Paralegals & Legal Secretaries

Scary stories

Posted on August 31, 2008
My friend, Christa, the brilliant writer, is currently working on editing an anthology of short horror stories entitled “Northern Haunts: 100 Terrifying New England Tales.” All proceeds from the book benefit the American Cancer Society and it is currently available for pre-order...

Meme

Posted on August 29, 2008
Stole this one from A Woman in Law School. 1. My uncle once made his racist feelings known about my African American nephew. 2. Never in my life have I tried a single (non-prescription) drug or cigarettes. 3. When I was five my parents got mad because I put my Barbie on top of the car and [...

Tipsy

Posted on August 29, 2008
It is 12:02 a.m. I am 3/4 of the way into a bottle of Southeastern Australian Merlot and I just ate half a jar of dill pickles. I’m listening to Diana Krall’s “All or Nothing at All” on iTunes. Blue Eyes came over (with props - woo hoo!) for a few hours [...

Rediscovering the 90s

Posted on August 29, 2008

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Weekend Plans

Posted on August 29, 2008
Well my trip to New Orleans is canceled. Yeah, okay, there’s a hurricane headed that way. But we actually canceled because all of the darn real estate agents are griping that Chapin’s stuff is still in the house. So instead of getting away for some R&R, I am stuck packing and cleaning...

Giggle Guts

Posted on August 29, 2008
Pumpkinhead and I just had the best giggle fest. Ever since he was an infant, he has had the biggest belly laugh that just sucks in everyone around him. There is no way not to at least crack a smile. So anyway, he came home sweaty and bright red from racing around [...

Desires

Posted on August 28, 2008
So my therapist wants me to work on listening to my inner voice and trying to figure out what I want in life and what makes me happy. Might sound like an easy assignment but I am a people pleaser. She told me to practice the following phrase: “I do not care to do [...

Deaf

Posted on August 27, 2008
I have been walking around with my iPod permanently in tow these days. I plug it into my cassette adapter in my car and then plug my headphones in as soon as I leave the car. My windows stay down/car roof open so that I can sing at the top of my [...

More Than Words

Posted on August 27, 2008
Eight years of marriage and time has taught me that men are not very complex creatures. As The Manual says, men usually reveal a lot about their true nature right up front but women are so googly-eyed or nervous that they ignore signs or think they can change the person...

First Day of School

Posted on August 26, 2008
Pumpkinhead has decided he NEVER wants to leave his teacher’s classroom. LOL! He had a blast. Here’s proof: I, too, am sooooo thrilled to be back in school. I had one class last night and my teacher is funny and friendly (yay) and I was excited to see my classmates again [...

DivorceCare

Posted on August 24, 2008
Pumpkinhead and I went to our respective DivorceCare groups this morning. There’s a good mix of people in my group, from a woman who has been divorced three years and another my age who has been divorced twice to three whose marriages broke up after 20+ (in one case 36) years...

Weekly MILS Roundup #60

Posted on August 24, 2008
This week’s roundup is up at One New Duck. The Weekly MILP (Moms in the Legal Profession) Roundup is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, A New Duck and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning...

Gearing Up

Posted on August 23, 2008
My mother took Pumpkinhead to school to meet his teacher yesterday. My cousin is a first grade teacher at the school and it turns out that Pumpkinhead’s teacher is her best friend. Yay. Pumpkinhead is now seriously excited to get started. We have his backpack and purchased all of his supplies [...

Roundup

Posted on August 23, 2008
New Duck will be taking the roundup for me this weekend.

TMI

Posted on August 23, 2008
Sorry, dear blog readers. I keep over-sharing late at night and have had to password protect two posts now because I have just said more than I should about life and family on a blog. Bear with me. I know I’m freaking some of you out because I can see who visits, [...

When it rains…

Posted on August 23, 2008
I pour… a couple more rounds. Seriously, though, I am trying very, very hard to stay positive. I have a great job. I’m about to start my 2L year. My son is a smart, sweet, wonderful child. But my life right now could not be more fucked...

high horses

Posted on August 22, 2008
In the comments to my last post, ladylaw09 offers up a fascinating perspective on why my marriage ended. As much as I appreciated getting child-rearing advice from strangers on such things as breastfeeding and discipline, marriage advice is even more emotion-inspiring...

Lots of Stuff

Posted on August 22, 2008
I’ve been having a tearful few days which has not been fun. But fortunately Blue Eyes has been keeping my mind off things with lots of movies/cuddles. He brought a DVD over the other night after Pumpkinhead was asleep and we stayed up watching it...

Yes it Does

Posted on August 20, 2008

Oops Mommy

Posted on August 18, 2008
Ugh… Yes, Pumpkinhead is fine. I, however, need more wine…

Crap

Posted on August 18, 2008
Yesterday Blue Eyes asked me when he can meet my parents… Yeah, we are soooo not on the same page. Sigh… He’s nice and fun to hang out with but I don’t need this pressure. It’s probably not fair of me to lead him on since he’s about to turn 38 and I’m [...

Laughing my ass off

Posted on August 17, 2008
God, I wish that was a literal statement. But seriously, Blue Eyes and I went to see Tropic Thunder last night. OMG, I laughed soooo hard. Between Robert Downey, Jr. and Tom Cruise, I just about peed myself. It is seriously crude (i.e., don’t take kids) but wicked funny...

Weekly MILP Roundup #59

Posted on August 17, 2008
This week’s roundup is up at A Little Fish in Law School. The Weekly MILP (Moms in the Legal Profession) Roundup is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, A New Duck and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday [...

Shameless

Posted on August 14, 2008
Pretty please, do me a favor. If you are going to buy your textbooks (or anything else) on Amazon, why not visit my site first and click through my Amazon link (to the left in the sidebar) so I can make a little dough myself. Got to give Pumpkinhead more than bread and [...

Back to School

Posted on August 14, 2008
Only one more week of freedom - wah! That said, I’m actually kind of looking forward to going back. I’ve been losing my mind at home (duh) and am really excited about my class schedule for this fall - Torts, Legal Negotiations and Anti-Corruption Law...

Slacker

Posted on August 12, 2008
Ugh. As part of my current post-divorce mental breakdown, I have turned into a total slacker and am blowing off many things I shouldn’t be, such as journal application assignments, work I bring home, etc. One of the things I was supposed to do over a week ago was call foreign countries [...

Oh yeah…

Posted on August 10, 2008
My date on Saturday went awesome… until I took a header and ended up black and blue with broken glasses (and broken glass from my beer bottle!) But, thanks to the power of the good ‘ole margarita/Corona combo and a huge swimming pool, I managed to ward off the pain...

Rapid Cycling

Posted on August 10, 2008
So I don’t think I have mentioned this before but my Dad is bipolar. He’s currently going through some serious problems. We found out he’d been hiding out at the library and not working for the past 6 weeks or so ever since his father died, I went in the hospital/got divorced, and [...

Weekly MILP Roundup #58

Posted on August 10, 2008
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, A Little Fish in Law School, and A New Duck blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week?s MILP Roundup will be hosted by Butterflyfish...

Flavor of the week and a Giveaway!

Posted on August 08, 2008
So this week I’ve been seeing a really nice guy who lives close by and works at a hospital in the cardiac center. He’s a sweetie-pie. Tomorrow he is taking me to a pool party (on his motorcycle - hubba, hubba) which should be fun. I also was supposed to [...

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