Computer updates. I have to admit that they give me anxiety. Whenever I see the prompt when I try to turn off my computer that there updates are available I get nervous. There there’s the prompt as to whether I want to update and restart or update and turn off. More anxiety. I am uncertain as to where the anxiety stems from. Could it be that some …
Anyone who knows me knows I love to travel. The last time I travelled outside of the US was in February 2020. We had planned and taken a family trip to Italy. We left evening the day after COVID-19 was detected in Italy Since that time we have restricted our travels to the US. But now we have decided to venture past the US. We will be trav …
I am extremely lucky to have a very close “office family,” which includes Gotham adoption attorney extraordinaire Faith Getz Rousso. We genuinely all enjoy one another’s company, help one another, and look out for one another. We do have a prankster in our midst. While I was a way on vacation in October an elaborate prank was concocted against m …
The past few years have seen a plethora of updates/remakes of some of my favorite television shows. Full House, Gilmore Girls, Roseanne, and Hawaii Five O, have all returned to our screens in recent years, with most of the original cast coming along for one last ride. Although Roseanne was let go from her own show after one season due to her racis …
If you could see my current Instagram feed, you would see a plethora of ads for podcasts. I started investigating podcasts a few weeks ago and now I’m inundated with ads. To me, podcasts seem analogous to radio broadcasts. You look for a topic you find interesting and see whether the podcasts captures your attention. I have also seen choosing a …
Recently I was asked to provide my high school yearbook to be scanned for a preservation project. The request brought me back to a very painful memory. One, I do not believe I truly processed as an adult. I immediately thought of something that had been written in my yearbook. Someone else had written it but, yet, I was embarrassed and ashamed. An …
How long do you think we will continue wearing face masks? Even though I am vaccinated, and boosted, I began wearing masks again in public places after the Delta variant surge. My daughter contacted Covid then which made me put the mask back on. Additionally, at the same time, a client contacted two days after she was in my office, when neither of …
We had the conversation several months ago over lunch. Some of the women in the office mentioned how much they love their cashmere sweaters. I had responded that I never owned a cashmere sweater, essentially because I felt they were generally very expensive. I did not notice it initially but soon thereafter I noticed an ad popping up on my Insta …
I’ve been playing around with the thought for several years. Last week I finally committed to it. I bought a journal. I bought it at Weight Watchers so, a part of the reason for the journal is for me to record and review my eating and wellness habits. Which I did this past week and noticed some interesting habits. But this journal has a lot mor …
A friend and I had a bit of a debate this week. She had her view on a certain issue and I had mine. To support my view, I emailed her a news article I had found. She did the same. We had two different viewpoints on the same issue, but each was apparently supported by two different news articles. The websites where we each found the articles were v …
Last week was one of “those” weeks. You know the type, when you breathe a sigh of relief when you leave the office on Friday night. And, it was Friday night when I left. A judge felt the need to “punish” my client and her soon to be ex-spouse for not settling their case. The punishment? Scheduling a court conference for 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. …
Every year this question comes up in the office. Are you coming in on Columbus? And every year the answer is the same, I’m not certain. I’m in the office today, catching up on paperwork. Are you in the office? Or do you take off on Columbus Day?
As I have admitted in numerous blogs, I enjoy shopping for clothing, handbags and shoes. One item of clothing I never felt it necessary to spend an excessive amount of money on was socks. Generally, I buy my socks in three packs from Costco. I usually buy the most inexpensive socks that they carry in my size. That recently changed. My husband a …
Have you been on an airplane since March 2020? We flew to Florida over Labor Day weekend. Beside my usual flying anxiety (which has been discussed in many other blogs), I was additionally apprehensive due to all the news articles concerning unruly passengers and those that refused to wear masks. Our experience on both flights, however, was pleasant …
My husband and I became grandparents over the summer. As my fellow grandparents can attest to, becoming a grandparent is a real lesson in how much you can truly love another human being. But we have also learned it is a real lesson in letting go. As parents it is difficult not to espouse, or should I say dictate, our opinions to our children a …
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