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69

Who knew that 69 was the magic number to get the best sleep ever! And no you perverted readers, I'm not talking about the sex act although maybe subconsciously I wish I were talking about the sex act. What I'm talking about is the setting of the thermostat at my house. Yes, I've been doing a little experimenting, and I've noticed that setting the thermostat one degree lower causes me to go into hibernation sleep, where nothing wakes me up...not the (very early) birds that start chirping at 5a.m., not the neighbor's annoying dog, not even my alarm clock. The alarm clock thing might pose a problem, but I turned up the volume. I'm smart like that.

And the hibernation sleep has been causing me to have very weird dreams all week too. No, not sex dreams I think about that too much when I'm awake, that subject doesn't need to creep into my dreams too. I dreamt that I inherited my grandmother's house. And the house started out looking just like my grandmother's house looked. And then people started telling me what a crappy house it was, and they were making fun of me for it. So, I started to renovate the house and by the end of the dream, I renovated this cute little white house in Miami to a huge, beautiful, loft that was worth $3 million. In my dream I actually said "and now it's worth $3 million."

Although I'm not sure how random that dream really was because I have been thinking about my grandmother a lot lately, and I've also been thinking about when I would sell my house and how much I could possibly get for it. I think I've come to some decisions about the house. And about my grandmother, I think about her a lot when I'm not so happy. I'm kind of stressed out and I can't really stand my job. I think about what she would say to me about everything. I wonder if Mimi would be proud of me, of the decisions I've made since she's been gone, and of the career I've chosen. Although I'm sure she'd support my decision to open my own practice. After all, she started her own practice after not getting enough respect from her employer, and I'm pretty much doing the same thing.

Now that I'm really taking the time to think about it, I'm so much like her. She's been my role model for years. I even wrote about how much I emulated her in my personal statement when I was applying to law school. And now, without even really thinking about it, or realizing it, everything that I wanted for myself years ago, is finally happening. Maybe it's better that it's taking a little longer than I originally expected for my life to come together the way I wanted it to. I'm ready now.

Minor panic

So, our IT guy at work is an idiot. Every time he comes to our office, the next day the computers will invariably have all sorts of problems. Which usually means that I have to restart my computer 17 times until it works. He also tries to flirt which me, which makes me want to puke because the guy is just gross and yucky.

He came into our office this week to do something on Monday and on Tuesday our e-mails stopped going through to several huge clients. He also put in an internet filter, which means I can no longer visit perezhilton.com after lunch anymore. But today, my gmail account was getting blocked by the internet filter. WTF? I panicked. If I couldn't get into gmail that would mean that I couldn't check my e-mail or write on the blog that I have been recently neglecting, or talk on gchat. Holy crap. How would I spend my day now? I was really beginning to get a little worried.

So, I went to FB and told her that the internet filter was blocking me from logging onto the legal research website that we use on a daily business (and it actually blocked me once, so I wasn't necessarily making something up). And in turn, FB called IT guy and told him to lower the filter strength, or something like that. I don't know about computer stuff. I don't know the terminology, ok. And now access to gmail is back. Score. I'm a lawyer, that's how I roll.

Quick question

When you're at work, and the only things you look forward to all day are lunch and leaving work, is that a bad sign?

I'm just saying, it is going to be very difficult for me to stay at this office for 6 more months.

Mini-me sex tape

Give me an Fing break! I can hardly watch the man when he's fully clothed, or really at all for that matter. Does anyone remember the Surreal World when he was wasted, naked, and urinating in the corner. So, a sex tape. Um, WTF? Gross.

Comments

Ok people. Let's go over this one more time. I post stories, articles, and rants on this blog, and you comment on them. I think you're forgetting to make comments. So, I'm just going to politely remind you to please comment. I have a site meter. I know how many people read this blog, but no one makes comments. Please start again, I need encouragement.

Thanks,

Curlatini

Here's a client I'd like to have......

Recently an editorial was printed in the Miami Herald about someone I may have worked for in the past. He's now being offered the city attorney's position for the City of Sunrise with a salary of $432,000, and he can accept other private clients. If people are so upset about his salary, Might I suggest accepting bids from other attorneys. I'll take the job for 200K. Hire me! I've already worked for the City of Sunrise, and the guy whose being offered the job. Surely some of his luster has rubbed off on me!

