Senseless

One man, 33 innocent people who lost their lives and a campus and a nation who doesn't know why. It is times like these when I really question whether I want to bring children into a world where you can lose your life just trying to get your education. My prayers go out to the students at Virginia Tech, the families who lost loved ones and everyone else like me who is just trying to understand how something like this could happen.

Silver Lining

I needed some silver lining today so here is what I came up with:
1. The Sensation loves me enough to get me not one, but two chocolate bunnies for Easter. I'm working on bunny #2.
2. I don't have to go to work tomorrow, I took the day off for my birthday
3. The Sensation is taking the day off too
4.I only had one crazy senior at the senior center today and I was able to head off the other ones at the pass. If I had moved faster I would have made it to my car before being caught in the parking lot.
5. I'm coming down from my chocolate high...I've been gorging since Sunday.
6. Tomorrow I am 28 years young!

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter everyone. May your day be filled with joy and love.

Happiness v. Cash

Today I've really been thinking about my job and how I just don't get paid enough. Don't get me wrong, I really love my job and I finally feel like a "real" attorney working on cases and helping my seniors, but the pay really sucks. I know that money isn't everything and I'm getting LRAP so my loans are getting paid, but I'm not sure how long I can live on the salary that I am making. At some point I want to buy a house and have some kids and not have to scrimp and save and worry from paycheck to paycheck. A lot of this was brought on by the fact that I had to buy tires today. In years past that wouldn't have been a big deal, but today I actually had to figure out if I could afford the two tires I needed or if I should just get one and then pray over the other one. I realized today that I am barely making it and but for my cohabitation with The Sensation, I would be struggling to make ends meet.
I don't understand how I could get paid so much clicking on documents, but when I'm trying to make sure that the seniors don't get mistreated I'm counting pennies?? My boss gave me my 6-month review on Thursday and she said that I'm doing well, which makes me feel great...but good feelings aren't going to keep me in tires, food and shelter. I need to come up with a plan for survival...more on this later.

Highs and Lows

My week has been full of highs and lows. It was as follows:
Monday- High, UF wins the NCAA Championship
Tuesday-Low, flat tire and craziness at work
Wednesday-Low- more craziness at work
Thursday-Low- sat in court for almost 4 hours to get a case called and be in front of the judge for all of 5 seconds.
Friday-high, spring holiday slept in all day long.

Hopefully, next week will be more highs and less lows.

Dem Gator Boys

National Champions 2 years in a row. 'Nuff Said.