Law School
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Checking in
I had three exams in a row. Just finished my third – which I was able to take pass/fail, since you get to select one class in law school to take pass/fail, and I’d saved mine til now! Thank heavens, too – that sucker was not easy. I’m fairly confident I passed it, though, which was all that was needed! “You’re welcome” to the rest of the class for padding the curve! The first two, which I took for a grade, went swimmingly. Absent a curve, I’d feel confident I’d gotten As on both, so we’ll see what the curve does to me. I have one remaining. I am within…
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The Debt Ceiling
. . . is not going to be the topic of this blog post! Wa-hey! Did I trick you? Many of the updates in blogs, facebook, email, legal tabloids, and what-have-you are regarding the end of the three day hell that is The Bar Exam, which most law school graduates in most states have just completed. Now that it’s over, those lucky dogs who have jobs lined up are all talking about their “bar trip.”* (There aren’t many of those these days. Far more of my law school friends are talking about living in their parents’ basement. But let’s not dwell on the negative, eh?) In addition to my freshly…
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Counting Down the Days
I’ve been away from the boys for seven weeks, excluding a couple of weekend visits. One week remains of my summer job here in Mo-town, and then we’ll be reunited. At which point, my husband will be leaving for the bulk of July, off to defend his dissertation. It’s only fair that he get his bachelor time, after I’ve had mine. I know he’ll enjoy it – it’s good to have a minute or two to yourself . . . to go to sleep at night knowing you won’t be awake until THE NEXT MORNING, oh glorious day! . . . to only have to worry about feeding your own…
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Summer Associate Fashion
I am now a veteran of seven long weeks of being a summer associate. I feel that Corporette was absolutely no effing help in my quest for appropriate wear for my summer job at a regional firm in the southeast, and in fact merely undermined my confidence at a time when confidence most needed to be . . . the opposite of undermined. Overmined, I suppose. So instead of that advice (which is probably more applicable at the bigger NY firms), all future summer associates’ google searches shall land them here! And here’s what I have to say on the matter:* Firstly, it’s not a huge deal. Work hard and…
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Two
Had two beers and two cupcakes for dinner. I am so bachin’ it. ************************************ In other, related news, I am once again putting together a New Life Plan that involves being thinner and more energetic, eating better and exercising more. This is my pattern, the ups and the downs in weight, the commitment to diet that waxes and wanes, and it’s fine. It’s how I roll. Life gets busy, RG gets fat. Life gets more in control, RG looks more slender. At the moment I am “rolling” around fatter than I’ve ever been excluding pregnancies, so this New Life Plan must be pretty darn drastic in order that I not…