It's Time To Plan My New Year's Eve Party . . .
on Nov 21, 2009 in heartbreaks holidays . . . because I can't wait for this year to end. As if the economic news isn't bad enough...My mother-in-law took her dog, Molly, a beautiful 8 year old Akita, to the vet on Thursday because she was coughing a bit and hadn't been eating well for seve...

Last Day of Class
on Nov 20, 2009 in education work After 13 weeks, today was the last day of the legal writing class I've been teaching. The students still have to turn in a final assignment and take a final exam, and I still have to grade it all, but they are done with classes.I'm not teaching next...

Friday Feature - Everything I Like Causes Cancer
on Nov 20, 2009 in blog shout-outs Friday Features This week's Friday Featured blogger is Gwen, over at Everything I Like Causes Cancer. I love her sense of style, her sense of humor (seriously, who else do you know that can make you laugh that much about a near-death experience?), and her good sens...

Channeling Judge Judy
on Nov 18, 2009 in legal mumbo jumbo foolish people work I had a long trial today. A difficult case involving two not-perfect people arguing over who should have custody of the kids, what the parenting time should be for the non-custodial parent, spousal maintenance, child support, division of property...

There's a First Time for Everything
on Nov 17, 2009 in it's so hard to say goodbye foolish people pets With the death of my kitty on Saturday, we are a cat-free household.I have had cats for as long as I can remember.When I was somewhere around 3, or maybe 4, my Dad, Mom, & I moved into our house in Gainesville, Florida. The prior human owners mov...

Happy Anniversary, Reprise
on Nov 16, 2009 in milestones marriage So last night the kids were gone - one at her friend's house, the other at his grandma's house.As I mentioned, I was exhausted and emotionally drained. And frankly, my husband and I had been having a rough time lately - miscommunicating a lot and be...

The Unteachables
on Nov 16, 2009 in education foolish people work LegalMist's Life Lessons rants As I've mentioned before, I am teaching a legal writing class this semester. I also occasionally teach a class about how to pass the Law School Admissions Test.In both settings, I've found a small minority of students who are "unteachable."I sometime...

Happy Anniversary
on Nov 14, 2009 in this list of labels makes things sound much worse than they really are it's so hard to say goodbye rants marriage Here is what I have done today so far:Made appointment and took my 16 year old cat to the vet to be euthanized.Cried.Showered, dressed, drove to law school.Met with 12 students regarding their progress in my legal writing class and provided assistanc...

Friday Feature -- Hollywood: Where Hot Comes to Die
on Nov 13, 2009 in blog shout-outs Friday Features It's Friday the 13th. Do you believe that it is an unlucky day?I drove buses for 3 years in college and had more safety awards than any other driver - never got into an accident. I did have two "half-accidents" though - dinged a mirror on a pole once...

Because Nothing Says Class Like a Plaid Cadillac
on Nov 12, 2009 in stupid criminal files foolish people cars After I left the firm, I worked for a long while at the court. My job was to read the parties' papers, review the record, do legal research, and draft decisions for the judges.One of the cases I worked on involved a criminal defendant who had been ar...