Day 14 Month 3 Year 2016 in BookThree: Flight Log 2016

Today was my first Work Day of No Work

Funny Story: I’m still on the Work E-Mail List. So, I just got an e-mail from the Jail about who needs to be transferred, lol.

But… my day was watching Frasier and a Honey Do List. AAaaand an interesting unexpected back and forth helping out a Law Student.

She is trying to decide whether to take the NE Bar or the IA Bar. I told her what I knew about each. She had questions about waiver and practice requirements. I sent her the Code Regulations and Contact Information for Professional Conduct and State Hopping. All stuff I’ve had because of all of this damned dual state job search. And… I suppose… in a more Cut Throat Legal Environment… someone would say I was being stupid. A young, pretty female attorney looking to compete for Law Jobs in Iowa… and you were helping her? But… yes. I believe that I can help others without hurting myself. Perhaps I’m naive. But I genuinely believe that lifting others up can come back around. It’s numbers. Say you help 10 people. And 9 of them get a job and say “fuck you, I’m not helping you.” ALL IT TAKES is one person to say, “Thanks for the help! You know, you set me on a track that really paid off. Can I put a good word in to my boss for you?”

HONEY DO LIST
(1) Wedding Photographer. Yeah, right? So… we’ve received both of our books… FINALLY… after waiting nearly 5 years for them! Now, Wife wants me to ask the photographer about a CD and release forms. OF COURSE, I just want to be done with this asshole. He took lovely pictures, and then was a shit-stained fuckhead sitting on our books forever! But Wife is adamant that we see if we can get a Digital CD of our photos (something he’s already said he isn’t comfortable doing). So… it’s my job to send him an e-mail. It isn’t even that much of an inconvenience but… it is a pain in my ass. Especially as she wants me to include the list of pictures she wants on the CD. Bah.

(2) A friend sent me an application to Iowa Children’s Justice which has a summer fellowship in Des Moines… where Wife and I are moving. They are looking for 1Ls and 2Ls. Considering the opportunity, I felt a struggle where my Nice Guy side struggles with my Needs. Because… yeah, experience job all that. But… trying to take something from a 1L? Or a 2L? It feels like I’m trying to build my career by stealing opportunities designed for students. BUT… it doesn’t matter. In the long run, the Fellowship is designed to financially support law students who obtain a summer volunteer position in the area of juvenile law. SO… I’m right out!

(3) This sends me down the path of my trek of begging. My first official E-Mail to an attorney asking for advice on Working for Free and trying to whore myself for experience.

(4) A little outdoors and exercise is good for me. A brief walk!!

(5) Time to clean the toilet!

(6) Laundry Time

(7) TO THE STORE!

Oh… watching Frasier this episode seems… disturbingly fitting for some reason: