I don’t know about other states, but in the large metropolitan areas of California, legal secretaries make damn good money – and they are in high demand. How did I become a legal secretary/paralegal? I learned how to type fairly fast and accurately; I learned shorthand; I had a good grasp of English grammar and…
I often dream in stories; and sometimes those dreams stay with me. I found that MSG triggers very vivid dreams. Last night, I had a doozy. I was living at “home” – my sister and my mother were there – both upstairs – so I’m thinking this was the Midland Street house – although parts…
That’s the title of the book – but the title of this blog post should be a minute to 2 a.m. because that’s when I finally shut down the computer to go to bed and suddenly remembered I hadn’t done a blog post for Tuesday; and quite honestly, I decided, fuck it, it’ll just have…
During my misspent youth, I seem to remember having energy to do everything I wanted and didn’t want to do. Where does that wellspring of energy go as we age? Last night (or I guess, more accurately, this morning), I went to bed around 1:30 a.m. – and I wasn’t a bit sleepy. I know…
Okay. First, you need to understand that when there is litigation there is “discovery”. Generally, discovery consists of sending a list of questions or requests to the other side asking them to respond (which they are required to do by law, within reason). The requests and questions are in writing and the response needs to…
I love rehearsing. And yet, if somebody asks me, “Should we do it again, or are we good?”, I am the first one to say, “I’m good.” It’s a puzzlement. I am, if nothing, contrary. This weekend, for the first time in literally years, I had rehearsal. I had rehearsal for a show that was…
I feel like it’s all happening again. Shows are closing down; restaurants are emptying; everyone is slightly on edge. Fucking Covid. Fucking Omicron. I know this is what viruses do. They mutate in order to do what they do better and better. But I’m so tired of it all. Every tickle in my throat starts…
This is one of my favorite and most comforting sayings. No matter how shitty things are, it won’t last. Time keeps marching on. Someday, you’ll look in your rearview mirror and see this receding in the distance (and for me, at least, receding from my memory – because, well, we all know about my fat…
Getting a Head. Yup, that’s what I just read. And it’s exactly the pun you think it is. Despite the bad pun title, the book wasn’t half bad; despite having a very unlikable lead character – who can see and talk with ghosts and has a vampire roommate. While the ghost part was a big…
Our orange tabby, Murphy, likes to lick the hair off of his belly (and now his inner back legs). I don’t mean the hair is a little thinner there – I’m talking bare as a baby’s butt hairless. I asked the vet about it and she didn’t have a diagnosis because many things can cause…
Remember Mochi? My fluffy little ball of fuck-you? Because she was blind and had a penchant for peeing and pooping wherever the mood struck her, I created “Mochi-land” in our den, covering large areas with pee pads. Worked great. Fast forward to the reign of Berta. Berta has diabetes and that can make a cat…
This time, I didn’t forget to do a post. This time, I was just too tired. I mean, I was literally falling asleep at the keyboard. So I took my sleepy fat old lady ass to bed (after I made myself a drink (nothing exciting I assure you – Sunkist Lemon Lime powder and water…
I am a big fan of Charlaine Harris. So when BookBub offers one of her books at a bargain price, I tend to snap them up. This also means, that I find myself “starting” a series on Book 2 or 3. In this case, A Longer Fall is Book 2 in the “Gunnie Rose” series. …
Don’t believe me? Try me. This afternoon, I lost it. I was beyond furious. You know those documents that had to be done last Thursday? And then I found out, no they’d be filed Monday morning? Guess what showed up for me to work on at 3 p.m. today? Did you guess? They needed to…
When I first went to work for the San Jose law firm where I’ve worked the last 25+ years, I told them I would be retiring when I was 55. Seemed like a good plan. And every year at my review, I would remind them that I would be retiring at 55. Well, I’m now…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 