I just filled out a little survey for the Firm, indicating the practice areas that I'm interested in, the partners I would like to work for and the date I would like to start. (They added a later date as an option, but I stuck with the original date in the middle of October). I told them what extra equipment I wanted for my computer, declined the option to use my iPhone instead of a blackberry and jotted down the dates for the First Year Academy in my calendar.
It's becoming so real and I'm SO EXCITED! I want to start working tomorrow and get dressed up for work, set up my office, chat with people in the hallways, turn in assignments and write down to-dos. I don't feel sad that I won't see Timmy all day, every day, but I do hate feeling like I'm not enjoying every moment I spend with him now. I have less than 4 months left with him, so why do I spend so much time running errands and cleaning up? Because that stuff has to get done too, I guess. When I picture myself as a working lawyer, his smiling face flashes across my mind and I start to wonder if his little heart will temporarily be broken when I leave him at daycare for the first few weeks. I'm going to try to savor the 119 days left of being with Timmy morning, noon and night. And I'll try to remember how happy I am to be working when I am squeezing in only 5 hours during the week with him come October.
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Good to hear that your firm is being responsive about your start date. I know people who were supposed to start last September 2009 that have had their start dates continually pushed back.
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