First Week

I apologize for not blogging last week. Between the training, the social events, and the actual work, I was just plain exhausted by the time I got home. I wanted little more than to put on some comfortable clothes and curl up with Emma for a relaxing evening. I finished that book on Saturday, and have to confess to being disappointed overall. I found her character largely unsympathetic, and was put off by how manipulative and self-centered she was almost right up to the book's conclusion. I was not moved by her supposed revelations, and left the book unconvinced that she really had materially changed. Maybe the first week at a big law firm has made me a cynic. To counteract that, I thought I'd breeze through Treasure Island. Hard to be cynical about pirates!

It was an excellent first week at work. I have already gotten involved in several quite interesting cases. I helped put the finishing touches on a petition for a writ of certiorari, took notes in an internal investigation witness interview, and wrote a memo for a reply brief in one of the firm's biggest cases. Today I'm going to sit on the bench in a moot court for a local lawyer (and friend of a partner here) who will be doing oral arguments before the D.C. Court of Appeals soon. That should be fun.

And this weekend I spent a lot of time laying around, recovering from my first ever week of full time work. I did manage to spend about four hour yesterday morning walking around the city, and visited the World War II and Vietnam War memorials. I took a lot of pictures of the former, and should have them posted in the next few days.