Here's the article:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/575486.html

It's really hard for me to be positive sometimes

Maybe it's just me, but when I'm upset about something, it kind of starts to leak into other things that I may not be upset about, but that are on my mind nonetheless. And then those "other things" start to take on a negative state as well, and this continues until I'm just upset about everything. That is exactly how I feel right now. I've had a terrible week at work, with so much stress and anxiety. I had to travel for a client and was extremely worried about my performance on the trip. My flight back home got in around 2am, and when I got into the office then next day I'm worrying about when my female boss is going to try and stab me in the back next. I hate her and this job. Oh yes, and my semi-annual review is this afternoon, and the "constructive criticism" I'm not going to get will not come as a surprise because my boss decided to give me a sneak peek on Monday night. Before I left for my business trip. He scared the hell out of me. Thanks for the pep talk, boss. He's such a good leader!

So, this morning as I was driving into the office I was thinking about everything and really just felt like crying. And it doesn't make everything better, but sometimes it feels good.

Just wondering

Why does this woman have less wrinkles than me? I'm guessing she's at least 70. I'm 40 years younger than her. If anyone knows who her doctor is, e-mail me ASAP.

And, is that a wig?????

Vacation report.....finally

Well, we've been back for a week now and I am finally posting about the big trip to the Dominican Republic. The delay in posting comments about the trip should give you some indication of the effect it had on me. No, it didn't make me lazy, but thanks so much for thinking that. I'm relaxed. And a week later I still feel that way. It was nice to sit around in the sun all day and not have to do anything. In fact, the biggest decision we made each day on the trip was which restaurant to eat dinner at.

Ok, here's the big news: we survived each other for 5 days straight, we had fun together, we're still having fun together, and I think we've never been better together.

I can't stop smiling.

Vacation!

Hi. We leave for the Dominican Republic tomorrow. I can't really concentrate on work because I'm so excited. That is not great considering that I kind of have a lot to do today, like some little assignments that are not going to take long to finish, but I've been putting off for days and a response to a Motion for Summary Judgment, and empty my inbox, which is now overflowing because I wasn't in the office yesterday.

Ok, so I am going to cut this short and try to get busy, because tonight I'm going to a happy hour/networking event thing and I can't stay late, and who wants to stay late anyway when I could be having drinks with my friends?

PS--This morning, I thought I might have to take a favorite pair of heels to the shoe repair place for an expensive repair. But instead, I took out the super glue and did the repair myself. Now I'll just spend that money on an expensive lunch.

Monday morning check in

Hi. I know the weekend just ended and everything, but you know what? I'm still really tired. My Mom says its stress. And considering the month I've had, I think I might agree with that diagnosis because I would venture to say that I've just concluded one of the most stressful months ever. And I've been working out like mad to get ready for the trip to the DR.

And this weekend after I was done in the gym I decided to exercise outside, not realizing that it was 100 degrees until halfway through the workout I began to feel a little woozy and went home. Sweating and excessive heat make you tired too, right? Ok so I have many reasons for being tired.

And silly me for thinking I might have an easy week because this morning my lady boss says that instead of just doing some small research project for her, I need to draft a whole response to a Motion for Summary Judgment (because she doesn't know how to and has admitted as much to me). So, because I want her to think that I care about pleasing her, I'll do it, and I will do a very good job on it so that when she reads my response to the Motion she will learn how its done. Isn't it nice when you can teach your boss how to do something that they are already supposed to know how to do?

And I'm still going to Atlanta tomorrow. So, I'll have to finalize my "big assignment" on Wednesday in between my manicure appointment and my after work, previously scheduled social activity/networking event.

And then, in three short days, I am off to the DR with my manfriend. That's my new word from the Sex and the City movie, which I saw last night, and which caused me not to go to sleep until after midnight, which also may account for my tired state.

Ok, I need to work a little and then go to lunch, and then get my dry cleaning, and then work a little more, and then work out and then sleep.

So, yeah, that's pretty much my day, in case you were interested, which you're probably not because it is so boring.

I will try to bring humor back after my vacation. It seems to have disappeared along with my energy.