Notes from work club

I had a really tough month. There were a lot of changes and I had a hard time adapting to them. I didn't realize how much I appreciated some of me co-workers until I no longer had ready access to them.  I worked on some really important, challenging stuff in an area of law that I knew nothing about. I felt completely out of my depth most of the time and spent a good deal of time floundering. I've been out of law school for over a year, but it was like I had learned nothing in that time.  I handled it with all the grace of a rhinoceros on roller skates. It wasn't pretty. I was getting conflicting advice from people with more experience. I dealt with some interpersonal conflict with a more senior coworker, which in part arose out of the problem of the conflicting advice.  All the while, I was fighting low appetite, headaches and constant nausea.

Tough month. But, I got through it. I am officially done with my part of the project.*  

And I am taking a long weekend with Clownfish. (Its the time of year for Bullshark to temporarily go away to serve the country.)  I plan to visit my sister and her family. I plan to go to a water park of some description. I plan to get some important family stuff done, like signing Clownfish up for soccer and getting the rest of his camp paperwork in.

But most importantly, I am going to avoid thinking about work for the next four days.

FYI: the MILP round up will probably be posted MONDAY JULY 5.  I'll try to make it worth your wait. 


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* You know, unless it all comes back to bite me in the ass next week.

MILP #156

Proto Atty had it. Here next week.

For all of my friends studying for the bar exam

NOBODY expects the Action in tort negligence! Our chief element is duty. Duty and breach . . . breach and duty. . . . Our two elements are breach, duty. . . and but-for causation. . . . Our THREE elements are breach, duty, but-for causation and foreseeability! AMONGST our elements. . . amongst our elements are such elements are breach, duty. . . I'll come in again.

-11 pounds

Nausea been great for diet.

Safe

I recently found out that a woman who was one of my son's teachers at his daycare just had a miscarriage at 20 weeks. The kids at the daycare all knew about the pregnancy. They had just held a baby shower for her. She miscarried on Mother's Day and hasn't been back to work since--she probably won't be back actually. She's gone to be with her military fiancee in another state, which was where she was going after the baby was born anyway.

All this makes me wonder when its really safe to tell Clownfish about the pregnancy. I mean, I know there are no guarantees at any point. But I had planned to tell him at 16 weeks. And I probably still will. But I'm open to suggestions.

MILP #155

Round up was at PtLawmom.

My son is a genius

Me:  Hubby, what should we give Grandma for watching Clownfish all week?  I think we should send her one of those edible fruit arrangements.

Bullshark:  Would she eat it?

Me:  Yeah, between her and Dad, I think it would be fine.  She hates flowers so...

Clownfish:  You should send her bacon.  She likes bacon.  Can you send her bacon?

Me:  This is possibly the best idea, ever.  We totally should be able to send bacon arrangements.

Updated:

Source: Daily Fork.

Ultrasound update: We have arm buds!! That wave! And a strong heart beat!

You may now return to your regularly scheduled blog reading.

Color Me Important III

I've done this quiz before. Here 11/08 and here 5/07. Weird how stable a construct it appears to be. Though its the first time I got the "irritatingly happy" bit -- probably the pregnancy.

you are springgreen #00FF7F

Your dominant hues are cyan and green. Although you definately strive to be logical you care about people and know there's a time and place for thinking emotionally. Your head rules most things but your heart rules others, and getting them to meet in the middle takes a lot of your energy some days. Your saturation level is very high - you are all about getting things done. The world may think you work too hard but you have a lot to show for it, and it keeps you going. You shouldn't be afraid to lead people, because if you're doing it, it'll be done right. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

What you're missing

Let's talk corporate playlists on radio. I have been commuting a longer distance lately and don't have a cd player or satellite radio in my car. So, its old school mix tapes or scanning the FM dial when I can't handle any more news/NPR radio.  I cannot swear it has been on the same station at precisely the same time each time, but four times last week during my commute home, at some time between 5:45 and 6:00, a radio station has played Puddle of Mudd's She F**king Hates Me.  Don't get me wrong, its great rage-driving music.  But really? A 2002 song from a one-hit wonder? Four times in a week?  Things that make me go hmmm....  

