Thursday, February 23, 2012

I'm back! (probably!)

Well now, I just went and dropped off the face of the earth didn't I? I blame the bar for most of it, but let's take a quick look at the rest of it, shall we? To the bullets!

May
  • Graduated from law school
  • Was excited and proud and happy for about a day
  • Packed everything I own and shoved what I could fit into the tiniest U-Haul we could get and moved to Oklahoma.
  • Collapsed
June
  • Realized I had to take the bar in less than 2 months and freaked out
  • Decided briefly that hiding from the bar and pretending it wasn't going to really happen was a sound strategy
  • Took a practice test and realized actually studying may be a better strategy
  • Studied. A lot.
  • Turned 24
  • Studied some more
July
  • Studied some more
  • Swore at myself for not being a better student in law school
  • Cried
  • Crammed
  • Gained 15 lbs
  • Took the bar
August
  • Decided to pretend that taking the bar never happened and I wasn't actually a lawyer
  • Moved into a duplex after a week of learning that painting sucks, but is still better than yellow beige walls that sort of resembled vomit
  • Unpacked
  • Remembered that I did take the bar, I was a lawyer, and that I like money - ergo I should find a job
September
  • Realized that finding a job is really hard
  • Zach started his PhD program
  • Realized I had no friends here and was now utterly alone 8 hours a day
  • Got really depressed
  • Found out I passed the bar. Slightly less depressed for a few days.
October
  • Made myself get out of bed every single day
  • Worked out some days
  • Cried some days
  • Still depressed and now really embarrassed
November
  • Found a job! Huzzah!
  • I'm a secretary making less than I did pre-law school. Huzzah?
  • Alternatively happy that I have a reason to wake-up and depressed at having wasted 3 years and enough money to buy a house. 
  • Still soul crushingly lonely.
December - Now
  • Work
  • Holidays in Oregon
  • More Work
  • Trying to figure out how to be less hopeless, depressed and embarrassed
Whee! What a super-fun year. 

On the plus side, I did remember that I started blogging when I was in DC, feeling alone and sad. As embarrassed as I am with what I'm doing with my life, I miss that little bit of human contact and interaction blogging brings. I miss taking the time to sort out my feelings and get it all out there.

Also,  my current working theory is that an addiction to pinterest and somehow being all crafty and designey, and then putting it on the internet is the path to happiness. It may not be the best theory, but there is so much blog based evidence in support of it!

I have no idea how often I'll be back here. I don't know if I'll write emo posts that remind me of my old livejournal, or post sunny pictures of cute things, or be insightful, or funny or just plain dull. I'll probably just be me, that is after all what I'm best at. 

11 comments:

  1. I'm giving you a huge hug via the internet. 2012 is going to be better.

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  2. Welcome back!
    I graduated from college, moved across the country, etc. etc. etc., and I'm working at a grocery store making minimum wage. WTF.
    But at least we have jobs, right?

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  3. Welcome back!

    Oh I can relate...but yay for passing the bar! That's huge! Mazel!

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  4. Sorry things have been so difficult! Depression is a fog that is so hard to lift. I have been there. I hope things get easier for you. Congrats on passing the bar!

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  5. Hey! I'm so glad you're back. Well, I'm unemployed in Germany where no one speaks my language so let's be internet friends! :-)

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  6. Welcome back! Thankfully blogging can still be fun in a bad economy, even if job-hunting etc. isn't. So I vote for re-joining the blog world and posting whatever you feel like on any given day.

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  7. Glad you're back :)

    At least you aren't stuck in a BYU student married ward... surprisingly lonely as well. I read your post and in some ways it feels a lot like my situation, I just don't have the guts to admit it in a post. All that aside, congrats on passing the bar!!

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  8. I'm glad you're back too!

    I have mixed feelings. I'm glad you passed the bar, yay for you, that is totally awesome!! And I'm sorry you're feeling lonely, that really sucks.

    I agree with Britt - 2012 is going to be better, and I'm sending you internet hugs too!

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  9. I haven't blogged since August of last year, either. I've been debating on whether I should go back to it or not. I really like your bullet list. Maybe I should do something similar.

    Sorry that things aren't going exactly as you planned. But it's just a little hiccup. Things will get better. Congrats on passing the bar! That's nothing to sneeze at!

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  10. You're back! I wondered what happened after you moved and I've missed your blog.

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  11. Yay for Gena! Yay for passing the bar! Yay for moving to where you know no one so your husband can work on graduate school! That last one certainly sounds familiar...
    Good luck surviving soul crushing jobs and life.

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