Out with the Old, In with the New

Today is my last day of staring at this for eight hours a day:




And the start of me staring at this for 24 hours a day:



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Mom Got an iPhone!

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Happy New Year!

On Friday, I left work early and met a friend who was staying in Japantown. (The friend's name is Michael, wife's name is Susan, and son's name is Elliot.) Susie and Eli joined us for a relaxing stroll among the sushi restaurants and the Benihana, and Michael took this excellent picture of us.



That night, we all went over to a friend's house for dinner to celebrate Rosh Hashannah. Everyone had fun except for Eli. We're glad we didn't go to the synagogue.

In totally different news, the two directors at work who run our antitrust practice are leaving and starting their own firm, effective at the end of the month. I'm sure they'll make me an offer to join them, but they haven't made it yet. I can't stay at my existing firm--everyone will lose their job, even if they don't get an offer to join the new firm.

I don't think this should affect my family leave plans, so I'm still going to have an awesome rest of the year.

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I Can Explain

My Boss: "Did you know that you're wearing your shirt inside out?"
Me: "No, but I can explain."
Boss: "I was just pointing ot out to be polite, but if there's actually an explanation, I'll bet it's interesting."
Me: "Well, this morning, Susie shook me and said, 'Did you know it's 8:45?"
Boss: "Did you know?"
Me: "No....But I can explain."
Boss: "This sounds like we have a theme for the conversation."
Me: "Well, I was up with Eli three times during the night, for a total of more than two hours. It was the same for the couple of nights before."
Boss: "Wait, you told me Eli was a very good sleeper--6, 8 hours no problem."
Me: "Well, I can explain....Actually, I can't explain this one at all. For the past two weeks, we get maybe 2 to 4 hours. Eli works in mysterious ways."
Boss: "Maybe he's afraid of sleeping through his alarm and showing up late for work."
Me: "Cute, but I didn't sleep through my alarm. I turned it off."
Boss: "You turned it off?"
Me: "This I can explain. I didn't want to wake Eli."
Boss: "You were worried about waking up a baby who already wakes every two hours?"
Me: "We have a rule in our house: You break it, you bought it. I didn't want to end up dealing with him, and then being late for work."
Boss: "But you were late for work."
Me: "Ok, I'll admit to a certain lack of foresight, but-"
Boss: "But you can explain."
Me: "Exactly. It was 3:00 AM when I made the decision to turn off my alarm, and I wasn't thinking straight."
Boss: "So you got the extra sleep this morning, and despite this, you ended up with your shirt inside out."
Me: "As I said from the beginning, I can explain."
Boss: "And the reason is...?"
Me: "The reason is...fine, I have no reason."
Boss: "Don't worry. I've got four kids and you can keep blaming them for random stuff like this for years to come."



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