Sunday, November 15, 2009

time out

My boss dropped 6 briefs on me on Wednesday. Then he took off to Florida. He did this without asking me what else was on my plate, which was probably intentional because I also have a major arbitration cooking this week and I have to get my other boss prepped for it.

But while soaking in some rays, the big guy had a brilliant brainstorm that involved "us" writing 3 more briefs for 3 more motions that "we" will be filing on Friday. Of course, you know that "we" and "us" is code for "Jaime, give up sleeping, eating, seeing your family and blogging for the next week because YOU got a shit load of work to do while I'm out of town..."

So don't expect to see me around this week. Since I won't be entertaining you for a little while, go check out these other blogs, which are some of my favorite blogs and my choice distractions during the day when I should be working...

Brad - He gets top billing with Diaries of the Professor and not just because he knows me well enough to have a shit load of dirt on me... Despite being a Mets fan, Brad's a great guy and an amazing writer. Whether he knows it or not, he got me into blogging. So you all have him to thank (or curse) for these posts... Brad was on a blogging hiatus for awhile but now he's back and better than ever. So go check out his blog and give him some love...

Mr. Condescending - Mr. C's blog is just the right mix of humor, condescending and sex. He's always a great read and he takes some incredible pics.

Otin - Yeah...Who doesn't know Otin? With the 9 million blogs he reads and comments on every day, you probably already know him. But if not, he's a must read. His stories are great and always come with a little something unexpected at the end, making him king of the twist.

VE - VE's gnomes are working overtime coming up with some great fantastical nonsense. I find his blog addictive and I am always amazed at the creative stuff he comes up with everyday.



Matty gave me this award, probably to show that he wasn't totally bitter about losing our bet. But I do give good blog. So it works... And I in turn pass this award on to Brad, Mr. C, Otin and VE. VE hates getting these awards, but he always does some kind of spoof on them and I can't wait to see what he comes up with for this one!

Have a good week everyone. Wish me luck and I'll catch you on the other side...

20 comments:

Baino said...

GAh! That's some workload. Good luck. And congrats to the nominees . . .all worthy I'm sure. Remember all work and no play makes Jaime a dull lawyer.

Auri said...

the amount of work you have to do is giving ME a headache... sorry!

Anonymous said...

Good luck!

Mike said...

Awwww! you are sweeter than molasses topped with pancake syrup!!! :)

Brian Miller said...

hope you dig out! will check out a few of your friends in the mean time...

Matty said...

I'm a good sport. Hurry back.

Ice Queen said...

My goal in life is to one day be able to follow blogs with Otin's level of efficiency. So far, I'm failing miserably.

Good luck!

Liz Mays said...

I wish you the best of luck putting everything together. They really dump a lot of work on you!

Ms. Salti said...

Good luck, my love. I'll be missing you this week... especially because this is the week I get to make my official comeback! Get your work done!

Jaime said...

Baino: I know... I'm still working on that whole "balance" thing. Rumor has it it does exist though.

Auri: Think about how I feel!

K: Thanks. I need it this week

O: that's pretty sweet! but shhh... don't tell. i'm supposed to be a hard ass litigator.

Brian: Enjoy them - I do!

Matty: pun intended?

Ice Queen: i fail miserably in that pursuit as well! especially weeks like this

blue violet: if you ask Otin, that's why i make the big bucks... if you ask me, they don't pay me nearly enough!

Ms S: I've missed you hon! welcome back ;)

Jormengrund said...

Meh. Even with the extra work, I know that you'll handle it brilliantly, and come back full of new and exciting ideas... You usually do when you've had to do "extra credit" work!

Take your time, enjoy the moments you get to spend with the family, and we'll still be here when you get back!

rxBambi said...

Congrats on the award, and sucks about the boss. Too bad you can't tell him to shove it. Great choices on the blog picks! I haven't checked out Brad, VE or Mr C so I'm off to do that.
Have a great week and know that I'm drinking for you :)

Jaime said...

Jor - Thanks for the vote of confidence. As I'm rewriting another attorney's portions of this motion, ready to tear my hair out because I'm not getting to my own stuff, I really needed that!

Bambi - Make it a double!

Gladys said...

Jaimie maybe VE will lend you his gnomes to help. Or maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea :)

Mr. Condescending said...

*high five* to fellow hard worker.

Thanks for the love Jaime!

Ed & Jeanne said...

Am I the only one that snickered when you said that your boss dropped his briefs in front of you?

I can send the gnomes over...but they're just going to make endless "briefs" jokes...

Mr. Condescending said...

I can't believe I didn't catch that, good job VE!

Jaime said...

Gladys: I have to confess to being a little scared of the gnomes...

Mr c: anytime. You know I love you captain. Now about that cruise on your pirate ship...

Ve: shit! Did I actually say that?

Mr c: you guys are making me paranoid. Paranoid doesn't mix well with stress. Let's add some cocktails into the mix, shall we?

Real Live Lesbian said...

Thanks for the new blogs to check out...

you need an assistant. ;)

Jaime said...

RLL: I have one. She's the best. But bringing me dinner thursday night was as much help as she could be to me on this one...