Summer 2017
The boys just had their last day of school. They had a little graduation that neither of us went to, and Jack was pretty peeved about that, but too bad. I’ll go when he actually graduates from the...
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Gratitude & Anxiety, in Equal Measure
My week+2 days off is drawing to a close, and I feel (as my title would suggest) both anxiety and gratitude. Sometimes it can be hard to relax, even with a week off, since I have been conditioned to...
View ArticleRain
It’s raining now – it’s been raining all day. In my new office, my entire exterior wall is a window, which floods the room with light on most days – but today, it was dim as twilight all day long....
View ArticleTuesday Evening Retroactive Meal Planning
It is a Tuesday evening. Every work-night last week – including Friday – I worked until midnight-ish, after giving the children my dinner hour. It’s been a lot of nights on the couch, dialed into the...
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Guitar Fixed! And Other News
I’m not sure if I shared here, but somehow the neck of my guitar was broken . . . by children, no doubt. It’s a cheap guitar and I don’t play anywhere but for myself, so I was distressed at the...
View Article*Blearily Blinks Eyes*
Hello, internet friends! I cannot believe it is mid-September, I really can’t. The weeks zoom by, the children’s limbs shoot out, and I occasionally look up from my computer screen and go outside for a...
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Family Game Night and Other Pleasantries
I’ve had several insane weeks in a row at work – mostly because there was a bit of a snafu re: overstaffing. There is a central staffing office but several folks put my on pitches without notifying the...
View ArticleChristmas is Settlement Season
I have never been so slammed in December. Last week I pulled an all nighter – basically worked 36 hours straight, with an hour or two break here and there to give the kids dinner, sleep for an hour,...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Meal Planning
Had a big talk at work the other day about whether I want to pursue promotion to senior counsel and/or partner, which has prompted a great deal of thought on my part. I’m developing a list of...
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Weekend Update
Hello, loved ones. I have some news! I’m looking for a new job. I don’t have one yet, but I have actually told my Firm that I want to go. This is not something that would ever have occurred to me, but...
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