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A Conversation With My Daughter

Posted on April 03, 2010
Sometime last year:"Hey, do you have any interest in those Percy Jackson books, 'cause I found a set of the first 3 online for $10.""Nope.""Are you sure? You know there's a movie coming out and the rule is that you have to read the book before you see the movie...

Apparently I'm the April Fool

Posted on April 01, 2010
A few weeks ago I tried on a dress that I really liked. I never wear dresses--partly because it's hard to find dresses that fit my body shape--so I was thrilled to find a work-appropriate dress that fit well. However, it was a little pricey and not on sale...

Still busy

Posted on March 30, 2010
I've come home very late every night this week. Not cool, but unavoidable. Fortunately, I made it through mediation and finished up an MSJ response, so (fingers crossed) the rest of my week will be low key.I'm feeling very emotionally fragile lately...

Cursed, I tell ya!

Posted on March 22, 2010
So the problem with the Suburban is indeed the tranny. The cost for a "major overhaul" is $2200. So now we're trying to figure out whether we want to put that kind of cash into an 8 year old vehicle with 150,000 miles and a bluebook value of $5K or just buy a new one...

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I think I'm cursed

Posted on March 21, 2010
So I headed out to frou-frou mall this afternoon in search of a dress. Fifteen minutes into my journey I realized that my engine was revving hard and not switching into a higher gear. And I couldn't go any faster than I already was. So I took the next exit, and found that my Suburban seems to not be switching from 2nd to 3rd gear...

Fashion Advice Needed

Posted on March 20, 2010
I must attend an awards banquet next week for an association that my firm is very involved with. There will be many clients and many more potential clients in attendance. It is "cocktail attire" and I will have to leave straight from the office.So, what the heck do I wear? Anything in my current wardrobe that might approximate cocktail is definitely not work appropriate, nor something that I

LC is too busy to blog.

Posted on March 18, 2010
Work has been insane. Between a mediation the end of this month, a trial in early May and a whole mess of other cases, I am barely keeping my head above water. I've been trapped in doc review hell for the last several weeks, and every time I turn around there are more documents...

Trying to get back to normal

Posted on March 08, 2010
We are trying to get some sense of normalcy back in our lives. We spent the weekend running errands, picking up the house, fixing the bathtub issue, paying bills and just generally trying to get back on track. I spent a good part of Sunday cooking meals for the next couple of weeks...

My baby's growing up

Posted on March 06, 2010
PS is finishing up her final year of elementary school and will be heading off to middle school next year. I can't believe that my curly-topped chubby baby isn't a baby anymore--or that I am old enough to have a child in 7th grade.Last week her school sent home packets of information about scheduling and elective selection for next year, and Thursday evening PS and I toured the school...

Seriously???

Posted on March 05, 2010
We had the rosary for MIL on Tuesday and the funeral on Wednesday. We drove home Thursday. We probably would have stayed through the weekend, but PS had her "transition to middle school" program Thursday night, and it seemed like something that we really needed to attend...

Death and Life

Posted on February 28, 2010
MIL passed away Saturday night. We drove in late Friday after work, and so we were with her on Saturday when she passed. In the end, she went peacefully--for which we are thankful because much of the last few weeks has not been peaceful.Of course, the last three days have been chaos--a state that seems to have become the norm...

Still here

Posted on February 21, 2010
Sitting with MIL now. Early this week the doc said she had 24 hours. Later this week he said maybe 48 hours. The fact of the matter is that nobody knows. Some things just can't me put on a timetable, and death is one of them.We've all said goodbye, told her it's ok to go, that we will all take care of each other...

Restored faith in humanity

Posted on February 17, 2010
MIL is still hanging in there. We were there when the doctor visited Monday morning. He said that the young ones have more will and more physical strength and tend to hang on longer. He thought then that she had a few more days, and DH and I drove home that afternoon...

Not getting any easier

Posted on February 14, 2010
Last night we once again thought MIL was at the end. She appeared to be in a coma and her breathing slowed to the point that she was going longer than 30 seconds between breaths. But she suddenly perked up and her breathing regulated. We spent the night on sofas up here, along with SIL and her hubby, but she did fine through the night...

She's Just Not Ready to Leave

Posted on February 13, 2010
MIL is still hanging in there. Last night we thought she was done. Her pulse dropped, and her breathing became even more irregular. We were all gathered around and she told us all that she loved us and spoke to each of us separately. And we were all bawling...

