As Cub would say, holy freak. I don't know what I've done with my life since November 1, but I do know it's been busy. Biz-zay, also as Cub would say.
Where to start...so my life as I knew it at Hirschi Christensen has been turned completely upside down by the dissolution of the firm formerly known as Hirschi Christensen. Luckily, one of the partners opted to keep me instead of turning me out to the cold, cold world so I still have a job. So I work for the half of the firm that "stayed," and all the people who I had been working with since August "left." They are technically still sharing the office space with us until new digs can be found (first of the year?), but I no longer work for them and have new bosses and a new way of work life. Which hasn't been too bad. Extremely intense and stressful, but not bad. Which is good. At times, very good.
So the new firm is named Christensen Thornton, PLLC. I get to continue to work with some really great people (to see the attorneys I work for, go here. The ones I'm responsible for are Lisa, Steve Clayton, Brent, and Ben. And sometimes Matt T. when he's in), and I'm so so glad that AnDe (who goes with the other firm now) is still around the office. I miss sitting by her though. Although I do get to harass her every day around 2 pm when the checks need to be deposited. Woot. (j/k Ande.)(Not really.)
One of the best things to come out of the dissolution is an increase in marketing responsibilities pour moi. I designed the new logo, letterhead, and business cards. Fun stuff. I may post them here depending on how nice you are to me. So on top of all this firm switcheroo shenanigans was preparation for closing arguments for one of our biggest (if not the biggest?) trials. It sure has been a doozy. And I've only come in on the tail end of this case. I can't imagine how relieved everyone who's worked on it for the past 3 years or so is feeling. Anyway, so that's work in a nutshell. Definitely exciting and always something new to work on, which I love.
What else...I had my first Primary activity this last Saturday. It was pretty great. We called it the Primary Day of Service, and they wrote letters to the ward missionaries, cut out pictures from magazines for kids in orphanages, and then made handprint-painted aprons for their teachers for Christmas. Some (haha, some) of those kids just melt my heart, especially the little boy who came to me when it was over to help him put his coat on. I mean, really. Just this little guy. Too cute. So that's going good. I never expected to have a Primary calling--I've never even been a teacher before so to be in the presidency was a little intimidating at first, particularly because it's a family ward. Wait I lied. My calling was in Primary in my London ward. But that was only one little boy who was barely old enough to be in nursery. But still, that counts.
I saw The Fourth Kind. It makes Third Kind look like a Disney movie. Um. Yeah. I think everyone I went with was pretty traumatized afterward. Sorry for suggesting it, guys. I liked it though, even if I have to cling to the belief that it isn't real...it can't be. Because then I would never sleep again.
The end.
Oh and P.S. Star Trek out on DVD now! Weeee.
