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And now, without further ado, here is your MILP roundup.
- Lag Liv put her house on the market AND found another one she loved, all in the same week! She also answered reader questions, many of which were varieties of, "You mentioned this thing about your personal life two years ago, and it's the first thing I think of every morning when I wake up, just before I check your blog for the first time that day. Can you give me an update, because I am really curious about your personal relationships with each and every one of your relatives and close friends?" (I am not trying to make fun of anyone here. I am just impressed that she has such a dedicated readership.)
- Butterflyfish had a work victory and an Angelfish update. At 13 months, her daughter can identify a favorite book and pick it off the bookshelf! And her mom can conduct legal research on novel issues and get the resulting ruling affirmed. Nice job, Butterflyfish family.
- Attorney at Large asked if a law school employment scheme passed the smell test. And look out for future astronaut Pea, who at the tender age of 4 can identify an F-15.
- Proto Attorney reflected on her childhood in a cult. She's mentioned The Cult before, but I've never thought about what it would be like growing up in one, or how that would affect you as an adult. If you haven't seen this post, you should go read it.
- Better Together's LEO got braces and figured out pumping at work. Challenging week!
- Fumbling for Truth had a first birthday party for baby Leah, for which she made adorable decorations and color-coordinated food. We have a birthday party coming up too. If I can prevent the baby from attacking any of the big kids, I'll call it a success.
- Wild Northwest Litigator is 32 weeks pregnant and is going to leave that highlighter where it fell on the floor. Been there. She's also a little frustrated that her boss is pre-emptively deciding she's too pregnant to work on an upcoming trial. Also been there.
- K Marks the Spot now has a 2-month old baby and is halfway through maternity leave. "I’m starting to get a little stir crazy . . . I’m longing for a little time for myself — to go for a run, to read a book, to focus on something (anything!) for more than 45 minutes at a stretch." Dirty secret: not everybody loves maternity leave! I was dying to go back to work the first time around. No need to feel guilty about feeling less than blissfully happy about being on call 24 hours a day with someone who needs you most of the time and doesn't interact with you much yet.
- And You Know What Else experiences past-job trauma: "You know you have a bad job when not crying in your car seems like an impressive feat."
- Arguably Ambitious has children who do not appreciate her homemade soup. I can relate. Also, she got into another law school!
- Magic Cookie did not have a lot going on this week and compensated by posting repeatedly about how awesome this roundup was going to be. I did have a cute valentine and a report that baby X is standing up.
- Geeky Law Mom quit her job to focus on her 3L year, and had to educate her daughter about playing pretend appropriately. (Am I am alone in having the "don't joke around about parents hurting you, because they could take you away" conversation with my kid, or does everyone do this?)
- Izzie of Only 3 Years is preparing for her overseas move AND writing papers AND has a visibly moving baby bump.
- Suzie of In a Minute... took a much-needed vacation and delivered a cell phone smackdown to a texting teenager. (Also inspired by her post: Why do people say Jesus H. Christ?)
- But I Do Have a Law Degree, after a year of being a post-biglaw SAHM, thinks her law career may be over for good.
- Dinei of Nonsense and Frippery is not enjoying bar prep. Come on, Dinei, you've weathered far worse than this. Don't let the bar exam beat you down!
- The Reluctant Grownup has an informative post on cloth diapers, and vows to put down the laptop and pay attention to her kids.
- Kate of Today and Tomorrow is studying in the parking garage and is a weird parent. (Her "weird parent" post mentions that having your kids take personality tests might be useful for parenting. What do you think?)
- Legally Certifiable hired a nanny, got some new cases, and is helping her recovering mom. I am exhausted just reading her post.
FIN
OK, I'm awed! ;) (And it takes a crazy amount of time, doesn't it?!)
ReplyDelete** socks knocked off ***
ReplyDeleteWell worth the hype!
Cue Wayne's World
ReplyDeleteI AM NOT WORTHY!!!! I AM SO NOT WORTHY!!!
Lol at the Wayne's World reference BFF. Fabulous work CM with your fancy graphics and everythang!!!
ReplyDeleteNice job CM! :) I agree - totally worth the hype. :)
ReplyDeleteThank god I don't have to follow this one. You lived up to your promises!
ReplyDelete(PS I was also awed by LL's devoted fans!)
Nice work, CM! And the jelly beans are so cute. I do have a follow-up LL type question for you. In between when you sold your old house and bought your new one, I remember your saying you basically liquidated everything such that you had zero in savings for a few months. We are basically in the same spot - to get the down payment need to liquidate, but we have bonuses and other things coming such that we can add back to our buffer. so, i guess my question - did it work out ok? did you feel like you could do it b/c you had family that could bail you out if something happened? i am nervous about it but part of me thinks it's kind of what you have to do to buy a house! also, i meant to ask - is X still an "executive type"? i laughed at that description. ;)
ReplyDeleteI had more elaborate plans (spoiler: they involved an animated gif), but I didn't realize how long it would take to just do the roundup part! Much respect to all the long-time rounder-uppers, Butterflyfish, Proto Attorney, and Attorney at Large. JW warned me that going for a 1990s GeoCities feel might be a little obtuse for the younger folks, but I was not deterred.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, I feel so loved with your LL type question. Ironically, LL herself is now in the same position. The house stuff ultimately worked out for us, because we were lucky and got an offer fairly soon after moving into our new house. We took a big loss on the old place, but at least we were able to walk away. It was very stressful, but we knew that if we absolutely had to we could carry both mortgages for up to a year. (We'd be down to our last pennies if it came to that, though.) I wouldn't have done it with zero buffer. If it were at all possible, I would have accepted an offer on our old house first before putting an offer down on this one.
And yes, X's personality has not changed since the early days when my father declared him an "executive type." It's so funny seeing him learning to walk. He will not do something unless he can do it well, and he hates falling down. It's not that he's hurt, it just makes him mad. So, as with all his other leaps in motor development, he doesn't do it, doesn't do it, and suddenly he can do it perfectly.
I agree with everyone else, this was amazing. Also, I think this is the most excited and boisterous I've ever "seen" you on your blog...and I love it! If we were playing a sport here, I imagine you trash talking the other team as you rub their faces in the mud. Haha
ReplyDeleteLEO: Nobody in our house is any good at sports (at least, not yet) so we have to find other things to talk smack about, like how clean we're going to get in the tub or how we're going to kick each other's ass at Candyland.
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