Man, I feel like a (new) woman!

I have had the most relaxing weekend since I don't know when. I am actually ready to go to work tomorrow.

Lately, I have been really pushed to the max for the past couple of months. Work has kept me very, very busy with the addition of another attorney to the family law group at the beginning of the year. Not that she's been giving me lots to do - it's just trying to keep the little things from falling through the cracks and keeping things flowing smoothly between two attorneys, in addition to keeping up with the paralegal stuff. It's been extremely stressful. My to do stack keeps getting bigger and higher instead of going down or at least staying the same. I have finally figured out that I'm just going to do what I can and screw the rest. If it doesn't get done, it doesn't get done. I've decided that I'm not going to stress about any longer.

School has been extremely busy for me, too. Taking two classes at one time has turned out not to be the best decision I made. Even though last fall I took two classes for several months, it never bothered me. However, they were also pretty easy classes and not a whole lot of work. Well, that changed. My HR Mgmt instructor needed a paper each week, a mid-term and final exam, and a 8-10 slide powerpoint presentation with notes. My Interpersonal Communications instructor needs a quiz every week, three papers, a powerpoint presentation, and a final exam. In the midst of all that, came a personal life - huh? What personal life? My sister came to visit and I wasn't even able to enjoy the time with her - I was too busy worrying about work and school. I feel bad cause I'm not sure if she enjoyed herself or not.

Well, this weekend that changed. Friday night came and Brian had started a fire before I came home from work. I stopped and picked up a 6 pack of hefewiesen. Good choice. Needless to say, one helped me relax, two helped me relax even more, three, four, five, and six - wow! - total relaxation! And I wasn't even drunk. Just feeling relaxed. At some point Friday night, we decided to go to Mesquite and spend the night on Saturday and do some more relaxing. OMG! That was the best thing we could have done. It was nice to do what we wanted. We got to Mesquite and stopped at the Eureka casino. Between the two of us we won about $100 at the penny machines. Nice! Then we checked in at the Casablanca and took a nap. Went to dinner about 7:30 and then listened to the band The Crush - they weren't too bad. First band that I've ever heard that was able to perform a Prince song decently. After we got good and tired we went back to the room and slept till 9:30 this morning. Bummed around for awhile then went back to the Eureka (however, not before Brian lost $40 in 8 minutes at the blackjack table) and cashed in $175 worth of tickets. All in all, we broke even with the gambling so that was nice. We usually lose it all.

So, suffice it to say that this was the best weekend I've had in months. Like I said, I'm even ready to go to work tomorrow. I never thought about school or work for at least 36 hours. IT WAS GREAT!! That being the case, the woman in me is turning over a new leaf and a new attitude and ready to take on the world again.

(Let's see how long it lasts.)

Big Deal; I missed last month!

So apparently someone's not happy that I haven't posted for awhile. Oh well . . . I have just been so busy keeping my nose above water that I barely have time to pee. With work, school, trying to spend some time with my significant other half and my kidlets, doesn't leave me much down time. I'm wondering if it'll all be worth it? Hmmmm . . . Time will tell.

Work has been extremely busy for me lately. I'm finding that I'm not getting time to work on the paralegal stuff - which is what keeps me going to work everyday. It's certainly not the filing, the phone calls, the dication, scheduling appointments, conflict checks, or anything mundane like that. Give me something that I can really sink my teeth into - going through someone's bank statements trying to figure out what the ex-wife has been spending money on. Or a deposition transcript. Or drafting documents; organizing piles of documents - that's the stuff that I really love to do. Someday maybe I'll be a "real" paralegal and I won't have to do the no-mind stuff. Although it likely won't be anytime soon at Jones Waldo. Guess I'll hang in there awhile yet before I threaten them with quitting. I don't think they want that either but I can't keep going at the rate I have been or I will certainly be burnt out very shortly. But, we'll figure it out.

Other than that, not much has been going on. Since it's likely that only my two daughters will ever read this post, I guess I'll say - Love you; good night!!