Just Say No
I have come down with a nasty cold this weekend. There’s a $265 speeding ticket in my purse that I got last week on my way back home after 72 hours straight at the ICU with a family member. I was supposed to meet with Pumpkinhead’s teacher for parent/teacher conference today but, bad Mommy that I am, I canceled and we spent the morning instead cuddling on the couch watching “Hercules.” This afternoon Chapin and I have to drive an hour across town to meet with his immigration attorney who, four months after filing his $4,600 five-page appeal brief (for denial of citizenship), has yet to give us a copy of that brief or proof of filing. I’m soooooo not up for it and I’ve told him he MUST talk because he is the client and she is his attorney. I will not do this for him anymore.
School, only in session one week, is already in high gear. We have group projects in both classes and I’ve already been dragged into groups (thank goodness because otherwise I probably would have found myself in serious trouble down the road). But they want to meet right away (like this week after class!) and I just cannot get motivated in the least. I was also supposed to meet with my co-representative for a school organization today but she didn’t get in touch so I’m going to let that slide. I’m going to try to have a low-key week and do only as much as I need to do to get through it. It’s frustrating because I had so hoped to start this semester off with a bang and instead it’s been one thing after another after another. I wanted to spend this weekend getting a lot done and recovering from last week’s events and instead I’ve gone through a half gallon of chicken noodle soup and two boxes of tissues. 
This week I should hear back from the school’s accommodations committee regarding my neurologists’ requests that I not be grilled orally in class (my brain just can’t process quickly enough to get the answers to my mouth), that I be allowed to use a laptop in one (already know the answer is no for one professor, but I can use a tape recorder) and other helpful things. I should also be meeting with my supervisor about her meeting with my boss. He was extra nice after she met with him so maybe whatever she said got through. I don’t know. One of my coworker suggested floating but I was hired because of some specific technical skills that the desk requires so I’m not certain they would let me go that easily. I’ll just keep praying that a paralegal position opens up soon.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
I really hate group projects. This is probably because I hate most of the other law students who, generally, are toolbags with nothing else to do except meet and talk about Powrpoint presentations. I also hate Powerpoint presentations. Yikes - I really AM becoming bitter and jaded. I must be close to graduation!
January 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I hope things get better! Especially your health. Not being 100% impacts every area of your life. Sending you positive energy…
January 25th, 2008 at 10:58 am
You have classes that do not allow laptops?
Seriously? What year are we in?
I hope as many accomodations as possible work out for you. Sounds like some of the professors at your school need to get over themselves and do a reality check. It is YOUR education that you are paying for, not everyone is the same, even absent medical conditions, not everyone learns the same, and not everyone wants to be a trial attorney where it is really important to think on your feet and be super eloquent. Their job is to impart useful knowledge in ways that students can absorb.
Best of luck!