Big Combeback — Update

Since my initial conversation with PX, an old ex-boyfriend, last week about a project on which his powerful prominent boss PPB wants to hire me, things have been moving fast.
I immediately brought BP in who brought in our famous partner FP. This project is potentially career-making, and I am slowly becoming terrified. [...]

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“Big Comeback”

Just like that, everything changes.
Despite the challenges detailed here ad nauseam, I am very fortunate. Because I am very open to the world and open to opportunities, interesting things fall into my lap. I am now on the cusp of something W described repeatedly as my “big comeback,” something so big [...]

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A Slight Improvement

I had a quick lunch with BP today. He has been in town for a few days, but stuck in a negotiation on a deal in which I am not involved. Then he met with this friend of his who introduced us years ago and who now hates me because BP and I [...]

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Today’s Aggravation

I am very formal and I respect protocol.
As he headed off for a week of training with his coaches, BFD said to me from his cab on Sunday to get the car key from his assistant. I emailed him on Monday and followed up to ask if I should call her to [...]

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Quick Thoughts: Implementation and Aggravation

I had a relatively aggravating day, and yet, I feel pretty great.
Technology
My big expensive laptop has some significant problems. It’s out of warranty, because I am an idiot. It’s only a little over two years old. I paid more than $2,500 for it. It’s now a paperweight. Well, if it [...]

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Disconnected Thoughts from Bed

I am spending the day working from bed.  It’s a busy day, but I am in pain.  My very late period finally arrived this morning, right it time to screw up my plans for the week.  Awesome!
Finance  
I have money.  Not a ton of money, but I am independent.  I had two really big bills come [...]

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Perspective on BP and Money

BP and I are not getting along very well.  I think he started to fall in love with me and got all weird about it.  What I absolutely know:  he was insulted when I, in his mind, demanded his help on a personal financial matter.  I did not.  Or at least I think I did [...]

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Delicate Balance

It’s been a rough 10 days and I am far from resolution on anything.
I am struggling to remain positive in the face of the potential crushing peril I am facing.  At the same time, I am aware that I am close to being saved.  So, I am stuck — facing down peril, knowing safety is [...]

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Emotional Wreckage

Last week was among the hardest weeks I have endured (in which no one close to me died):  (1) I had a financial crisis that needed the emergency intervention of friends/family to resolve; (2) I was running a fever of up to 5 degrees over normal for days; and (3) BP and I ended our partnership, [...]

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I Am Back, Baby

Pre-BP, I had a well-defined specialty as a lawyer and executive.  It’s a small specialty with very few practitioners and it is among the few things a lawyer can do that other people think is cool.  It’s generally multi-jurisdictional and the business tends to be more loose than in other practice areas.  In other words, [...]

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