Went to Michigan State University where I learned to party and something about political science, great school, really though.
When I was small (not young, because I still consider myself that since I turn 21 every year) I wanted to be a lawyer so I could wear suits to work everyday. Since clearly political science does not get you a job, I applied to law school.
My plan was that if no law school wanted me, I would go to cosmetology school and become a stylist for major runway shows. I still remember my mom's calm reaction when I told her my back up plan, thanks for never calling me out, Mom! She's always taken my brilliant ideas in stride.
Luckily a private law school sent me a letter saying they would gladly accept $30,000 + a year from me!
Law school ended up agreeing with my intelligence and I graduated with honors. I could have done even better if it wasn't for that refrigerated can of Ragu sauce I ate the night before a final exam my first year. Did you know that if you open a can of Ragu and put the rest back in the fridge until you want Ragu again, the date on the jar means nothing?
Spent the summer studying for the bar exam - loved studying aka sitting by the pool and doing practice questions and relaxing every night to "de-stress". Passed the bar, yeah.
Had a job lined up doing commercial real estate consulting aka making phone calls to carefully selected individuals who may be interested in me saving them money off their bottom line by taking advantage of the down market... aka if you had CFO or CEO next to your name you got a phone call from me and I literally laughed when you cussed me out or hung up on me... (except for the one day when I hid in the bathroom crying to my mom on the phone about how I wouldn't want me to call me either).
After a few months of applying to anything with "legal" in the title, I got the job I have now. I am honestly so lucky to have this job. I work for a small firm in a rich neighborhood and do... here we go... probate (dead people/adults or minors who need a guardian), real estate, business law, civil litigation, criminal defense, collections, estate planning, divorce, landlord-tenant, post-judgment issues and whatever other type of law my boss tells me I need to do.
I live in a 469 sq ft studio apartment in a nice downtown small city area with my best little friend, Hailey (a Miniature Pinscher). I have an amazing boyfriend who lives nearby and is still in school. I have a younger sister, Erin, who just got married and moved to TN with her husband who is in the Army. My parents live out in "the country" and own their own company. My Dad drives around his property on a tractor and my Mom on a lawnmower. They waive to each other when they drive past. You get the picture...
Well that's all I can think of for now and my hands are starting to look like puppets and lose circulation (totally normal for me).
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