Donate!

I am donating a bunch of textbooks to our local juvenile hall. Yay! I get to stop lugging them around and worrying about where to put them. Even better, donating them should mean someone will be reading them! I never even open these books, which range from pre-high school all the way through law school.

De-Clutter!!!

We're about to move to an as-yet undiscovered but fabulous new apartment, so I am decluttering an entire house in preparation. Yesterday, it was kind of overwhelming. Today, I am sugarated and shredding old correspondence already!

Surprise!

Shhhhhhhh

dun dun duuuun

We're moving!

Learner got a new job. We're moving!

Naked Barbie Dolls

My favorite local band, the Naked Barbie Dolls, played a free gig at the Starry Plow in Berkeley yesterday. And they dedicated a song to me! That's a first.

Worn Out

Maybe it's the heat (106! Again!) or maybe I'm getting old, but going to classes, lugging around heavy books in the hot sun, and studying has been completely exhausting.

Maybe I should drop my classes and take some different ones, like art, or Spanish, or English.

Seriously, I only have until Tuesday to return $450 in books for a refund if I'm not going to stick out this semester. Plus, someone else might still be able to take my slot in micro (which turned people away)....

Of course, maybe I just need some more protein in my diet. I've been really lazy about cooking lately and I don't have a lot of instant protein foods.

Buried in work...already

I studied too much for micro this week (two quizzes already!) and not enough for anatomy (one quiz). I don't know how I'm going to do all this work. I think I will get a study group together, though.

Anatomy

Very cool teacher. Fun lab. This semester is clearly going to be a lot of work.

Microbiology 101

I started fall classes today and micro was great! I have missed science classes and labs. Of course, I have a lot of old chemistry and math and stuff to review. But I liked my classes today.

Anatomy tomorrow. Woo hoo.

I'm back, baby!

I've been locked out of my blog. I know, very sad. But I'll start posting again...

Now.

Best. Fracking. Episode. Ever!

Do not read if you are a BG fan who has not yet seen the season finale!
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Kara's alive!
The final five!
I've seen Earth...!
And some legal drama that was professionally interesting for me as a trial attorney...who knows a lot of other trial attorneys....

Two and a Half Weeks

Well, the living apart from my fiance arrangement has been old for about...the entire eight months we've been separated during the week...and I finally decided to quit my job to come home. I'll miss the job, but not quite as much as I miss my fiance.

Wish me luck! I gave three weeks notice, but I've got a ton to do before I leave.

Engaged

Learner and I are engaged. Whew! It's hard to concentrate on anything else.

No Sugar...48 hours

I recently read a book about the evils of sugar and decided to cut back. It's only been a couple of days, but it's pretty tough not having any sugar. I had a small glass of orange juice yesterday morning and no sugar since then...or at least, no refined white or brown sugar, no refined white flour, no honey, no hot coco, etc. My book says that the cereal and milk I had was full of sugar. (This is NOT cereal where sugar is a main ingredient...just regular cereal.)

Sick

I hate being sick. I hate missing work. Grrr. Hope all of you are well.

No quitting the band, people!

So I have been at the new job for three months. I love my clients. I have done at least eight trials. I am not so much loving having a long distance relationship and covering an extra day in court for more than a month so far because we have an attorney out on sick leave. She was supposed to be out for one month...which has already come and gone...but it will be another month or more before we get back to normal. Normal is busy enough, believe me. Grrr....

So this will probably be my one post for the next three months...unless I spend Thanksgiving on the computer at my parents' house. :)

Hope all is well with you guys, if I have any readers left.

Life so far...

The job is going okay so far. Interesting work and nice co-workers.

It's very hard being back home only two days a week. I've put over 1000 miles on my car in two weeks. If I keep up at this rate, that will be 26,000 miles for the first year. But Learner has been very supportive. And my family and Learner's friends in the new city have been great.

I would say I'm still deciding about this change. But I'm cautiously optimistic.

Prius

I bought a Prius. Woo woo!

New Job, New Place, New Car

I am about to buy my first car ever, move to a new city, and start a new job. Believe it or not, I also have even bigger fish to fry. Secret fish.

I have a lot on my mind.