Weekend update
It’s Tuesday; back to the grindstone.
Anniversary trip: Chapin and I had a lovely, romantic night away. We managed to work around the pain (thanks to the help of a good bottle of Merlot). We went to a really hip restaurant (well, it’s hip if you get there late at night; not so much at 5:30 p.m….) The food was awesome and the high-back booth very romantic. We really had a chance to talk about our life together and future plans. It was heavenly. Oh, and Bourne Ultimatum was great!! If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d suggest sitting as far in the back as you can because the director has camera shots from right inside the action so sitting closer might make you a bit nauseated.
Pumpkinhead had an awesome time with my parents and slept through the night with no problem. We took his Spiderman nightlight to shoot webs all over the dark ceiling. My mother said that he was laying horizontally across the bed at one point and their Shih Tzu went and pushed him back to the right position and then curled up next to him. Pumpkinhead threw his arm across the dog and that’s how they stayed for the rest of the night. Cute!
Health update: well, it’s not as much pain relief as I was hoping for, but I can see a difference. The doctor gave me my steroid shot on Friday and then sent me home with a 3-month supply of 15mg of Prednisone (apparently I can look forward to severe weight gain, moon face and rounded shoulders from this). I chose not to take it Saturday or Sunday because you can only take it first thing in the morning and I wanted to drink Saturday night and enjoy my day on Sunday. I started yesterday instead, so perhaps I would be feeling better if I’d started sooner. Yesterday I was really hot (side effect) and did okay in the morning but was in a lot of pain in the afternoon. The good news is that this morning I’m not nearly as stiff as I was last week so I think it’s working. My toes and ankles hurt, but I’ve been up for about 90 minutes and my fingers are letting me type, so that’s a really good sign. 
Law school update: One of my classes this semester is Criminal Law. Did anyone else not find this difficult, at least at first? It may be because I took Criminal Law in undergrad (not that I remember much — I took it my last semester and got pregnant a few weeks in). The reading seems fairly easy and the terms make a lot of sense. Yay. That is good because my other class is a bit harder and has a lot more reading/technical language.
Work update: Today is performance review day at work — well, at least I think so. They were due on the 1st and my main partner still hadn’t completed his. He usually goes over his with me so I’m expecting that today. I’m good at my job but these medical issues have had me away from the office lately and I’m worried how that will impact me. My newer partner is hard to read and my associate is on her way out so who knows what she’ll do. Wish me luck. 
September 4th, 2007 at 10:53 am
I hope you get to feeling better and I’m sure your employer if you have been with them for some time will understand your health issues and not bring that into your evaluation.
They know you, and your work history so I’m sure you won’t have to worry. I also, just wanted to say thanks for posting your law school expereinces it has been a great help to me as I begin the journey.
Keep smiling!
September 4th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I hated absolutely every minute of crim law - if you find yourself liking it or thinking it easy, more power to you! make it the class you knock out of the park this term!
September 4th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I find Criminal Law a little difficult because it was so abstract and theoretical. Just remember the key is figuring out the difference between the model penal code & common law.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
I’m glad you got to celebrate your anniversary in such a lovely fashion and hope that you feel better each day!
I found criminal law more approachable than the other classes. Ultimately, the final wasn’t any easier, but the terminology and cases were so much more familiar to me than contracts or property b/c you hear about criminal law so much in movies and the news. Good luck to you!