Shoot me now.

So. I’ve been back at work for a month and things are settling into a routine. Clara is gaining tons of weight and turning into such a funny little girl. I really love this age. She’s close to sitting, she’ll stand holding onto the crib rail if I put her there, and she’s become so [...]

A day in the life.

2:00 – 2:25 am: Baby wakes up, wanting to eat. I feed her, put her back to bed. 5:30 am: Baby wakes up again, but it’s too early to be up for the day, so I bring her into bed with me and we all go back to sleep. 6:30 – 6:45 am: Baby is [...]

The days just slipped away.

So today was my last day of maternity leave. (The weekend doesn’t count, since I wouldn’t be going to the office on Saturday or Sunday.) I am both sad and excited about this. I am so, so sad to leave my little girl; I’m also looking forward to a couple of interesting projects that are [...]

Two months down, two to go

Clara turned two months old this week, which I find somewhat hard to believe — she’s only been with us for two months? How can that be? Our lives have adjusted and molded to her presence so much so that I have a hard time remembering what our day-to-day lives were like before she was [...]

My, how the time flies.

My kid will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. I don’t know where the last 6 weeks went. Well, that’s not totally true. I actually do know where those 6 weeks went. In a perfect world, they would have been filled with cuddles and hugs, milestones (big and small), and lots of time getting to know [...]

Giving thanks.

I’ve been pretty complainy over the last few days, when I should be focusing on the things I’m thankful for. So with no further ado, here’s my thanksgiving: I’m thankful for my wonderful husband. Yes, I get annoyed at some of his habits and sometimes wish he’d pick up more of the slack around the [...]

Let me explain….no, there is too much. Let me sum up.

So it’s been a while. Here’s what’s happening: I am 38 weeks pregnant, which means this baby can come whenever s/he wants to. I have two more weeks of work before I go out on maternity leave, but Thanksgiving falls in there, so I really have even less time in the office than that. Add [...]

Time really does fly.

How is it already October? What happened to September? Oh, I remember — I worked the entire month. I worked and worked and worked. It was a busy month for me. I billed 50% more in September than I did in August. Now, to be fair, I took some vacation time in August and the [...]

Am I taking crazy pills?

In the last several months, I’ve interviewed approximately four people — three for a position at my firm, and one as a prospective student at my law school. None of them were total social misfits — for the most part, in fact, they were very personable.  All of them had achieved success in more than [...]

The lies we tell ourselves and others.

A few weeks ago, we traveled to Chicago for a wedding. The bride and groom were both friends from law school — in fact, I knew them independently of each other before they started dating, which I think made me sort of unique at this particular wedding, and also gave me a really nice perspective [...]