Soooo....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Okay, that's just too weird. Today at lunch, while waiting for the microwave to finish zapping my food, I was bored and opened a cabinet that I never opened. It contained some sort of log book. Kind of an odd place for a log book, above a microwave. I kinda wondered what it was, but then the microwave beeped and I didn't look.

3 hours later, I'm out by the break area getting some water. A contractor who come regularly to clean our equipment lab floors (don't ask why we need a contractor to come and clean our floors, it's a long, entirely uninteresting, story) has just arrived. Our facilities guy was there to let him in and tells him, "Don't forget to sign in. My boss asked me for the logs yesterday, so it's a good thing we've been keeping up with them." I bet you can guess where the contractor went to grab the log book to sign in.

Weird.

[JWBear]

Mmmmmm.... Chocolate ice cream....

[AllyOops!]

Add peanut butter to that chocolate ice cream & yummity yum yum yum!!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Prudence

There are apparently 3 federal judges in the entire country who are hiring clerks. And, of course, they all want someone from a top 10 school. Which means that I am once again screwed. Only this time I'm screwed AND I have a giant student loan bill. I would have been better off embracing life as an administrative flunky, as that's apparently all I'm suited for.

Pru... I am sorry to hear of your plight. But everything in life happens for a reason and this means you were meant to do something else. Don't give up - keep pushing.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Eh, the only thing I've been robbed of is my dignity...

LOL You crack me up.

Snowflake, well, ya do what you have to. I just remember being so grateful the police arrived super fast. Within minutes. {I had told them I was not sure if they were still inside.} But, I hope you, and everyone else, never has to go through it. It is such a violation. It really frightened the family, this was quite a few years ago.

Capt Jack, so glad you found your kitties!! That would hurt more than any item in the house.

Well, I cherish a lot of things. But, I do know, they are just things. I love my jewelry because of who gave it to me and why but it is just jewelry.

I have been married almost 25 years and do not wear a ring. Everytime someone asks me I tell them we didn't have the money when we married. They say, well, now you do but it isn't the same. It won't make us more married. If they were rings we wore during the ceremony, sure, those would be 'blessed' or whatever. Now they would just be to show people we are married.

Now, if next year we renew our vows....LOL Again, not that important...I think I'd rather enjoy the time I have with the Hubster than waste so much on a ring.

Ooo...ice cream sounds sooo good. Hot fudge...cherries...nuts...did I just lick my lips?

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Prudence

There are apparently 3 federal judges in the entire country who are hiring clerks. And, of course, they all want someone from a top 10 school. Which means that I am once again screwed. Only this time I'm screwed AND I have a giant student loan bill. I would have been better off embracing life as an administrative flunky, as that's apparently all I'm suited for.

Why is it federal judge clerkships or nothing?

[Not Afraid]

Pru.........think positive. Fatalist thinking won't get you anywhere.


I have a new addiction. Well, having something 2 times is not really an addiction, but I'm working on it.

Pink Berry or - even better - Peach Berry. YUM.

[NickO'Time]

My Boss is a selfish bastard I have decided. I asked over two weeks ago in written form that I wanted our anniversary off. What does he do, he schedules me in the evening.
Rant over.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Okay, that's just too weird. Today at lunch, while waiting for the microwave to finish zapping my food, I was bored and opened a cabinet that I never opened. It contained some sort of log book. Kind of an odd place for a log book, above a microwave. I kinda wondered what it was, but then the microwave beeped and I didn't look.

3 hours later, I'm out by the break area getting some water. A contractor who come regularly to clean our equipment lab floors (don't ask why we need a contractor to come and clean our floors, it's a long, entirely uninteresting, story) has just arrived. Our facilities guy was there to let him in and tells him, "Don't forget to sign in. My boss asked me for the logs yesterday, so it's a good thing we've been keeping up with them." I bet you can guess where the contractor went to grab the log book to sign in.

Weird.

Oooooo - The Secret!

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Why is it federal judge clerkships or nothing?

It's not. I've already applied to the Oregon state courts as well, but have not heard anything back. Federal courts have the centralized nifty/evil OSCAR online application system (they're not all on it, but many are) so those are the applications I'm prepping right now. For state courts, there seems to be a bigger preference for locals, which is just another obstacle.

But, today I received the form letter from the Dean begging me to apply for clerkships (her mission in life it to raise our rankings) and inviting me to contact her to discuss her experience clerking in the 7th circuit. So, that's what I'm going to do. I've been looking for a reason to get "known" by the Dean anyhow. And maybe she's got come connections and will think I'm nifty.