Tag: Work

  • When it rains…

    Blogging hiatus: over. The last week or so was insane. We got slammed at work all week, went to look at houses – we’re a ways out, but you gotta start early – Saturday, then went to a housewarming party Saturday night. Sunday slowed me down – way down. I got some sort of stomach…

  • Crazy Busy

    Sarah and I were laughing just yesterday at how recently, as very new associates, we were waiting to get staffed on enough cases to stay busy. We both have all we can handle, now, and it’s not busy work. Some of it is less than glamorous, but it’s all real legal work that has to…

  • Good-bye, asterisk

    I finally have a bar number! I don’t have a printed law license, yet – it is apparently on its way. I do, however, have a bar number, a licensed date, and the glorious “Eligible To Practice In Texas” status on the website of the State Bar of Texas. No more “attorney-to-be” and “not yet…

  • Hello World.

    A few of the search terms people have used to find this site in the last 24 hours which have suddenly spiked in popularity: ed cottrell cottrell baker botts edblog “ed cottrell” blog I assume some of those folks are my new co-workers. Hello! Don’t worry, all; it’s pretty harmless on here. Some of the…

  • Moving, the Bar, and Other Craziness

    I haven’t been posting very often, since we just took finals, are trying to get ready to move, are studying for the bar, had to sublet our apartment, and have to graduate, still. Finals: done! They went well enough – each of us ended up reasonably happy with the quarter, especially since the only thing…