Restful weekend- thank god

The last two weeks have been so busy. I think i worked 75 hours the week before last and 60 something last week. The 2nd circuit filing was super stressful. So when i hit the weekend, all i wanted to do was chill and focus on nonwork activities. I went to a barn about a half hour out of town and checked out the facility and spoke with a trainer about getting back into riding. I then went to a tack shop and spent way too much money getting new britches, half chaps, ridding boots, gloves etc. I was splurging, but oh well.

It's so easy to get caught up in the stress of tasks and work and deadlines and just simply forget about the rest of your life, interests etc.

This weekend was a much needed break. Now i am back to work on a motion for an erisa case which I am entirely new to. I dont know of any other statutory regime more complicated than this stuff. ugg... wish me luck.

Justin and pinda are asleep on the couch :)

till next time.

xoxo

invited

Hey there-- Since i rarely can keep contact with any one of you on a semi regular basis, and its nice to vent/keep in touch, even if its over email/blog/facebook--- I have invited you as "reader," ie the blog is not public its just for me and my friends reading pleasure :) :)

hope you all are doing well

xoxo
em

ps
when i was little my dad called me "the divine miss em." hence the title of the blog.

MIA

It's been a while since i have posted. Life has become incredibly busy and a bit of a whirlwind this spring. I had surgery for a hernia in June. Now well recovered :) and back to the gym, running and rock climbing. I have been thinking lately about how I made some really bad decisions last year that hurt someone i cared for deeply, even though my actions did not necessarily reflect that. I can't seem to quite get over that. I think if the circumstances had been different, perhaps i would have had the capacity to do what I should have. Sadly, I didn't.

A friend said I have already atoned for my actions. I don't quite know what to say to that because you can never take back the act, never take back the hurt and the disappointment that will be with that person forever. So, then, what do you do? For whatever reason, its been on my mind daily and I am not sure what that is about, considering its been over a year.

On a completely, separate, but in some ways connected, note-- I am dating an old friend from middle school who i ran into last summer and starting hanging out with for breaks from studying for the bar. For whatever reason, that connection grew and is quite solid at the moment. It's crazy. My last year and a half, 2 and a half years, have absolutely not been what i expected. I would have never predicted this. Par for the course for the "unexpected," it's a guy, dating a guy is something I have really not done since high school. This is also quite the change from, oh, the last decade or so.

I can't complain though. I have a job. My dog is fantastic. My family is loving. My friends are great.

I need to get back to this brief, 2nd Circuit Appeal on a non-compete issue. Lucky for me, it's a super interesting case.

until next time :)