blueblanketblog

my not-so-temporary blog, i guess

friday, november 9

the big issues

You'd think (or at least I would've) that conversation at my workplace would be about big legal issues, being an appellate section and all. But no, the big issues of the day are

* preferencing strategies regarding the impending office shuffle,
* whoever's stealing water from our water cooler, and
* mail in the time of anthrax.

.: 9:00 AM .:

thursday, november 8

in re the justice department

If any of you happen to read an article entitled something like Ashcroft Restructures the Justice Department, you don't need to forward it to me. I know about this already. It's the criminal and immigration attorneys that are getting affected, I think, not us enviros. We don't know nothing about these types of cases.

.: 4:59 PM .:

wednesday, november 7

interim weirdness

I exist in a strange sort of limbo over here. I am a brand-new attorney here, so everything feels rather new and unfamiliar and, indeed, scary. But I was here two years ago as a summer clerk, so everyone's treating me as if I've just been here all this time. Thus, they're not offering me the usual hand-holding responses, even though everyone's really nice if I ask them any questions.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to working long enough such that this isn't all new and weird anymore. This stage is nerve-wracking.

.: 5:30 PM .:

minor annoyances

This anthrax thing, by the way, is sucking. All my work mail is getting irradiated, which means an extra three or more days of processing. Which means if I need to get something quick, I need to have it sent to my house. Bleah, just when I was thinking I was going to have some nice, clean division between work life and home life.

.: 5:15 PM .:

tuesday, november 6

overwhelmed

My new job started out slow at first, and then suddenly it got overwhelming. Too much to say, too little time. Plus there are problems with confidentiality as well. But I am liking the people I've met there. I am liking them tons and tons and tons.

Right now, I am sleepy, and tired. But I am happy to be sinking into the comfort of my room. I love this place, this apartment, this house, this neighborhood. I am thinking I can live here. This is good.

Tonight, Buffy comes and goes, and I have no television. One test down. The big test, though, is tomorrow night, with Law and Order. If I can get past that, I will be free of tv. And that, that will be nice. Not because tv is inherently bad, but because I need to free up the time to do other things, like write. The hours have to come from somewhere, you know. And I still have eleven chapters to go, having taken a break for awhile.

Ilana moves in tomorrow. That, too, is good. It's been awhile since I've been this happy just with everyday life (as opposed to weird vacationing life). I must enjoy this enjoyment while I can.

.: 10:43 PM .:

sunday, november 4

roommate heaven

Hung out with Ilana today, my new soon-to-be roommate (once she moves in). I think I might have reached roommate nirvana. We are sooooo compatible, it seems, in terms of how we'd like to live. Earthy crunchy conservation-ish resource use, natural foodsy cooking, non-pickiness about extreme cleanliness. Neither of us has a television set, and neither of us thinks that's a big deal. We might get one, we might not -- no real urgency there. But we are thinking of getting DSL, though, for connectivity. And we will be listening to NPR for our news.

Life is going to be great, I think. She even likes my color scheme idea, and says that blues and greens are her favorite colors too. Ooh.

Oh, and my room, my room has a skylight. Yeah, it's totally fab and brightens up the place incredibly. This whole house, in fact, is bright bright bright! I love it.