it's the end of the year as we know it . . .

Wow, tomorrow is the last day of 2008. It's hard to even attempt to contemplate where the year went - where the past month went, for that matter. I spent Christmas with my parents. It's always kind of weird going back to Houston - it changes so much each time I go back that it feels a little less and less like home. But at the same time, I always feel such nostalgia when I think back to high school and my friends. It makes me a bit sad. Regardless, it was nice seeing my parents and one of my high school friends that I haven't seen in a couple of years. John spent Christmas with his family in Odessa. First he got bored, then he got sick. No big shock there. :) It was the first time we spent Christmas apart in a few years, so it was kind of weird, but a little refreshing at the same time.

Work is still going at a frantic pace. It's getting so overwhelming that I'm starting to just shut down. But, I suppose I should be grateful for the work considering the economic concerns. I know a lot of attorneys in high paying, big firm jobs are getting laid off like crazy. It's kind of hard to be grateful sometimes, though. Especially when you have to deal with asshole defense lawyers and psycho protective order defendants. Today was a perfect example of the latter.

At least work ends tomorrow at 2pm and we have Thursday and Friday off. Another 4 day weekend! New Year's Day I plan on attending some free yoga classes hosted by my local yoga studio. I haven't taken a yoga class since April. I've pretty much been in a funk since that time and my body is feeling the consequences of that. Once again, I'm going to try to start the year off by taking better care of myself and I figure free classes means I can't talk myself out of going because of the price. Anyway, that's my current life in a nutshell.

2008 no more

i still am amazed by how quickly time is flying. hard to believe that 2008 is pretty much over. i'm still in a complete funk about my job and what i am doing with my life. this year didn't provide much change for me in that regard, but 2009 is always another year. i do feel that as long as i am an attorney, though, my quality of life will never be what i want. but it is truly hard to think about giving up what has been the best working environment i've had since graduating law school - at least within my particular office. the stresses of other offices (a particular judge, for instance) make things very difficult. and while being a government attorney means a mediocre salary, it is still much better than what many others receive. so...

on a fun note, john and i attended the dickens festival in bracken village. totally loved it! bracken village is a cute replica of a turn of the century town in central texas with tons of cute stores, cute jewelry, just cute everything! definitely plan to spend more time there in the future. we also had a fun night at his company christmas party on the riverwalk in san antonio.

i'm ending this week with a certification hearing for a juvenile and next year i am off and running with jury trials. those are what stress me out beyond measure. sometimes i wonder why i do this to myself. i've yet to figure out the answer.