8 More Work Days...

The glamor of working in a golf course's phone room has worn off. I needn't say that it was never there to begin with. I have run out of books to read and re-read and playing pointless games on the internet is no longer entertaining. I may never want to see a polo shirt again, which is strange coming from me who loves polos. I never want to answer the phone with a cheerful "Good morning/afternoon, Juniper Hill Golf Course, how can I help you?" ever again.

Needless to say, I cannot wait for August 27th when I can break myself out of the cramped office I have spent every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday since May.


In other news...
I'm still researching law schools. NYLS still looks to be my favorite, but three others have arrived on-scene. They are Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, NY, New England Law, and Suffolk University's School of Law, both of which are in Boston, MA. I'm starting to look in Washington, DC as well. The only thing that has remained steady in this search is that I want to study in a city, not in the rural areas that I have grown up and spent my undergrad years in.

It Won't Be Long Now.

Next week seems so far away. Monday I have work as usual, from 8-3. Then Tuesday to Wednesday I get to visit NYC!!!! I can't wait to get away from the horrible drivers that surround me on my ride into work, the people I sometimes can't stand at home, and away from my small town. Plus, two days off of work doesn't sound bad right about now. I have a new outfit to wear having decided against the obvious animal print dress I had been eyeing. Instead, we've got a Caribbean-blue cami under a loose white burnout tanktop so you can see the blue through it paired with jeans and my gladiator sandals. The shirts were bought at Lane Bryant, one of my favorite stores. I love being able to shop at the front of the racks instead of the back as usual, plus the clothing, when you search for it, is very pretty and stylish. And speaking of clothes, I have become less than adoring with my polos. I used to love them for the sake that they were casual and could still be dressed up, but after wearing one for a month and a half now, they are quickly slipping from my first choice of shirt. I guess that's like working in the ice cream shoppe and not wanting to eat ice cream after...

Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, I may have a legal internship in Washington, DC for next summer through American University. I still need to make out my resume and get my transcript from school sent, but I got a letter from the Dean that praised my academics and said that with my GPA (3.6 on a 4.0!!), it would be hard NOT to admit me. Fingers crossed that I won't be in this lame office all summer next year. Instead, I'll be in cute skirts working in the Supreme Court, District Courts, the Marshal's office, or the Department of Justice!!!

Breakthrough!

Today, at work, my grandmother came to visit. She lives about two minutes away from the golf course and my grandfather works there with me. Anyway, we were talking (me ranting, actually) about the miserable pieces of humanity I have to deal with over the phone. Well doesn't she say "And you want to be a lawyer? Talk about the humanity that they deal with!" My heart stopped not from fear, but from semi-joy that someone was taking me seriously!! I reassured her that I'd be on the side of the "good guys," that the humanity would be on the other side of the courtroom.

I was so excited it nearly made what started as a crappy day sparkle.

PS - I love, love, love Linda Fairstein and her novels. Some of the best books I have ever read and I am overjoyed that I decided to pick up my half-finished copy of The Bone Vault during my boredom at work and find myself flying through all of them. Right now, halfway done with Lethal Legacy and cannot wait to get my hands on Hell Gate. It's lovely to be able to see inside, really inside, what life as a NYC prosecutor really is like. Linda is not making this up or trying to remember what the offices looked like from a short research visit. SHE LIVED IT! Such an inspiration and an amazing author. But, she should also sort of get Alex and Mike together. Just saying that with all the sexual tension she has built between them over the series, SOMETHING needs to happen!