Per our usual protocol, DH took the little goblins out (actually a kitty, a puppy and Hermione), while I stayed home to hand out the goodies. It just doesn't seem fair for no one to be here to give out the treats while my kids canvas the neighborhood, so it has turned into a Daddy/Daughter thing for them.
Unfortunately, I had class until 6 and didn't make it home till seven, so I think I missed the little cute ones. I have only had 5 kids in half an hour and they were all older. Don't know what I'm gonna do with all the leftover chocolate if I don't get more traffic. My ass sure doesn't need it.
In between hopping up to answer the door I am watching Ghost (and blogging.) I hate Demi Moore's hair in this movie. She looked better in GI Jane when she had no hair.
10/31/06
10/27/06
To do or not to do?
What I could (should?) have done today:
1)Edited my rough draft
2)Started on another paper
3)Gone to the courthouse to do research for another paper
4)Drafted an amendment to a motion I brought last Monday
5)Made about 1000 phone calls for my clinic case
6)Drafted one of the three memos that are overdue on my clinic case
7)Drafted a letter requesting the school records of my clinic clients
What I actually did today:
1)Spent an hour watching the Today show and reading online BB's
2)Cleaned house--it really needed it.
3)Went to Home Depot for ant killer because ants have found their way into my kitchen, presumably due to my less than spectacular housekeeping of late, and the awesome amounts of food my kids manage to drop in the floor.
4)Went to the bank
5)Went to the grocery store--again really needed. The kids are thrilled to have food in the house again
6)Watched a Gilmore Girls episode while checking my email
7)Picked the rugrats up from school
8)Took them to the pumpkin patch and bought each a pumpkin. Does anybody have real pumpkin patches where the pumpkins are actually growing in a field? Around here is pumpkin patch is just a bunch of pre-harvested pumpkins dumped in a field.
9)Went to Target to buy a carving kit and bought a 6 bags of chocolate (I refuse to be the house that hands out Smarties and DumDums.) We also bought Monster House to watch while we carve our pumpkins.
10)Came home, told the kids they had to clean their rooms before the pumpkin carving could commence, and hopped online for a few minutes of peace and quiet.
So I did not get anything school related done, but my household chores had been neglected for quite a while, and I am looking forward to family time tonight while we carve pumpkins. Then the rest of the weekend will be devoted to those tasks I neglected today.
1)Edited my rough draft
2)Started on another paper
3)Gone to the courthouse to do research for another paper
4)Drafted an amendment to a motion I brought last Monday
5)Made about 1000 phone calls for my clinic case
6)Drafted one of the three memos that are overdue on my clinic case
7)Drafted a letter requesting the school records of my clinic clients
What I actually did today:
1)Spent an hour watching the Today show and reading online BB's
2)Cleaned house--it really needed it.
3)Went to Home Depot for ant killer because ants have found their way into my kitchen, presumably due to my less than spectacular housekeeping of late, and the awesome amounts of food my kids manage to drop in the floor.
4)Went to the bank
5)Went to the grocery store--again really needed. The kids are thrilled to have food in the house again
6)Watched a Gilmore Girls episode while checking my email
7)Picked the rugrats up from school
8)Took them to the pumpkin patch and bought each a pumpkin. Does anybody have real pumpkin patches where the pumpkins are actually growing in a field? Around here is pumpkin patch is just a bunch of pre-harvested pumpkins dumped in a field.
9)Went to Target to buy a carving kit and bought a 6 bags of chocolate (I refuse to be the house that hands out Smarties and DumDums.) We also bought Monster House to watch while we carve our pumpkins.
10)Came home, told the kids they had to clean their rooms before the pumpkin carving could commence, and hopped online for a few minutes of peace and quiet.
So I did not get anything school related done, but my household chores had been neglected for quite a while, and I am looking forward to family time tonight while we carve pumpkins. Then the rest of the weekend will be devoted to those tasks I neglected today.
10/25/06
TGI hump day!
This week started out really crappy, but it's getting better.
I found out I got a scholarship. Not a lot, but $$ is always good.
I got a B on the rough giraffe of the paper that was giving me fits. It is an international law paper, and let me just say that international law research is a bitch. A B is perfectly average around here, and I am fine with average in this class. Also, they gave me lots of feedback, so there is a chance I can pull it up and be better than average before it's all said and done.
