like butter

Traffic just gets worse and worse, which means that when I drive in at a weird time on a Friday and there's no traffic, it feels like magic.

more crank

Another day in the zone, banging out stuff that will buy me a weekend of peace, with some well-earned catch-up TiVo time.

And after a day of being completely ignored at work, my dog is now being super cuddly, like he was in his puppy days.

crank

Every once in a while, my calendar and inbox and deadlines align so perfectly that I can just crank out an ungodly amount of work in one day without having to wait on anyone else's feedback, and I like to imagine all these steaming piles of legal work product piling up in other people's inboxes faster than they can shovel it back out. I had one of those this week and it was so satisfying.

lucky number seven

Yesterday was our seventh anniversary! Asking Boyfriend out may be the best impulsive decision I've ever made.

razor edge

The path to here has been a razor edge, and the path ahead is foggy, but I can see a few new razors through the mist.

experiencing delays

Paris: three 3-star meals (two of them totally awesome), a 2-star meal, and a really amazing fancy but friendly bistro. Two weird and fascinating museums. Catch-up time with a law school friend, a former legal assistant, and a cube neighbor. Absurdist jewelry window-shopping. Handmade Italian boots. Working public transportation. Minimal rain.

jetlag

Is there any nap that is a better guilty pleasure than a jetlagged nap after a huge French lunch? I think not.

inside joke

When your friends conspire to make an inside joke unexpectedly show up on your desk from 5,000 miles away, and you actually laugh out loud when you get into work, it's a good Monday.

soon

Paris is so close I can almost taste it. Dogsitter booked, hotel lined up, and four reservations (three Michelin 3* and one 2*) in the books. Hard to believe that we've been back from Namibia for almost three months, and then after this trip, we've got less than two months before our last trip of the year (Vietnam and Cambodia, with quick stops in Bangkok and Hong Kong), and then it's on to 2016!