Oh man, you guys. The Benny saga has just gone on and on, and every time I think it’s a good time for an update, he takes another twist in the road and I feel too sick and sad about it all to write anything. Benny is the little boy from Jack’s class who has…
Friday Night in Mo-Town
I am drinking my second beer of the night, in my hotel room, listening to the sounds of the various humans occupying their little blocks of space beside me, below me, above me. My friend and fellow law clerk keeps hinting via text that he’d love some company at the sports bar downtown, but I’m…
Fashion Update
CCL asked about clothes! Good question, given my anxiety about it! So the day after my last exam, I went through my closet and pulled all of my “worky-works,” as Andy Bernard would say, and did an assessment of my work clothing situation. And I realized that by adding just a handful of pieces, I…
Disoriented
My first 6 days of the summer associate program have spun me right around. I’ve worked (or played) til 10 or so every single working day. I also spent this past weekend with my boys, little and big, and my awesome mother-in-law who is playing momma to my sons for the first three weeks of…
In Birmingham
I’m in my (fairly swanky and huge) hotel room in Birmingham. Its only flaw – it lacks a tub. And the hotel does not have a hot tub. Ah, well. It does have a couch and enormous big screen tv. I just went out with my classmate who is also working at this firm over…