Oh yeah!

I got a job! Once my work permit comes through in 4-6 weeks I will be a fancy-pantsy attorney in one of the world's largest law firms. I'll be doing international arbitration work for multi-national corporations. It actually sounds sort of fun to me. I love a good argument and the most heated arguments are often over large amounts of money. So for the time being I guess you could say I'll be in the business of getting the rich richer. So it goes. I do miss my public defender days and hope I return to helping the wretched again someday, but for the time being I'm going to wear tailored suits and get a regular haircut. Yesterday I went to a going away party for the guy whose apartment we are moving into next week. We smoked flavored tobacco from a hookah, tried to drink some homemade liquor from Romania, and successfully finished off the rest of the liquor cabinet. I was drunk most of the day. Then this morning Shannon and I watched Forest Gump. The movie is maudlin and manipulative and I could see all the tearjerker scenes coming a mile away, but I couldn't resist. Which is not to say I was balling. I just got a little misty. My mother was supposed to come for a visit at the end of the week, but she fell off her horse and broke her leg while she was riding at an arena near her house. She passed out and didn't wakeup until she was in the ambulance. The amazing thing is the horse crossed a four lane street by itself, walked home and waited by the gate until someone let it in.