So this firm that I worked for about 3 months ago is still checking my blog. Why? There’s nothing on here that concerns the firm and never will be. I made the mistake of checking my blog while working one day and ever since then they’ve been checking it every so often. I wonder what else they are monitoring? Did they get my passwords to email and such? Too bad if they did since I changed them as soon as I stopped working there. If they want to comment on here, do it. Otherwise, stop checking my blog.

Well, its the day of hot dogs and fireworks here in the good ole US. And of course, its cloudy and overcast here where I live. It’s a well known fact it always rains here. But maybe we’ll be lucky and the sun will peek out later. I’m not doing much. Watching the fireworks the city and news channels put on are cool about one time, but there’s too many people, too many drunks, and too much traffic to deal with to do it every year. I can watch from home and then go to sleep

I had dinner and drinks with my friend J last night for the last time. :(  She’s pretty cool. We took the bar here last year together and she really helped me get through the intense studying. We got a bit buzzed then walked around the mall to work it off.

Off the gym and then I have to start packing!!

My nephew is spending the night here for the last time while I’m here. :(  We had a good day though. Went to the bouncy castle place, went shopping for swim trunks, ate McDonalds and he swam in the lake for an hour. And he got to play with our neighbor’s great-grandkids, one of whom is his best friend. It’s good to be 8. Tomorrow we’re having lunch with my mom at her office and then hitting up Costco.

He’s such a good kid. I’m really going to miss him. We talked about me leaving and he’s sad. Says he won’t see me very much. Makes me so sad. I love him so much, but I have to go. I have to focus on my life now but I can’t help but feel guilty. I’m his only aunt and I’m basically helping my parents around the house full-time. I’m going to miss him, my parents and my cat. And throw in a few friends, but that’s about it. I won’t miss the rain, the lack of motivation in this city, or the snobby legal community.

This will always be home but it’s time for me to go make a new home for myself, if that makes sense. I tend to be pessimistic about life changes, and I’m trying really hard not to be. I keep thinking of what I’m leaving behind instead of thinking about what is ahead. And that’s not a good attitude. I know that I’m supposed to leave. I know I’m supposed to be doing this. There is so much potential in MC. New friends, a job (hopefully),  new boys, a new place to live, new experiences, etc, etc. And throw in the beach There’s not much here but the family and a few friends, and resentment at my life not going in the direction I want it to go. And there’s no job here. And there’s a whole world out there that I want to experience. I just don’t want to get to my new apartment and be stuck mentally here. I’ve grown so comfortable here and I’m in a rut. And I know I need to get out, but it also scares me. Argh. I know I’m repeating myself here over and over again.

Off to eat some blue corn tortilla chips and try to think about all the great things in MC.

And did I mention the boy from Vegas has been texting me? In my last text I wrote, “Keep in touch”, and he wrote back, “You know I will ) That’s good right!?

Yesterday it was a hot 87. Today, a cool 60 something. That’s crazy weather for you. So instead of a skirt, tank and flip flops like I wore yesterday, today is jeans and a coat! Thank goodness MC has pretty steady, if not super hot, weather and I can have one set of clothes.

Still kinda freaking out about moving…

I finally figured out to work google reader and it is awesome. Instead of going to everyone’s blog one at at time, I just go to google reader. So much easier. I couldn’t figure how to work it for forever, but I finally got it.

I am so hot. Its like 90 degrees. And it’s not fun. It’s not dry heat and it’s not humid, but it is still  uncomfortable. I guess I should get used to this as I’m moving to MC. Yep, I found a place! This girl I had been in contact with a few weeks ago re-contacted me this week and we worked out the details. My cousin checked it out and said it looked cool. It’s a good area, has gated parking and a pool. And it’s a small unit and everyone hangs out, so I’m excited for that. Now I just have to get down there. Most likely my brother and I will drive down in a couple weeks. I am nervous and kinda freaked out, but I’ll blog about that later. Too hot right now.

I saw “Definitely, Maybe” last night. It was pretty cute.  Didn’t really make me hate my singleness so that’s good.

Friday night I had some drinks with my friend P. He’s married and totally not my type, but I think I’m his. Sometimes he’s a bit “pervy” and comes across as he’s interested in me, but I just ignore him when he acts like that. He’s told my friend J that if he wasn’t married he’d be all over me.  I try not to hang out with him one on one for that very reason, but Friday it just happened to work out like that. Luckily it went ok and I made sure to talk about the kid from Vegas. Who texted me Friday night and then didn’t write back after I wrote him back. Kids are so fickle!

Today was a trying day. My friend asked me to go to an arraignment on his behalf for his client who is in custody. He told me to be there at 1:30. I left my house an hour early and arrived in the city where the court was with thirty minutes to spare. And then I got lost. I had mapquested directions and he gave me directions, but for some reason, I drove in circles for one hour. Yes, one hour. I had a mini heart attack and freaked out in my car. Not a good idea. When I finally arrived at the courthouse, it turns out that my friend’s client was seen first. So then I got to go talk to him back in the holding cell and explain what had happened. I felt like the biggest asshole for being late. But what I don’t understand and what is different from where I worked as a prosecutor, they just arraigned him without counsel present. Which is legal, but where I worked last year, if the defendant has an attorney, we just waited for the attorney to show up. But here they just roll them in one by one and out they go. Which sucks for the client, but not much I could do. I felt awful, and still do, but my friend reassured me it’s ok. Especially as court started at 1pm, not 1:30 like he told me, so even if I had been there on time, it still would have been too late. It was interesting speaking to the client in the holding cell though. I’ve only ever been on the other side of the law and never have gone into a cell. Kinda cool. Kinda makes me miss it. But I don’t miss where I worked last year. No siree Bob.  Bring on the contracts and transactional law–that’s what I really want to do.

As an aside, summer is finally here. We hit the 80s today. And July starts next week. Awesome.

So I have a guilty pleasure. I really like that song “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry. It has a really good beat. But I really don’t think kissing girls (if you are a girl) is right. I think the tone of the song is right in that she’s not in love with the girl and it’s just an experiment, but I have a lot of friends that see nothing wrong with girls kissing girls. And these are the same friends that think it’s wrong for guys to kiss other guys. Double standard? I think so. I feel bad for listening to the song, but I really like it! But I also like the song “Last name” by Carrie Underwood. Because even though I didn’t get married in Vegas (which was one of my goals ), I did kiss a boy and I don’t know his last name!

But it is just a song right?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns

This decision of the US Sp Ct freaks me out. Obviously Scalia is a well-known hunter so of course he’d make his decision based on his habits to go shoot animals. It scares me that people think they can shoot whoever comes into their house and they are convinced of this because of NRA propaganda. This is not true and anyone who studies criminal law in the US would know that. Basically, I think this is a BS decision and it sucks that it’s final.

It’s already Thursday folks! I guess that’s what happens when you sleep away most of the week. As I’m still not working (wonder if I ever will again?) and am low on dough, my weekend plans consist of nothing. I did rent a movie, “Definitely, Maybe” so I’ll probably watch that and then feel sorry for myself for being single. I really need a life!! The gym isn’t cutting it anymore. The new gym is too big and impersonal. That and they painted the outside the most hideous shade of yellow you’ve ever seen. And then the other buildings are peach colored. Can you say vomit?

There has been some things cooking on moving to MC… I’ll keep y’all posted.