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Lawyer, adjunct professor, mom. I post about my pets, my love of volleyball and women’s sports, and my 40-something life. Human rights matter to me so keep scrolling if they don’t to you!
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It’s unethical and a violation of DOJ policy for an AG, or any DOJ prosecutor, to make guilt-presuming comments about a defendant. If there IS a legitimate case against Garcia, the AG is tanking it with her malice and incompetence. We can’t trust these people to keep us or our Constitution safe.

USA #Volleyball at VNL on the laptop and Longhorn Softball on TV. Perfect.

Here we go!! 🤘🤘

A guy next to me at this conference is snotty. He keeps sneezing and coughing and no mask on. Ugh! Pretty sure I’m going to get sick shortly

I’m at an advanced planning conference with a tax track that must refer to the current budget legislation. Every time they refer to the name, I internally mock it. Ridiculous.

We only rate dogs. This is Chewbacca having a spa day. He's trying to relax. Please give him some privacy. 13/10

Tomorrow, softball is on during dinner and I shall do no catch-up work. I love being a solo attorney. As long as the work gets done, clients don’t care when I do it. I have no boss watching over my shoulder.

I didn’t order dessert from the hotel cafe and I’m regretting that decision

Top of the 7th, two outs, OU just hit a homer to tie the game after trailing 2-0 the entire time. #Softball #WCWS

I’m learning so much about caretaking. Today I learned how to set up a representative payee bank account. Not saying where of course but everyone needs a banker’s email and phone number who knows your name. Like Cheers but banks.

Happy Pride month!!!

Similarities between ICE & the Gestapo

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈✨

It’s Morris’s designated birthday today. 14 years old now. He has stage 2 kidney disease but he would be a nightmare for treatment so we do the kidney support food and enjoy his time. He’s happy.

The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.

My brother may qualify for a new clinical trial for chemotherapy drugs designed for grade 4 tumors. I’m so excited to learn more about it!!

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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

My radical position is that congress should remove a president if he pronounces that his predecessor was assassinated and replaced by a clone

This time the Beggar McBeggarson is my fault. They’ve been getting morsels at breakfast. Show me your beggars.

Not sure why, but I can’t keep a lawn person coming back. I pay what they ask, even overpaid once because it was so hot. And yet they don’t reply when I text. It’s not even 1/4 acre

Taking a quick lunch break then diving back in to my backed up to-do list. My brother’s 10-hour surgery yesterday was successful but it definitely took my attention away from clients for a week.

Got asked why a client should choose me over another attorney. Definitely a vibes decision. Do I resonate with you as the client? The job is the same in probate, not much variation in the documents produced. Maybe on the approach to billing matters too.

When discussing women, calling them “females” is a quick indicator that you’re about to say something negative.

Beggar McBeggarson wants my dinner.

Whenever I get grumpy and hungry, I notice I crave pizza. Tonight I’m having pizza.

It’s strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.

I don’t think I can teach my course on elder law without discussing politics since we talk about VA, SSA, Medicare, and Medicaid as programs that affect the elderly and aging. What would this do to my curriculum?!?

It is hard for me to read posts about people so attached to their pets that they “can’t imagine life without them.” Except we must do it. I have gone through end of life with many pets over the years. Always hard but so worth our shared love and life together. Show me your critters!

Oh hi! Pets please.

Thanks Harvard, for taking a stand. Perhaps we should all stand together….

I have so much more sympathy for my clients acting as agents for loved ones. I fielded 20+ texts a day from the cancer center for the last week getting my brother ready for surgery. Still have another few days of this before the big day.

Door-to-door salesman ignored my No Soliciting sign even when I pointed at it, so I shut the door while he was still talking. I hate being rude but he was first. Read the room sir.

Six inquiries for potential new clients in two days plus an ask about serving as an expert witness. I’m tired already

Done. I want a COVID booster to protect myself, my family members (one of whom is a cancer survivor), and my patients (mainly oncology patients)

Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine. It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions. The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

Holly got the zoomies playing with foster puppy Parker. Parker moves to his new family in Oregon on Thursday.

How!! How does she let words come out of her mouth and not feel incredibly embarrassed by her stupidity?!?