The Vigil

Posted on February 11, 2010
I came out of a 2.5 hour conference call at 6:00 yesterday to a voicemail from DH telling me I needed to get the girls and return to Hometown ASAP. They really thought MIL was leaving last night. She was falling in and out of consciousness and so everyone was saying their goodbyes...

Spinning Plates

Posted on February 09, 2010
I think that I usually do a pretty good job of keeping all my plates in the air. But this week is harder than most. I have a production deadline in one of my biggest cases on Friday. My client finally started shipping boxes a week ago--15 of them. I spent the weekend before last reviewing docs (they came in at 6:00 Friday just in time for the weekend!), hauled boxes all the way to Hometown

Surreal

Posted on February 07, 2010
We're in Hometown, staying at MIL's house. It's weird bring here when she's not here. Last night someone made food for all us kids and our kids. Everyone, except MIL & FIL, was here. Like a family holiday, except with the patriarchs missing. And the talk of death and funerals, with a few funny family stories mixed in...

Marking time

Posted on February 02, 2010
We received notice last weekend that MIL is declining more quickly than anticipated and that we should visit soon. DH was actually supposed to visit last weekend, but canceled his plans after Hometown got dumped on with snow. Now he's flying out tomorrow and I am driving in with the kids on Friday...

Can I keep my kids little and cute forever?

Posted on January 24, 2010
I love my twins at 8 years old. They are so funny and they still adore me and they are big enough to go out and have fun with and not have to drag along half the house with us.(I think I did a happy dance the day I realized we didn't need a diaper bag anymore!)So today is my birthday...

Playing with the boys

Posted on January 23, 2010
As a female litigator I am frequently the only girl in the room. I am the only female attorney in my office except for a part-timer who generally stays hidden away and handles primarily transactional matters. Virtually all other attorneys and clients that I encounter are male...

Drama in LC's hood

Posted on January 19, 2010
So for the past couple of weeks I have been hearing tales of the little boys down the street pushing, hitting and throwing things at my girls. (They've also ripped branches off my trees and broken my flower pots.) This information came from the girls, my nanny and the neighbor across the street who's son has witnessed Bratty Neighbors and who has attested to the brattiness of Bratty

FYI--Dead Bodies Do Not Belong on Facebook

Posted on January 14, 2010
Yesterday a picture of my nieces and nephews popped up on FB. Upon closer inspection they appeared to be standing in front of a casket. So I clicked on the album so see the image up close. The first picture in the album was a close-up of dead woman in a casket...

No drama at LC's house--yea!

Posted on January 13, 2010
Nothing exciting happening here. Apparently nobody was too worried about my 8 year olds--ahem, 12 year olds--because nothing more has come of it.Work is crazy busy. My new secretary starts Monday, which is great since I've been without a secretary for the last month...

Drama at LC's house

Posted on January 06, 2010
The kids are still out of school and the nanny called in sick on Monday, so I sent the twins to the local gymnastics place for the week (they have child care available during all school breaks and the kids love it.)Last night DH picked them up, and once they got home realized that there was no food in the house for dinner...

Another entry for my baby lawyer book

Posted on January 06, 2010
Today I brought in my first client! On a $2 million case! Plus some general counsel-type work. Woot!

The need to be needed

Posted on January 02, 2010
I have always felt that I had a stronger bond with oldest DD. Like she is truly a piece of me. She looks like me, she acts like me. The twins don't look like me at all. And they have distinctive personalities, that don't really reflect me in the way that PS does...

Adios, 2009!

Posted on January 01, 2010
I distinctly remember where I was at the end of the last decade. We were spending the holidays in hometown and staying with the in-laws. And then both DH and PS got the flu. PS was 15 months old at the time and the sickest she had ever been. For that matter, DH was the sickest I had ever seen him...

Whoa Nelly...

Posted on January 01, 2010
We were all supposed to be heading to hometown today for our belated Christmas celebration. Bob was boarded, suitcases were packed. But at 7:00 this morning SS woke us up to inform us that her twin was throwing up. So TT and I are home while the rest of our family is in hometown (and the twins are texting each other using our phones, which I think is totally cute!)...

End of the Year Business

Posted on December 29, 2009
My phone rang off the wall today as I worked to settle two of my cases before the end of the year. One was messy and would not have been fun to try. The other was the first case I was given at my new firm and has been a thorn in my side ever since. I'm happy that it settled but a tiny bit bummed that I don't get to go to trial--the setting was in just three weeks...

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