The craziness has settled down a bit, but I'm sure it's not for long. I still have a lot to do for my death penalty class. I guess that will be this weekend's goal.
On the kid front, I have to build a Thomas Jefferson doll to go along with the report.
My nanny is in Hawaii, so I am going crazy shuffling the kids from their school to mine so that I can make my late afternoon and evening classes. Yesterday, 5 y.o. DD warned, "Don't go too fast, Mommy, you'll get a slip." 8 y.o. replied, "She's not gonna slip, it's not raining." To which 5 y.o. said, "No, a slip, she'll get a slip--like from a police officer!"
I found out I got a scholarship. Not a lot, but $$ is always good.
I got a B on the rough giraffe of the paper that was giving me fits. It is an international law paper, and let me just say that international law research is a bitch. A B is perfectly average around here, and I am fine with average in this class. Also, they gave me lots of feedback, so there is a chance I can pull it up and be better than average before it's all said and done.
The craziness has settled down a bit, but I'm sure it's not for long. I still have a lot to do for my death penalty class. I guess that will be this weekend's goal.
On the kid front, I have to build a Thomas Jefferson doll to go along with the report.
My nanny is in Hawaii, so I am going crazy shuffling the kids from their school to mine so that I can make my late afternoon and evening classes. Yesterday, 5 y.o. DD warned, "Don't go too fast, Mommy, you'll get a slip." 8 y.o. replied, "She's not gonna slip, it's not raining." To which 5 y.o. said, "No, a slip, she'll get a slip--like from a police officer!"
10/24/06
DD's book report
I overcame my control-freak tendencies and did not interfere. I hope her teacher find this as hilarious as I do.
Thomas Jefferson—a biography
The title of the book is Thomas Jefferson. The author and illustrator
are both Annie Welsbacher. This book is non-fiction. It is a biography (which is a book about a real live person). If the person wrote the book about himself it is an autobiography.
Here’s an explanation: Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president. In 1776 he wrote The Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence made America independent on the Fourth of July. In 1769 Jefferson built a house called Monticello, Italian for “little mountain.” He created the coin system we use today.
I didn’t like it. It was boring. Nothing in it is exciting. I was so bored I couldn’t concentrate. I don’t like biographies at all!!!!!
10/23/06
"This is my beautiful granddaughter, she is going to be a lawyer, and she has 3 little girls and two of them are identical twins."
That is how my grandmother introduced me to each and every one of her friends at church this weekend. I guess it is the synopsis of my life (not so sure about the beautiful part, but hey, I'll take what I can get).
I was summoned back to my hometown last weekend because my maternal grandmother is dying. I do not have a good relationship with my mother, and I was not happy to go back and have to deal with her, so I opted to stay with my paternal grandparents. Neither of my parents were what I would classify as great parents, but my paternal grandparents were always there to pick up the slack. This was the first time I have visited them alone at least since I got married 10 years ago. I wasn't sure what to expect.
As it turns out, you can go home again. Despite the fact that I am now a 31 year old mother of three and almost lawyer, I guess I will always be my grandparents little girl. I was waited on hand and foot. I was lectured for putting gas in the car that my grandfather lent me. I was slipped a check. I was asked at least twice if I needed to go to the bathroom when we were at church.
Although I would have predicted that I would be irritated by my grandparents' attention, it was actually kind of nice to regress to my childhood and be spoiled a little bit. I hated being away from my kids, but I was glad to have a little bit quieter time with my grandparents, because I know that the opportunities to spend quality time with them are dwindling.
I was summoned back to my hometown last weekend because my maternal grandmother is dying. I do not have a good relationship with my mother, and I was not happy to go back and have to deal with her, so I opted to stay with my paternal grandparents. Neither of my parents were what I would classify as great parents, but my paternal grandparents were always there to pick up the slack. This was the first time I have visited them alone at least since I got married 10 years ago. I wasn't sure what to expect.
As it turns out, you can go home again. Despite the fact that I am now a 31 year old mother of three and almost lawyer, I guess I will always be my grandparents little girl. I was waited on hand and foot. I was lectured for putting gas in the car that my grandfather lent me. I was slipped a check. I was asked at least twice if I needed to go to the bathroom when we were at church.
