Archive for June 21st, 2008

June 21st, 2008  Posted at   Health
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Had the colonoscopy today. OW! Because of my stupid hypotension (wicked low BP – 72/50), they couldn’t give me the normal anesthesia. I had to stay awake through it and that was soooo unpleasant. Bleech. But I got through it and the official diagnosis is IBS.

They still think I’m at risk for another intessusception and they also feel that my gallbladder may not be functioning properly so I have to wait until Monday morning for the HITA screen to test the gallbladder. If it’s fine, I’m outta here. If not, I’ll have surgery. The doctors today said they expect to discharge me Tuesday unless there’s a need for surgery. I can’t believe I’ve been in this place almost a week.

Other than my mother and my priest, no one has visited. I’m pretty drugged up most of the time and tired. But still, this drives home the point that Chapin really alienated me from any close connections. I’m really bored. I’ve already made it through Julia Spencer-Fleming’s latest novel and have moved on to James Patterson’s Sail, but you can only sit in bed sipping on water and sugar-free jello/popsicles for so long. I miss my son, my home and my bed and I’m sick of being poked!

Whine, whine, whine. Thanks for listening.

June 21st, 2008  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Women in Law

The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, A Little Fish in Law School, and A New Duck blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week’s MILP Roundup will be hosted by New Duck.

Themes and morphine don’t mix. Bear with me as I bring you a themeless assortment of MILP posts from this week.

Kady explores the choices we make as working mothers

3L Wannabe is suffering from law school’s version of the freshman fifteen

Butterflyfish tackles obscure legal research assignments at her summer job

New Duck’s baby is Olympics-bound

Dakota is finding ways to occupy her brainpower during the summer break

Angry Pregnant Lawyer is fighting through seven more weeks of litigation hell

With law school behind her, Citations is shedding the remnants of that life and getting ready to move on

Mieke finds that some things just don’t pair well with sushi

LagLiv’s boys are living it up in their new home

TrannyHead deftly fends off yet another dose of criticism masked as parenting advice

Certifiable tackles her first vacation as a new lawyer (i.e., work, work and more work)

Lawyer Mama discusses blog privacy (or lack thereof)

Magic Cookie is weighing her practice area options

GoogieBaba shares what she’s learned so far from her internship

Andrea’s beautiful Becca is growing up so fast

Shelley reminds us of the importance of childcare provider background searches

Cee is earning that paycheck

Yayarolly pens an open letter to BarBri

Zuska’s trying to jam a ton of quality family time into her non-work hours before her kids leave for visitation with their Dad for most of the summer

If you’d like to have your blog added to the MILP blogroll for weekly review or would like us to consider a specific post, drop the hostess(es) an email or leave a comment at their respective sites.

**Hat tip to the “original” Roundup — Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground and Divine Angst