10.5 and 7pm.

10.5.

The hours I worked today. 

Hopefully NOT the hours I work tomorrow.  But with the way things are going, I should be prepared for it.

7pm.

The time I was getting ready to leave.

Also the time my attorney emailed me a TASK list DUE by TOMORROW MORNING. As in before 9 am.  OH I forgot to mention, my hours at work are from 10 to 630.  Lovely....

I like CSI.  Las Vegas and sometimes New York.

I enjoyed watching the news while getting ready this morning (I was up earlier than usual=went in early for work...).

I didn't enjoy a 30 minute wait for the bus in the cold. :-/

Yummy soup and salad for lunch.

Major Brownie Points for me::  I TOTALLY impressed my managing partner this morning with her project!!!

Sleepy time.

xoxo

OT

OT= Over Time

This is going to be confusing.  There are two big cases I'm working on.  Case no. 1 and case no. 2.

I anticipate working a LOT of over time this next week and possibly into the week after.  I figured this on Friday.  I went in planning to work on case 2 and I had informed the main attorney I'm working for on case 1 that I would be devoting all my time to case 2.  Well, needless to say that didn't happen.  An hour-and-a-half later, I finally started the project for the day.

Thursday I worked on case 2 all day also.  And re-did the work my assigned "helper" had done because this project is the first project I have done for this attorney.  She's the managing partner of my department.  I kind of want to make a GREAT impression, ya know?

So when I didn't finish Friday, I knew I would have to come in today (Saturdays are mine, people) because I have a Monday Morning deadline.  Since I practically volunteered to do what appears to be a massive amount of overtime in case 1, I am not anticipating being home a lot during regular hours this coming week.

Did I mention that I'm going to a wedding on Saturday? My boyfriend's mom's boyfriend's daughter gets married on Saturday.  So overtime is out next weekend. And then the week after is Thanksgiving if I calculate correctly.  Oh and another big-wig partner that I work for comes in tomorrow.  His situation is difficult.  He lives in Georgia but continues to work a full caseload for the firm.  And since I'm the only trademark litigation paralegal, I do all his work-mostly on short notice since I'm not copied on the correspondence he has with opposing counsel.  Oh fun times.

While I usually don't mind overtime, this really isn't the time of year with the firm being out Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday and me being called into a HUGE production last minute in order for one attorney to clear her calendar before the holiday and busting my ass in another project before the lead attorney goes to Japan on business and the holiday. 

Whew.  I repeat this to myself more and more frequently these days:  "I'm just one person, I'm just one person, I. Am. Just. One. Person.

But I was still at the office for about 6 hours today. Yep, that's dedication people.  And thank god I get paid overtime.

Anywho, on to other more less stressful things.

I went shopping with my boyfriend yesterday.  He needed a nice suit for the wedding and my firm holiday party.  

I'm going to take a slight detour right here.  I got the invitation to the firm's holiday party in the mail.  It's a nice invitation and it was addressed to me and "Guest." He was with me the night I got the invitation and I looked at him and said "Guest.  That means you. You're coming with me."  Ha ha ha! He was so surprised! You had to have seen the look on his face.  He was like "What?!" But he's cool with it.  It's gonna be fun.  Anyways, the invitation says cocktail attire/black tie optional, so he knew he needed a suit.

And with the wedding he needed one, possibly two, suits for both events.  And back to yesterday.

We go to one of his favorite stores, which happens to sell designer for cheap and check out the suits.  He got a stellar one.  It looked so nice on him, he didn't even need or want to try on any other ones.  So we got him measured and we'll be picking it up on Thursday.  With a new suit you need a shirt and tie to match.  We got a blue shirt and an almost burgundy shirt with nice ties so it's like he has two suits! Haha makes sense tho and saved him a lot of money.  It was cool and he looked so nice!

Had brunch with the crew this morning.  I was late. :-(  and that bothers me but there's not much I could do except let them know and I did. I spent the rest of the day at work.  After work I stopped at the grocery store for food for dinner and have been watching "Failure to Launch" (cute movie) and CSI: Las Vegas since.  

Tired. 

xoxo

A Time for Change.

And change is finally here. I cannot wait for the Inauguration in January. Obama has his work cut out for him in order to correct the damage Bush has done to this country. But I believe in him. And, for once, my vote counted. Virginia was iffy there for a while last Tuesday, but we came through for him for the first time in what I hear is a long time, Virginia went for a Democratic president. That's the kind of power the young voters had this go around.

I'm excited. So many others are excited and the world is excited with us. I spoke with a photographer in DC the night of the election. He was from Switzerland. So many people were hoping it would turn out this way. And so many of them were not in the United States.

Bring on the Change!

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On another note, I'm dog-sitting once again. I just ended a long jaunt of dog-sitting on Friday and I'm back again. Leaving my comfy little apartment for the amazing townhouse in Dupont. It's fun, but I want to be in my place. I still have unpacking to do and the sad thing is that I've been in my new place for almost two months. While I have little motivation to unpack the boxes I had no motivation to pack in the first place, I'm determined to be completely unpacked before I leave for the holidays. And this visit has been a long time coming.

I haven't been back to good ol' Utah since last Christmas. I wasn't able to go out this summer and my mom wasn't able to come out this year either. Since that's usually what happens, this year has seemed longer. And it'll be so good to see my family.

I'll be in New Jersey for Thanksgiving with my boyfriend's family. Such nice people! It's nice to see them and be able to see them on a semi-regular basis. Thank goodness for having people to be with on Thanksgiving. It's a lonely holiday away from home.

December will be here before we know it! I just hope I'm ready!