And now, what you're missing:  an occasional feature in which I round up of some of my recent Twitter posts.  Lately, it appears all I have been tweeting about is pregnancy and pop culture.

Let's have a look:

1. morning sickness. awesome. Monday, June 14, 2010 6:00:00
2. Baby wrens in the nest outside my window. So cute. So, so damn loud. Sunday, June 13, 2010 7:55:36
3. Heard John Stamos was joining case of #Glee -- thought it would be as new Vocal Adrenaline coach. Nope -- dentist/love interest for Emma. Wednesday, June 09, 2010 6:53:58 PM
4. #Glee. Predictable. Awesome. I hope I give birth in the time it takes to sing Bohemian Rhapsody. Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:10:42 PM
5. Listening to #Glee sing Bad Romance. Two observations: Santana should have been allowed to sing more, and the auto-tune was out of control Tuesday, June 08, 2010 6:05:40 AM
6. Why, yes my day is much better now that I am blasting #Glee songs at 6 AM. Monday, June 07, 2010 6:45:37 AM 
7. Whoever the fuck called it morning sickness clearly never had it. All day nausea of fun and wonderment. Gonna be a great few weeks Saturday, June 05, 2010 3:41:33 PM
8. I made it through three minutes of Ninja Assassin. My husband should not be allowed to pick movies. 7:33 PM Jun 3rd
9. #GLEE makes me so damn happy. 9:22 PM Jun 1st
10. #Idol is really reanimating some corpses tonight. @votefortheworst 8:27 PM May 26th
11. @rogueclown ke$ha is the worst thing to happen to music, ever. 4:36 PM May 26th
12. Shit. $760 to fix my car. My 1994 f**king Chrysler with 130k+ miles on it. I believe I just doubled its value. There goes my savings

MILP #154: Just a Girl

The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate. Who knew? So now all the moms in the legal field (heh) are represented. We aim for Sunday posts.

No theme this week.  Yet for some reason No Doubt's Just a Girl song is running through my head as I round up these posts.  

• Cee.  Time and balance.  
• LEO. Oompa Loompa.
• Lag Liv. Birth story.
• Proto Attorney.  Last day at work.  
• Nonsense & Frippery. Physical therapy. 
• Gillian. Anticipation. 
• Jenny. Scary decision.
• Izzie.  Pregnancy is everyone's business. 
• Erb. Kid's party drama.
• Shantelle. Furniture restoration
• Cowgirl in the City.  Welcome our newest pregnant mom in law school 

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If you’d like to have your blog added to the MILP blogroll for weekly review or would like us to consider a specific post, drop the hostess(es) an email or leave a comment at our sites. Expecting Moms in law school are welcome! Hat tip as always to the “original” Roundup — Beyond the Underground and the co-rounder-upper, Nobody! Hat tip also to Blogger for finally letting me do a three column format and nav bar that was not hacked together using my piss-poor html skills.

MILP #153

Proto Atty had the Roundup

Here next week!

Timing

So I have mentioned that I am starting a new job in September, another one year job, the "F**k you Lucy" job. And I am due in January.

I have not mentioned the pregnancy to anyone yet -- its too soon, too much can happen. My sister and husband know. And you all. That's it. Not even my mom.

But I have been in touch with someone at the job who was pregnant during her term. More specifically, she gave birth during the month before her term and took time off at the beginning and then had a modified schedule for months thereafter. I've been pumping her for info without revealing my motivation -- its easy enough to get someone to talk about the challenges of being a working mommy when you're also a working mommy.

Yesterday, she said something scary to me. She said she was the first person -- ever -- in the history of the job to give birth at a time that it affected her term. I thought that was highly unlikely -- that they must have protocols in place for this sort of thing -- but it is apparently true. And she noted how glad she was it wasn't in the middle of the year. Umm...

Andrea (PBB) noted: I've always been a believer in making the personal life choices that I wanted to regardless of whether it was the perfect time, and making the rest of my life adapt.

I am trying hard to adopt that attitude.

MILP #152

Ptlawmom had it. Here in two weeks

Side effects of daily progesterone: acne, sore boobs, and rage

I am a freaking ray of sunshine.