hello hello. I know, all four of you missed me dreadfully and are now smiling smiles of smilieness now that I’m back. London and Paris are still there, they still say “mind the gap” at tube stops, but not as frequently as I remembered, and as you’ve previously read, I am in love with Paris and am going to marry it. We saw a woman get hit by a bus in London and I’ve tried to find any mention of it and I’m assuming its not big news because apparently people get hit by busses in London every day. I mean, it wasn’t like they could sweep it under the rug since, well, traffic was tied up for over an hour and there were a million people in the street around her. But I not only SAW her get hit, I HEARD her get hit. Have you ever heard someone get hit by a double decker London red bus? Well, let me just say this much, it wasn’t going very fast. It’s not like she got hit and then she her guts were spewed all over the windshield. No. She was crossing the street in front of it as it was coming to a stop and it hit her. But man, it was loud. Like when you crush a large cardboard box. So yeah, that was exciting.

In other news, I am a reject. No offense to those whom I much admire in public service, but when I got home I had a ton of mail. Four rejection letters from the BIG FIRMS. All saying they were impressed with my credentials, but. . . They are the firms that pay the money. The money I was making in private practice before I threw it all away for a life of hedonism. Okay, so living in Baltimore is not exactly hedonistic, but a girl can dream, right? So, I did get two interviews. One with the Maryland Public Defender’s Office and the other with Legal Aid. The legal aid position is in Annapolis, which is a bit of a trek. And, its representing children who have been abused and neglected. I mean, I haven’t even got a job offer, but I’m thinking that is not something I really want to do. It would be incredibly difficult. I think that is what Woman of the Law wants to do, but I don’t know. It’s just, um, not very appealing.

Anyway, I know I should not feel rejected but why am I not big firm material? I can litigate the crap out of stuff. I can take a file and work it. I can try cases. What is wrong with me????

Sadness now.