Delegated Authority

Final exams are Sunday and Monday.  Wish me luck.

I’m taking this summer off. . .  my head is spinning. 

      3 classes

+ working 40 hours a week

+ 20 hours of commuting a week (5+ a day)

= waaaaay too much to do for this old lady.

In the fall- only 2 classes.

However, I may be taking a Paralegal certification course over the summer- if the timing and everyting works out.  I’m still looking into it. 

Right now- I just want to get through the exams

Imagine having the same birthday as your spouse… same day… same year!

Happy Birthday to my brother Frank and his wife, Becky!

Well, well, well, if it isn’t that time of year, all over again!  My first born turned 26 at 10:59am today. 

Adam, “Jason” as we used to know him, was a pretty well traveled little boy.  By the time he was 10, he had lived in Biloxi, MS; Gulfport, MS; Baton Rouge, LA; Edwards, CA; Lancaster, CA; Terciera, Azores, Portugal; and 3 different places in Virginia Beach, VA.  All that by age 10!

He got to see the “running of the bulls” in the Azores. . .

He got to see the space shuttle circle out of the sky and land at Edwards Air Force Base in CA. . .

He felt the earth quake. . . (in Lancaster, CA). . .

He also had some pretty great experiences after age 10.  I seem to remember camping in a foot or two of snow for a weekend of skiing.  Rock climbing and rapelling off of Old Rag Mountain in the Appalachain’s.  Mini Navy Boot Camp at Naval Base - Jacksonville, FL.  No impact kayaking and camping at Jane’s Island State Park.  Let us not forget skydiving!

If all that is not enough, lets top it off with marrying Megan 

Adam, you are a wonderful young man.  You have a lot of life ahead of you, and have a zest for life like none other I’ve seen. 

Happy Birthday, Kiddo, and many, many more to come in the future!

Lots of love,

Mom

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* I couldnt find the picture I wanted - I must have lost it in the Isabelle flood :(  So I hope you dont mind me using this graduation photo. Its one of my favorites!  <3 mom

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I have this hate-hate relationship with my hair which explains why it is always changing.  To an extent.  I’ll only cut it so short.  And it can only get so long.  But the bangs-layers-bangs-layers-thing? Ad nauseum.

So, here are a few old pictures of me.  I’ve looked for over an hour and couldnt come up with a picture of me by myself!  LOL, so my apologies to those of you in the photo’s with me (I’m not up on the photoshop thing yet… I need to learn… maybe when school is out for the semester).

What do you like best?  Shoulder length with bangs?  Without bangs?  Layered?  All one length?  Suggestions?

Layers

 

 

 

 

 

 

More layers (I’m second from right)

 

 

 

 

All one length

 

 

 

 

 

All one length

 

 

 

 

Mind you, I was much younger…. but you get the idea.

VOTE!!!  Let me know what you think!  I really need HELP!

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Did I mention I have the most awesome daughter-in-law on the face of the earth?  Well, its a fact!  She is totally amazing.  She is beautiful, patient, kind, loving, super intelligent (to mention a few things off-hand) and she puts up with Adam and his fart jokes!  What more can a mother-in-law want?

She makes Adam very happy and she brings so much pleasure and happiness to our whole family.  We are so lucky to have her in our lives.  (Good job, Adam!)

Happy Birthday, Megan!  With lots of love!

MomT and the gang

p.s. Thanks to MomR for the photo!

Please PLEASE check back later for a proper Happy Birthday! 

 Many Hugs

Love ya

MomT

When its a beautiful day and you’re driving with the sun roof open. . . .

 

 

close it before you stop to run in the store.  Especially when there is a 50% chance of thunderstorms.

What one of my first assignments as Paralegal might be?

How about organizing 440+ trial exhibits into 3″ binders (12, to be exact), putting in about 440+ tabs, 12 covers and binder spines. . . and then page-checking. . .  (going through each binder, one page at a time). . .  to make sure every document is correct, not missing pages, not torn, no blank pages. . . etc. . .

Then do it EIGHT times!  We have eight sets of these exhibits!  I’ve been working with one of our associate attorneys for 2 weeks now getting all the documentation straight, getting everything printed, and then sorted and binded.  Today we started page checking.  Its taking about 30-50 minutes per binder. . . . We have 96 binders!

Want to know what 440+(x8) trial exhibits look like?  Check it out:

 

I wanted to show you all pictures of my NEW OFFICE!  It has a door and everything! 

Did I mention, I got a promotion?  I am now a Paralegal at my Firm!  Yep!  As of April 1, I am their new Paralegal.  Thanks to Alyson vacating the spot, I applied and got the job!  I’m SO happy.  It was a gruelling waiting period (4+weeks) that I did nothing but stress over (I’m good at that!).  But in the end, I got the job, and boy-o-boy, am I thrilled! 

You can see by the pictures of my office that it is chocked full of boxes and files and papers. . . that was all inherited and is pretty much all work waiting to be done. 

I’ve received my cake and I’m diggin’ in. . .  you betcha! 

As far as work goes- I’m not sure it gets any better than this!

Life is Good.

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