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The end.
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Why Won’t She Sleep?!
As soon as Little Bit hit three years old it was like . . . torture! Her lovely sleep routine went right out of the window! Here is her current sleep routine:
7:15 p.m. Bath
7:30 p.m. Two books
7:45 p.m. I leave the room
8:00 p.m. Little Bit comes out because she needs to “go potty.”
8:17 p.m. Little Bit yells she needs her closet light on. Mom turns it on.
8:25 p.m. Little Bit yells she needs to closet light off because it hurts her eyes. Dad turns it off
8:36 p.m. Little Bit comes out because she “needs to tell us something.” Surprise! She has nothing to say!
8:55 p.m. Little Bit yells she needs to go potty again because she didn’t actually need to go the first time she came out.
9:27 p.m. Little Bit yells that she is afraid in her room and needs to sleep in our room. Dad goes back in and turns on the closet light.
9:48 p.m. We hear Little Bit’s door open and the pitter-patter of her feet across the hall into our room. She is surprised when she doesn’t find us in our bed and comes out to lecture us about not being in bed. SHE IS LECTURING US ABOUT OUR BEDTIME!!!!
10:03 p.m. Little Bit is finally asleep.
Would you be surprised to hear she sleeps in, thus making the whole morning routine run behind. This kid is torturing us! We have tried everything. Ok, well, not everything or we would have figured it out by now. But it feels like everything: new sheets, new PJ’s, stickers, promised movie night if she goes straight to sleep (she hasn’t succeeded yet), a train ride, a bike ride, running her around during the day, shorter naps during the day, no shows before bedtime. We can’t take away sugar at night because she doesn’t eat alot of sugar. She doesn’t get sweets unless it is a holiday or birthday and she only gets apple juice when she is sick. Ah! We are running out of ideas and low on sleep.
We are three months into this craziness. Parents, how did you survive?! Please teach me your ways. My Google must be broken because none of the suggestions worked.
Tuesday’s Tangent (a day late)
Cover letters . . . where do I begin?! I have a love-hate relationship with these.
I saw a quick video on Business Insider that quoted a statistic that about 50% of employers actually read the cover letter. But, because you don’t know what half of those employers you are applying with, it is better to be safe then sorry. So, basically, always provide a cover letter with your resume and application unless it is specifically stated NOT to provide one.
Being on a hiring panel, I read a large amount of cover letters. The problem is I read a large amount in quick succession. So, when one “stands out” to me it is only because it stands apart from the other 19 I am reading within that same 2 to 3 hour period. And I guess that is the point, right? To stand apart from the rest?
But here is my predicament: I am applying for a job that doesn’t actually exist yet, that isn’t being advertised, and that I was asked to apply for by a partner of the firm. I was explicitly asked to provide a cover letter to supplement the resume they had previously requested. So . . . how do I make myself stand out against the competition when there is no competition?
Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel like this is a HUGE test and I am just not sure how to complete it.
Job Satisfaction
It’s hard to admit, but I am very unhappy at my job. While I love being an attorney and I absolutely love a lot of aspects of my job, I don’t like a main component of my job.
I am doing a great job and have received excellent feedback from my boss with praise and an increase in complex work. I am consistently asked for my input and feedback on changes going on in the office. I am still part of the new attorney hiring committee. But at the end of the day . . . I am unhappy.
I have weighed the pros and cons of what I am required to do on a daily basis and I have decided this is not the field of law I want to practice in. The problem arises, however, it is a field I have worked in for the past 12 years! I have literally no experience in the field I want to be in and it is hard to “jump ship” when you don’t have anywhere to land. That is what is holding me to my current job . . . security.
How do you balance the things you love against the things you hate in your job? I don’t know. But this is the year I find out which way the scale tips.
Tuesday’s Tangent
SIX MONTHS! I have been silent for six months on this blog?! I guess that is a little bit better than my nine month hiatus I took a while back! While I had excuses for that nine-month silence, I have no excuses other than:
- life
- a husband
- a three year old
- work
- home
- family
- medical issues
- mentoring
- being involved in bar association functions
- constant exhaustion
You know, the usual.
But I am here now! And I am glad you are too! I have a plan laid out for 2017 to be more present on this blog. I feel like I have so much to say, but getting the time to put it all down is the hard part. I am dedicating time each week to just being present on this blog. I have enjoyed looking through my previous posts and hope you enjoy what’s to come.
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