It's never been more painfully apparent that I'm not in college anymore. I used to do some of my best work at 2 AM. I could pull all nighters with ease.
Not anymore!
I billed over 40 hours this weekend. That's what I'm supposed to bill in an average WEEK. The upside, if there is one, is that I will have fulfilled my monthly hours quota probably by Wednesday and build up a nice little cushion for the vacation I keep telling myself that I'm going to take when this trial is finally over.
It's never a good thing when you put on a pot of coffee at 10:30 at night. But, being the good wife that I am, when I rolled through the door after my 15 hour day, I took Andrew upstairs and put him to bed. Well...tried to put him to bed anyway. He only fell asleep about 20 minutes ago. And I easily have another 5 hours of work I have to crank out tonight.
Have I mentioned that my paralegal is the best? She dropped off a care package for me this morning. Pasta. Italian bread. Freshly grated Parmesan. Home made sauce. Just because she thought it had been awhile since hubby and I had a nice, home cooked meal. (At least one which didn't involve reheating something straight out of the freezer in the microwave)
My assistant's pretty damn great too. She kept coming in all day telling me how much she loved working for me and appreciated me. Of course, she kept doing this because the people who are trying to fill my shoes on other files are fucking up royally.
I suppose there's something to be said for job security.
But speaking of fucking up royally, let me vent for a moment. Because of the people who are helping me out with prep...one of them won't stop plagiarizing cases (even after I called them out on it after the first time)... one of them refuses to use punctuation (is it so hard to put the period at the END of a sentence?)... and one of them has the most brilliant legal mind I've ever seen - but cannot translate that to writing in English...
It's going to be a very long night because all this shit has to be out the door by 2:30 this afternoon...
Wish me luck!
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Luck! :)
What the hell are you writing on a blog for with all the work that you have to do!? Nevermind responding, I think that I know the answer. Have a good day!
bet that was a nice breathing break...now get back to work! smiles. hope you get some rest as well...
Sending much luck your way!
Goodluck!!
Luck!
Good luck! And keep thinking about the nice vacation when you are done!
I can't wait to hear the good news at the end of this trial.
Good luck. I know you'll get it done because when the going gets tough the tough get going...Oh wait was that a dad-ism? If it was a mom-ism I would tell you "just put on a little more lipstick dear and everything will be alright." :)
God I wish I had a boss like you. I'm at an impasse with mine. She doesn't speak to me! Fortunately I've been seconded to a much nicer guy and everyone seems to be on my side despite the troll bitch. 2:30 this arvo? A doddle, you're nearly done.
Good luck!!!
Great blog wonder woman - I'm your newest follower :)
Cheers
Holli in Ghana
I use to be a night person and not a morning person and now I am neither!! Hope you got finished!!
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