Karma

A few days ago I blogged about a forbidden/unwelcome person coming to one of my hearings and having words with my boss about it. As I mentioned then, that person was a state senator, etc.

Well, on Friday KARMA happened. Another forbidden person showed up for my hearing. This time a judge. And not just any judge but the chief judge of the circuit where I will most likely practice. What to do?

I did exactly what I did before. I informed him that hearings are for students and their parents or legal guardians. He thanked me and left. Class act. I was impressed.

Now I still need to decide how to deal with the boss, as we have our "discussion" scheduled for next week. I have my union rep on standby.

Wills

I have a will. It should be simple. Anyone over 18 can have a will - if you have the capacity to understand what you are doing - and capacity is easier to have for a will than for a contract.

So why was my wills exam the worst one I have had in four years of law school?

I spent more than two hours taking the exam. That has never happened before. I am usually among the first to finish and do fairly well. I did finish in the first ten or so, but we were all hanging with it.

Part of the problem is that there were two sections of the class - two different teachers - but only one exam. The other teacher wrote the multiple choice section of the exam. My teacher wrote the short answer questions. They will grade the tests the same way. My teacher felt that a couple of the multiple choice questions were poorly written, so he allowed us to write explanations as to why we chose our answers.

I filled in the back of 21 pages of the test with my reasons - and explained a widow's elective share on the 22nd page. The test had 23 pages of questions.

Maybe I talked my way through it. I can only hope.

And I did follow it with not just one but TWO margaritas.


I slept well.

Can I just quit now?

Through my job, I participate in a Deferred Retirement Option Program. I just started it in August, and I have to work at least three more years to benefit from it. Financially, it will be well worth the effort.

But I'm not sure the job will allow me to make it that far.

Don't get me wrong - I really like what I do for a living. Most of my co-workers are also good friends - some I have worked with for many years.

But the boss is another story.

She can't keep her stories straight. She will tell me one thing and my co-worker another. When we make a decision in a meeting, she conveniently forgets it when she wants.

She did that to me today. We - as a group - made a decision back in August about one factor that may influence our jobs. We all agreed to handle in the same way. Today, I was confronted with a person in my meeting whose presence was in violation of that agreement, so I invited him to leave. He refused. He argued. He made smart remarks and derogatory remarks. He happens to be a state senator married to a local politician. When my security officer took him out - he went to tattle. The boss immediately "forgot" the agreement we made back in August and demanded that I allow him to attend. I refused. She demanded. I left it with her and walked out.

Of course, she wanted a private meeting after it was over to discuss my transgressions. I also refused that. I will not meet with her again without representation. If she has any more meetings with us as a group, I will record them - on my cell phone as a video and download to the internet if I must - to prove what happens. (Hey Lisa - I may need help with that!)

Now I need a margarita.....

One victory - two victories!

My exam Wednesday night was a buggerbear. I walked out thinking it could go either way. Teacher insisted it would be Sunday before he sent us our grades and went to the extreme in explaining how he would send them.

Thankfully, I went out of town Thursday and forgot to worry about my grade. By the time I got home, I had a fever of 103 and went directly to bed for 36 hours. Sometime in the middle of that, the grade came via email.

I was thrilled to pass - and not even just barely pass.

Then today, while driving from work to a meeting with the rest of the evening filled with errands that had to be run, I get an email informing me that my MPRE score is now available. Driving the interstate at 70 mph, I am trying to figure out if I can download acrobat reader onto my Blackberry. I finally gave up and tried to forget it.

Finished everything and got home. I immediately went to the email to check the score. But I had forgotten that my desktop and acrobat reader are feuding and won't cooperate. So I had to fire up the laptop and get there again.

I passed the MPRE with points to spare. Whew!

Two victories!

And the winner is........

THE OTHER TEAM!!!!!!!!!

Not that it makes me happy, but...

Alabama's coach pulled some nasty tricks during the Auburn game - to the extent that even a few Bama fans took issue.

My guess is that Karma came into play. It usually does.

One down

One exam finished - one next Thursday.

The one tonite exhausted me.

Maybe it would be better if I studied. I fear I have forgotten how to do that. I attend class every week - never miss a lecture. I don't read. I don't study. I just listen and absorb information.

When it comes time for a test, I may review the notes once or twice, then I am finished.

This time, I just don't think that was enough.

I should know by Sunday.

Is it time to panic?

My first exam of the semester is tomorrow. So far, this class has been a downer. I have done well on the pop tests and with class participation. I bombed the midterm and fell further with the paper. Yet I feel confident about the content and material of the class.

To make it even better, my laptop died on me last week, just before this class's review. I took notes the old-fashioned way - on paper with a pencil. I wrote 11 pages of notes - and I can't read any of it.

Thanks to all my friends who have sent me notes to help me through. I will spend some time in review tomorrow afternoon then go take the test. It can't get much worse than it already has in there.....