Blog Blitz

Studying in London feels like a really great dream I can't remember actually happening.  I've settled into life as a west coaster.  The only problem is I still don't have a job and I am STILL living out of suitcases.  Just living the dream: jobless, homeless, and living with my parents.  I'm exactly where I thought I'd be at this point in my life...I guess there are worse things like getting a root canal or going blind.  But I'm trying to focus on the positive like spending abnormal amounts of time with my favorite little people.



I love being able to do regular, everyday things with my family with no pressure to fit things in between when my plane lands and when I have to return to real life.

Here's what I've been doing when I'm not filling out applications and writing cover letters:

-I have NOT been blogging.  There are a million reasons but I'm going to do a week long blitz and try and catch up

-Working for my dad part time.  He has had several trials of late and I have been helping him prepare.  The first one was a jury trial and I was able to help select the jury members.  I basically felt like I was in a John Gresham book.  The best part is we won the case and when I say "we" I mean my dad but as it felt like a win to me.  I kept telling my dad how great it felt to win my first and only case; never mind that the only words I spoke during the case were to the client to interpret the proceedings into Spanish for him.  A couple weeks later, "we" won another case I helped on.  If I knew practicing law was this easy, I would have gone to law school:)

-Babysitting. I spent a long weekend watching five kids between the ages of 3-9.  They are good family friends of ours and while they are seriously the best behaved kids ever I had to call in reinforcements...Darel.  We make a good team--she plays with the kids and I make sure they are fed and dressed and alive.  Then I spent a week watching my cousins' two girls while their parents went on holiday.  It was so fun and a lot more calm then my earlier experience.  Moral of the story: parenthood is hard.

-I've been visited old friends and family I haven't seen in forever.  When I lived in DC and London I'd only come home for a short period of time and only really wanted to see my family.  But now that I'm back, I'v wanted to see some people I haven't seen in years.  So I've been doing lunch, starbucks runs, dinner, hangouts, etc with friends I've known since I was a kid and some of them I haven't seen in 10 years.

-I've made trips to UT (twice), AZ, ID, and HI (more on these to come later)

-Helping my Grandpa with his personal history.  I've also taught him how to use google reader and what a flash drive is--I love that he wants to learn about technology.  

-Planning my graduation trip THIS month--it will be epic and my favorite brother, who was recently diagnosed with mono, will be coming with me. Looks like I may not be able to do it Chelsea style but it will still be amazing.

Well that is about it.  I really am loving time with the family.  I still can't get over that I get to see them whenever I want.  I don't have to spend a fortune on a plane ticket and plan it months in advanced.  I am really ready to have some permanence in my life but until then I'm living up the flexibility that I have.

Get ready for a bloggity blitz of the last few months!