Although I would have predicted that I would be irritated by my grandparents' attention, it was actually kind of nice to regress to my childhood and be spoiled a little bit. I hated being away from my kids, but I was glad to have a little bit quieter time with my grandparents, because I know that the opportunities to spend quality time with them are dwindling.
10/14/06
The Splash Menagerie
I have spent the entire day working on a major paper (and it's not going well) so I decided to reward myself with a bath. I haven't taken an actual bath in forever. Before I could get to my tub I had to move two Little Ponies, Pocahontas, a kangaroo, a wooly mammoth, and a fish. Fortunately the little critters who left behind all the little critters also left behind their Mr. Bubble. So at least I got to end my day with bubble-gum scented bubbly goodness.
10/11/06
Murderers are Pussies
Through work and school I have viewed several interview tapes of murder suspects. Every freakin' one starts crying like a baby when he realizes that he's busted. They all beg for mercy when they refused to consider it for their victims.
Booze and Schmooze
So last night I went to a Schmoozefest meeting where I was reminded once again why I don't want to do BigLaw(besides that I don't have the grades anyway and I don't want to work 80 hour weeks). Keep in mind that this Schmoozefest was only for litigators. A fifth year and a sixth year associate were talking about all the trial prep work they have been doing lately and how busy it is and how there just aren't enough lawyers (um hello, I know about 300 unemployed soon to be lawyers). Anyhoo--after a while one of them pops up and says "...and maybe I will actually get to speak at the next trial." WTF? 5th year associate earning 6 figures but can't be allowed to actually speak at trial? I am a freaking student, and I have already done a direct in a criminal jury trial. Apparently, as my instincts have been telling me, criminal work is the road to the courtroom. The criminal defense lawyer sitting next to me has had 6 trials this year. That's more like it. (He did say however that he missed all the great meals from Biglaw.)
10/6/06
TGIF--the week has sucked
I know I said I would try to work on my spotty posting, but I am just too freakin' busy.
My clinic case has some new drama every time I turn around. It sucks away every free moment I have. I am doing my best to help my clients, but it seems like nothing I do actually does any good. It is so frustrating.
Meanwhile, I was apparently deluded when I decided to take both of my required writing courses in the same semester. I am totally going to tank my GPA (which has been hovering at mediocrity, anyway). I had to review my outline for one paper with the profs this week and they reamed me. I spent half of yesterday and all of today in the library, trying to redeem myself before the rough draft is due.
In my other writing class, everyone in the class is having difficulty getting exact parameters on what we are supposed to be researching. I am trying to compare capital murder indictments to find a pattern on when the death penalty is sought. That doesn't sound too bad, except that the DA's office completely shut me down when I called about getting a list of capital murder indictments. They told me the only way to get this info was to get a list of all indictments (2 pages/day and I have to pay per page) and sort through them myself. Makes me wonder what the DA's office is trying to hide.
I am just thankful this week is over. I would like to think it will get better next week, but I already know I have a full schedule and the deadlines for both papers quickly approaching. Whoever said they bore you to death your third year lied. This is the busiest I have ever been.
My clinic case has some new drama every time I turn around. It sucks away every free moment I have. I am doing my best to help my clients, but it seems like nothing I do actually does any good. It is so frustrating.
Meanwhile, I was apparently deluded when I decided to take both of my required writing courses in the same semester. I am totally going to tank my GPA (which has been hovering at mediocrity, anyway). I had to review my outline for one paper with the profs this week and they reamed me. I spent half of yesterday and all of today in the library, trying to redeem myself before the rough draft is due.
In my other writing class, everyone in the class is having difficulty getting exact parameters on what we are supposed to be researching. I am trying to compare capital murder indictments to find a pattern on when the death penalty is sought. That doesn't sound too bad, except that the DA's office completely shut me down when I called about getting a list of capital murder indictments. They told me the only way to get this info was to get a list of all indictments (2 pages/day and I have to pay per page) and sort through them myself. Makes me wonder what the DA's office is trying to hide.
I am just thankful this week is over. I would like to think it will get better next week, but I already know I have a full schedule and the deadlines for both papers quickly approaching. Whoever said they bore you to death your third year lied. This is the busiest I have ever been.
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