Miscellaneous

Not quite ready for bed

Posted on March 21, 2008
Cross-posted at Eden's Garden.

Please bear with me

Posted on March 21, 2008
If anything will drive me to self-hosting this blog using Wordpress, it will probably be the lame Typepad themes. I actually pay money for this service every month, can you believe it? If only I had the time to do...

One for the casebooks

Posted on March 19, 2008
One of the saddest things I hear about as an attorney are cases of the elderly being taken advantage of by opportunists. It's becoming so common, and in watching my grandparents age, I can see how easily it could happen....

One for the casebooks

Posted on March 19, 2008
One of the saddest things I hear about as an attorney are cases of the elderly being taken advantage of by opportunists. It's becoming so common, and in watching my grandparents age, I can see how easily it could happen....

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How not to interview for your dream job

Posted on March 18, 2008
Have very flushed complexion, because the stupid steroids give you hot flashes; Cough up half a lung during the interview, because the residual bronchitis just will NOT give you a rest; Have to ask for water during interview, because just...

No senate subcommittee necessary

Posted on March 13, 2008
After feeling almost normal yesterday (no naps, much accomplished), this morning I was back to feeling as though my left ear had filled with water. So, back to the doctor I went (third time in a week), and emerged this...

For Sarah

Posted on March 13, 2008
Not a great view of the Pob, but it was hard to hang onto Peach when she decided to start jumping!

March 11 Reviewed

Posted on March 12, 2008
Still sick, still exhausted. Not sure antibiotics are helping with the ear infection but really, really don't want to go to the doctor again. House trashed beyond belief. Can't be bothered to think or do anything about the mess. Pluses:...

Professional consultations

Posted on March 12, 2008
The Eliot Spitzer thing just boggles the mind. Not the facts, but the scandal. So...a man who prostitutes himself to get elected consorts with a woman who prostitutes her body for money -- what's the big deal? People are surprised...

Enough already!!!

Posted on March 09, 2008
Sick of being sick. Sick of taking care of sick people. And really, really tired. Current tally: Matthew: Influenza. Down for the count and unable to help much with the parenting right now. Shelley: recovering from strep throat, developing new...

Uncle

Posted on March 09, 2008
So this morning I woke up feeling crappy. Fearing I had the flu, I went to urgent care. (And had, for once, great timing - only one person ahead of me.) After an interminable wait in the exam room, the...

Get...a...life

Posted on March 09, 2008
I had to run out to Walgreen's last night when Matthew had an Afrin crisis, and was the fifth person in line. The first person was arguing with the checker over the price of NERDS. And she was attempting to...

It might never be the same

Posted on March 08, 2008
Today the Peach figured out that if she crawled over to the iPod boombox and touched it, music came out. (OK, not quite so easy - she worked at it for a while.) No matter what I did, I couldn't...

Note to self

Posted on March 06, 2008
Dear Self: Straightening the house, organizing work files, doing laundry, putting away laundry, and returning phone calls? Too much to do while sick back when you were in your twenties. Really too much to do now, and dripping sweat and...

Look at the noggin on that kid!

Posted on March 06, 2008
This was a long, whiny post about how I now have strep throat and feel really awful, but I deleted it. Wah, poor pitiful me. OK? Done. More interesting was the Peach's 9-month pediatrician visit: 19 pounds, 7 ounces, 26.6...

What I want for my birthday

Posted on March 05, 2008
I'd like to be just sick enough to justify staying in bed and having my every whim catered to, but not sick enough that I actually feel bad. Is that so much to ask?

Today's Helpful Tip

Posted on March 04, 2008
If you're pushing 35* and working on getting back into shape to run, maybe the 60 minute kickboxing workout isn't the best place to start, what with those poor old joints and all. (All I can say is that as...

My weekly check-in

Posted on March 03, 2008
In the exciting world of Menagerie-land, here's what's going on: I took Friday off, then worked the weekend - bright and sunny topics: restraining orders and sex abuse.  Sex and death, death and sex.  Gotta love human nature...or not. Peach is getting very impatient with her limited mobility, and is learning to pull up...

Peach Pics: Almost 9 Months!

