a dose of tylenol at 3:30 AM and when I woke up at 7:30 his temperature was a perfect 98...

Switching to Intravenous Diet Coke

Posted on May 25, 2008
I have a half-written post from Thursday about the graduating student's dinner and how much I don't want to leave Chicago, but the events of the past few days require me to write (whine) about something else first. It all began Friday morning when my baby morphed from sometime demon-baby to full-time demon-baby just as I started packing for our 2-day trip to Louisville...

Spinning Wheels

Posted on May 21, 2008
I'm at something of a loss for how to begin my exam preparation. I always start my outlines late (usually no sooner than the week before exams) and spend the days leading up to finals in a frenzied state. This has actually worked well for me- I get to enjoy most of the quarter and I figure that the week before exams sucks for everyone, so making it suck a little more is worth the tradeoff for not worrying about finals until those 7 days out...

Done, but not

Posted on May 20, 2008
I finished the paper at 2:05 AM. I battled a gut twisting stomach ache that made my legs shake and left me tucked in a ball under my table (twice), a frozen computer, and jittery caffeinated hands which taunted me in the final hour by hitting the wrong keys any time I typed faster than 20 wpm, but I emerged victorious...

Fading Fast

Posted on May 19, 2008
I'm at 23 pages for my corporate law substantial paper and fading fast. It's technically due before the end of the day, but I think that as long as my professor finds it in his inbox tomorrow morning, I'm fine. I've left the library well after midnight the past 3 days...

Not What I Expected As a 3L

Posted on May 18, 2008
It's 1:58 AM. I'm about to pack up my stuff and head home. I have a terrible headache, heavy eyes, and no accompanying feeling of accomplishment. I am seven pages into what is going to be a very long paper. And it's due on Monday. And I have a workshop paper due on Tuesday...

The Day That Fun Lived (for a few hours, anyway)

Posted on May 18, 2008
One of UChicago's many mottos is "Where Fun Comes To Die." I have to say that's true much of the time (another depressingly accurate one is "Hell Does Freeze Over" - maybe they need a new marketing department...), but yesterday I took a break from my paper and spent two very fun hours with JP and Landon at the Summerbreeze Carnival in the main quads on campus...

The Sartorial Equivalent of a Smile*

Posted on May 16, 2008
On the way back from the appeal hearing we stopped at a boutique in Wicker Park and I fell I love with this dress for graduation. It's a little more... girly? ruffly? than I usually wear, but it was comfortable, hung well on my body, and seemed so bright and joyous- and "joyous" is exactly how I will feel on that Friday morning...

Googletopia

Posted on May 15, 2008
In lieu of another post about Landon's teeth trying to kill us all and me starting to really freak out about my papers and finals and moving across the country in TWO WEEKS, here's a few google searches that brought people to my little blog:"my wife is pregnant and the mood swings arent good" - I'm not sure where in my blog google brought this frightened husband, but I love the way this search is worded...

Hopeful, but Wary

Posted on May 14, 2008
Short version: We're home. I think it went well. I know it didn't go badly. We'll have a decision in 30 days.Long version: JP took Landon to Maya's this morning (one more bonus day with the babies for him!) while I got ready. He returned home an hour later and I was still not dressed - absolutely nothing in my closet fits...

While We're Out

Posted on May 14, 2008
I had a dental appointment a couple weeks ago and my friend, her sister, and parents all watched Landon for an hour (they were visiting and had heard so much about the little man they all wanted to meet him). Her sister is a budding photographer and took these pictures...

Paper Writing Crime Scene

Posted on May 13, 2008
Last night at 11:58 PM, I finished paper #1. It was the shorter, 12-15 pager, and while it needs some serious editing and footnote/citation work, the bulk of the writing is done. Completing the task involved many cookies, much hot tea, and of course, Mike & Ike's; it takes a lot of energy to force such poor wording and sentence structure out of my reluctant brain and onto the paper...

The Appeal

Posted on May 13, 2008
Tomorrow morning at 10 AM, JP and I will be in court for his DCFS appeal. We will both testify on his behalf, listen to any testimony against us, and then wait for the decision that is supposed to arrive within 90 days. I haven't written much about it, even though it's been on my calendar and my mind for weeks...

Mother's Day Present

Posted on May 12, 2008
Yesterday was a very nice, very simple day. Landon made me waffles with fresh strawberries and bananas, which were carefully selected for me at the store (he had a little help from daddy with the waffles, but apparently the bright yellow bananas were all Landon)...

Babies and Dinosaurs

Posted on May 11, 2008
or: Parenting Advice from Jurassic ParkLast night I got home from the library around 11 having written FIVE whole pages for my cyber law paper. The writing of those five pages required a king sized box of Mike and Ike's, three chocolate stars, a Jimmy John's sandwich, chips, and chocolate chunk cookie, two diet cokes, and take-out pad thai...

Prom Redux, reporting from the library

Posted on May 10, 2008
I woke up this morning to a splitting headache that had nothing to do with alcohol and everything to do with the papers hanging over my head (although my severe lack of sleep and teeny tiny prom food may have contributed). Last night was a blast. We were a little late as Landon had a meltdown right as we were leaving (which I think had much more to do with regular nighttime fussiness and teething than the fact we were walking out the door), so we stayed to calm him down and stand him up by the coffee table so he could hit it with his hand- that always keeps him busy and happy for a good 20 minutes...

Not So Fast

Posted on May 09, 2008
Because every other school in the country finishes up before we do, random people keep congratulating me on earning my law degree. I don't want to tell them I don't graduate until June 13, and that in fact several graduation requirements are not near completed, but it feels funny to just say "thanks"...

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