The Reluctant Grownup – Page 128 – Growing old gracelessly.

Renaissance Girl

A friend and I were talking over lunch last week about how passionately anti-American Idol we are. OK, let me go wipe off the tomatoes that I just got…

July 28, 2008

Alabama, Domestic Bliss, Jack, Lawyerin', Liam

Pinball

Birmingham, training. My first week of work, but it does not feel like it, because I am not in my city, staying in a downtown hotel. Orientation is all forms,…

September 5, 2012

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Smack Down

Today I made a comment in class that was refuted by a gentleman who declared that "some folks" don’t understand what it’s like in "the real world," but in his…

September 21, 2009

MILP Roundup!

RG / February 7, 2012

The Mothers in the Legal Profession blogroll – a list of awesome women, many (all?) of whom went to law school with children (or had one while in law school) – does a…

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Babies!

RG / January 31, 2012

I was talking to a professor today. She’s my age, and pregnant with her first baby. It’s a girl – she’s so thrilled. She knows my kids are both boys, and after saying…

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True as it Can Beeeeeeeee

RG / January 28, 2012

It’s a tale as old as time. The woman decides she wants a change. She begins cutting things. Soda. Cream. Sugar from her coffee, and eventually half and half. Meat. Then salad dressing,…

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Funnily Enough, This Was Already in My Drafts Folder

RG / January 26, 2012

There’s a mini meme sweeping through the MILPs (Mothers In the Legal Profession). The meme is to talk about why we went to law school, and whether we recommend it for others. I’m…

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I am feeling very . . .

RG / January 25, 2012

Jack loves to name his emotions right now. He usually seems to pick the right word – though he loves to say “I am very embarrassed,” no matter what he’s actually feeling. I…

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