Posted on February 27, 2008
Peach'll hit her 9 month mark on March 4.  Crazy how fast it's going! I held a three-week preemie (6 pounds) last weekend and could not stop marveling at how teeny he was.  To think 9 months ago Peach was 4 pounds, 12 oz just kept tripping me out...

Ch-ch-changes

Posted on February 27, 2008
Sorry for the recent formatting changes.  I was having a hard time reading the past two templates on my laptop screen, and needed something easier.  Time to make a trip to the eye doctor, I'm sure!

Sad Story

Posted on February 24, 2008
Two things: 1.  When I get a migraine, I confuse words, misspell words, and writing is generally more difficult.  2.  I do a lot of work on child sex abuse cases. So it's a sad state of affairs when I think to myself, "Man, this is a bad migraine -- I can't remember how to spell 'pedophile...

Sunday, Sunday

Posted on February 24, 2008
I am: at the law library; working through a huge to-do list that must be done TODAY; annoyed that I spilled diet soda down my white t-shirt; fighting a migraine; without any migraine meds; needing to hit Costco before closing; not the only one in the library, which somehow annoys me; and cranky...

You! Back under the rock!

Posted on February 23, 2008
So remember Ms. Borderline?  She's baaaaack, this time threatening me with all sorts of unpleasantness (like reporting me to the bar) if I don't return her retainer. From 2006.   Never mind that I did the work and that she never paid me for the work I did subsequently, of course...

It's those little things

Posted on February 20, 2008
Breaking away from a motion for partial summary judgment to vent: Do you have any idea how freakin' hard it is to find a pair of red leggings, size 12 months?  I thought with Val's day just wrapped up, it might not be so bad.  But jeez!  Peach has a number of cute, short-sleeved dresses (many of which are care of law school friend Nikki), which I prefer to put her in for daycare because it tends to be quite warm there -- and it's simple enough to pull off a sweater and/or leggings if she gets overheated...

Take no prisoners.

Posted on February 19, 2008
Tonight is the work/life balance panel at the law school. It's always nice to be invited back to speak, and I am very interested in the topic of balance, but did I mention before that there will be a parking place with my name on it?! My previous post aside, for the past few days, I've been trying to distill my thoughts about balance into a pithy one-liner that attendees can take away...

Minimally Qualified & Other Good News

Posted on February 15, 2008
The first hurdle in applying for federal positions is being deemed "minimally qualified," in order to progress to the next round -- all very reality-show-ish, if you ask me.  Anyway, last night I was delighted to learn from the federal agency to which I'd applied that I am, in fact, minimally qualified for all three pay grades of a particular position...

Long day made much brighter

Posted on February 14, 2008
The morning started too early, involved a long commute, encompassed 9 depositions  (one in which I swear some of my brain leaked out of my ears), then finally a joyful reunion with Peach and Matthew at daycare, a sushi dinner -- and an even more joyful discovery that my law school's most adorable co-counsel welcomed their baby daughter in the wee hours of the morning...

I'm it -- and now you are, too.

Posted on February 12, 2008
The delightful Yin has tagged me with this meme: Here's the tag: 1. Pick up the nearest book (one of at least 123 pages) 2. Open the page to 123 3. Find the 5th sentence. 4. Post the next 3 sentences 5. Tag 5 people. Here's mine, from Ian Toll's Six Frigates: the Epic History of the Founding of the U...

Quick and dirty catch up

Posted on February 12, 2008
Tired.  Headache.  Thankfully not sick.  A day behind on returning phone calls and emails.  Peach started daycare (I can't keep calling it "school" in conversation, so I'm giving it up for good) full time today - I'd just gotten used to having her gone two days each week, and now it's up to five!  I was thinking we'd be waiting another 20 months for the bump up to full time...

Thank God for Costco, or why I can't slice my own fruit

Posted on February 12, 2008
I am the person for whom pre-sliced and packaged fruit and veggies were invented.  It's humiliating to admit, but I am too lazy to clean and slice my own fruits and veggies.  If they aren't ready for me to pick up and eat, then I'll eat something less healthy but requiring no preparation...

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