Update: 2010 Thus Far...

I must apologize once again.  I have neglected this blog.  I have been so busy with living life lately, I haven't had time to write.  Hopefully, I will find more time in the days, weeks and months ahead to write, but until then, I owe you -- all of my wonderful readers -- an update as to what has been keeping me away from making you laugh.

Besides the regular holiday "I'm so busy shopping and cooking and visiting" -- in the midst of all of that -- I found a new job!  As some of you remember, I passed the Bar exam this past fall and can now officially call myself an attorney.  In that spirit, I found my first attorney job!  I am really excited.  And it's sort of a funny story of how it all happened -- not funny "haha" but more serendipitous than anything else.  After losing my job around Thanksgiving, and the economy being what it is (READ:  THERE ARE BARELY ANY JOBS OUT THERE, PEOPLE!) I was thinking about starting my own little law practice.  I remembered I had a friend on Facebook who, I believed, had started her own law practice, and I messaged her.  From that message came meeting for lunch, and from that lunch, came a job!  I am now working in HER law practice, doing mostly family law (divorces, child custody, spousal support) and probate things (wills, trusts, conservatorships, etc.)  I am really very happy right now with where my career is and where it could possibly go.  My workday flies by, and I feel like I am helping our clients, which really, is the whole reason I wanted to be a lawyer in the first place.  My only complaint is that the money I am making is total shit.  But even that is not enough to rain on my parade, so to speak.

This new job keeps me very busy and I'm putting in 9 and 10 hour days.  By the time I get home, I am exhausted and mentally drained.  I don't feel like getting on my computer and being witty.  So I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me (I'm sure you will, don't make me break out the puppy-dog eyes), and hang in there with me.  I am still trying to find a balance between work, my personal life and my writing.  I will find it too, I'm sure of it. 

I've had family drama (seriously, does it ever end???) -- my dad has had some medical problems for the past few weeks, in which the drama with that began Christmas Day with me placing a phone call to 9-1-1 and calling an ambulance to my house because he had a nosebleed that wouldn't stop.  After bleeding profusely for nearly 20 minutes, I placed the call and the paramedics showed up and carted him off to the hospital.  My mom when after him.  He's ok, in case you're wondering.  He ended up having surgery last week where blood vessels in his nasal passages were clamped. 

Then there has been some ongoing drama with my brother.  I don't even want to get into it -- but once again, he's ruining his life with drugs and alcohol.  Sadly, I have a feeling that I'll be attending his funeral someday soon.  He's always had problems and can never quite get his life on track.  He's also very resentful and jealous of me, because as he would put it -- I have gotten every break and he has not gotten any.  Which couldn't be farther from the truth.  The fact is I have worked for where I am in my life and he thinks shit should be handed to him on a silver platter.  It's just sad and it should be a story saved for another day. 

And the cherry on top of all of this family drama?  My brother's former fiancee has now gone on a few dates with one of Husband's younger brothers.  I love this girl to death and would welcome her into my family any way I could.  My brother doesn't know, but my mother does and she's OK with it.  If a serious relationship comes out of this I don't know how everyone will react -- my inlaws or my dad.  My brother will flip, I'm sure of that.  I would be very happy and so would Husband.  And Daughter would shit a brick, because she LOVES this girl too.  Crazy, huh?
So what have you learned here today?  You've learned that:

New Job + Long Hours at Work + Family Drama = No Blog Posts

And to put my lack of time in perspective -- I didn't even make any New Years' Resolutions this year.  Right now, though -- here's my first one -- TO BLOG MORE!  :)

I Think I Can, I Think I Can't...

I am in middle of writer's block. That combined with the fact that nothing has made me laugh hysterically, cry hysterically, or fly into a blinding rage lately, so I'm going to plagiarize. Well, not really, since I'm quoting the source (or one of many), so technically, it's not plagiarism if you're calling yourself out on it. I just can't think of anything wildly brilliant and original to write about right now. So here's my version of these posts done by Kim at Perfectly Cursed Life and LiLu at Live It, Love It:

I can…

…try to be a positive role model to my daughter and let her know that being smart is important (more than being beautiful – although, if I do say so myself, she’s gorgeous!) and that eating a healthy diet is more important that whatever the scale says.
…make some mean imitation White Castle burgers. They taste EXACTLY the same!
…enjoy toilet humor immensely. Actually, I prefer it over all other forms of jokes!


I can’t…

…burp the alphabet. Although I really haven’t tried.
…protect my child from all of the evil in the world, but dammit, I’m gonna try.
…dance worth a shit. I was born with no grace and am very clumsy.


I will…

… eventually find a career that makes me happy to go to work. I’m still searching for it.
…learn a foreign language someday. Those Rosetta Stone commercials are calling my name!
…see London and Paris someday.


I won’t…

…eat seafood. The thought of it makes me want to vomit.
…cancel HBO even when “True Blood” is in its off-season.
…stop asking “Why?”


I should…

…be more open-minded and spontaneous sometimes and not be such a rigid control freak. (In my defense, when I can’t plan things out to the letter, I tend to get severely uncomfortable.)
…learn to be more forgiving when I feel like someone has committed a major wrong to me.
…try to exercise more and eat healthier.


I shouldn’t…

…take things for granted as much as I do. I was reminded of this thanks to Nickleback’s “If Today Was Your Last Day” this weekend. (Lame, I know.)

…beat myself up over my personal failures.
…be working on this blog post at work, but it seems that is the only place where I have time to write. Irony! (So, technically, I AM getting paid to blog!) Shhhhh!