These young whipper snappers come to our law office thinking they know it all. All law school teaches you is the law. It does not tell you what to do with that knowledge. And yet, every baby attorney who comes into the firm thinks they are going to teach this fat old lady how…
Help me, help me – I’m working and I can’t stop. Actually, I have stopped, at 12:14 AM. What is wrong with this picture. More to the point, what is wrong with me? I’m shutting down my computer and I see a work e-mail from an attorney who says he needs a document ASAP. Well,…
After a month in the office, I am back to my own little workspace at home, getting my leg snotted by an old blind cat that wants me to pick him up, supper in the crock pot, and a cup of my husband’s delicious coffee at hand. Life is good. My biggest problem with being…
Just found out today that as of the first of the year (as in 2014) the firm I work for changed its policy regarding the accumulation of sick time. It used to be you could accumulate up to 20 days of sick time, and I had long ago accumulated that amount. Then they cut it…
Today was the kind of day that reminds me why I stopped being a legal secretary / paralegal and opted for the less stressful (and not as well compensated) job of word processor (working from home, part time). As you may remember, I am currently covering a desk in the office for a secretary who…
Why is it every time I have no time, whatever I’m doing turns into total cluster-fuckery? I run registration for a small conference (Contact: Cultures of the Imagination – check it out, it’s very cool); and every time I end up banging my head against the wall. All I wanted to do was get the…
I am very proud of how quickly I have picked up the ukulele. I have learned a lot in just five months. However, today, one of my co-workers brought his guitar into the office. Wow. Just wow. Okay. He’s been playing for 30 years, but oh the beautiful pure sound! I don’t suppose you can…
Want to make your life just a little bit more exciting? I didn’t. In fact exciting is something I devoutly desire to avoid. But that didn’t stop me from wearing a skirt, no pantyhose, and discovering (as I was headed through the lobby at work) that I was wearing underwear that had some very iffy…
OMG. I took a day off. One stinking day. And all the lawyers in our firm lost their fucking minds. All my work e-mail is forwarded to my personal e-mail. I do this so I can be forewarned if there is an emergency at work that I need to jump on. I know, a word…
After years of working from home, and half a year working part time, today I headed back into the office to cover for a secretary with a messed up ankle who is supposed to be out for a month. After my first day back, I have to say, WTF was I thinking? First, going in…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 