Another Interview

I got another interview! Yay! It's tomorrow with a firm that does Maritime law work. What is Maritime law? Well, I know very little about it, but it involves the law on the open sea/waterways. The firm I'm interviewing with represents yacht owners and shipowners. They help with financing it, or any personal injury claims that may be raised against them (for instance, if the company owns a boat that takes divers out for scubadiving and something should happen). It sounds so interesting to me, so I'm way excited. It's all the way in the heart of Miami, so the commute would be kinda bad. However, salaries in Miami are like $20K or more higher than Fort Lauderdale, so I think I can deal with a commute! I'm excited, and I'll fill you in after the interview! Yay!

My First Turkey

Why is it that people are afraid of making/preparing turkeys? I was definitely scared. I was scared I was going to screw it all up, that it'd be too dry, that it wasn't the correct 180 degree temperature and thus that I was going to poison my friends. You may be asking yourself why on earth I would be making a turkey in October. Well, Columbus Day (this last Monday) is Canadian Thanksgiving. No, I'm not Canadian, but our friend Pete is and he and his wife always celebrate it. At first, they invited us over for a nice dinner with other friends, and only asked that I bring my famous candied yams. No prob. But, the people who were going to do the turkey bailed on them due to scheduling conflicts, and since both Pete and Barbara work, they asked me to do it. (Since, you know, I have no job and have nothing better to do than fuss over a turkey all day.) Barbara wanted me to use this special orange glaze on the turkey, stuff the turkey with dressing, and make the gravy. I agreed, but I admit I was a little bit put-off at all the work. The turkey, after all, IS the dinner and the work. Plus, I had the added pressure of never having done a turkey in my life. This combination made me have a few meltdowns during the cooking process. But, in the end, the turkey tasted good. Everyone complimented me and Pete and Barbara were very thankful. I personally thought it was a little dry. I couldn't use a turkey bag b/c Barbara wanted me to use the glaze (I had to baste it every hour), and that turkey bag makes all the difference in the juicy-ness of the turkey. The stuffing was pretty good, though definitely not up to my mom's. (She doesn't stuff the turkey with her dressing, she makes it all from scratch). And the gravy...well, it was orange-y from the glaze. Overall, I'd rate it just okay. Luckily, I had the experience before I throw my own Thanksgiving dinner. Since Elliott has tests before and after Thanksgiving, we won't be going home for it. Instead, I'm having all the optometry couples over and making a full blown turkey dinner. Now, I'm not as scared of the turkey. I now know what those giblets are and what a turkey neck looks like. I know exactly what to expect now, and my 2nd turkey is going to be lots better!

P.S. Thanks, Mom, for being on emergency turkey on-call. Sorry for disrupting your day so many times, but turkey carcasses are a little scary. :) I couldn't have done it without you!

Is it fall yet?

Because I can't tell down here in Florida! It's still really hot. And humid. And hot. And humid. My body feels like it should be changing temperature, but it's not. It's so wierd! And I'd like to change wardrobes, considering I've been wearing the same 4 shorts for the past 5 months. But, I'm pretty sure I'd die if I wore pants and a sweater. And oh, how I miss my big poofy jackets. I love wearing those. Guess I won't be needing them here.

Happy Birthday Shelby!!

It's hard to believe that a whole year has gone by since my cutie niece Shelby was born. She was just so tiny:


And beautiful,
And now she's a year old,
and still beautiful!
We love you Shelby! Happy Birthday! Your Aunt Molly and Uncle Elliott miss you tons!

1st Interview

FINALLY!! Finally someone wanted to interview me! I tell you what, this job search is annoying. But, I finally had an interview with a recruiting company. What they do is interview you first and then recommend you to the company you'd actually be working for. Then you interview with the real company and if they like you, you get hired as a temp through the recruiting company. So while you are a temp, the recruiting company pays you hourly. Then if the actual company decides they like you, you get the permanent position with them and get on salary/benefits with them and the recruiting company goes away.

With that said, my interview with the recruiting company went really well. It was really relaxed and the man interviewing me totally loved me. :) The job they have in mind for me is with a public adjusting company, not a law firm. So I'd be in-house counsel for them. What they do is when there is a natural disaster (let's say a hurricane), and someone loses their roof, they go to their insurance company. The insurance company says "oh, um your policy doesn't cover this." But it really does, the poor roofless person would go get a public adjustor to measure the damage and then I would contact the insurance company and try to settle or go to court over it. Sounds pretty fun to me, though it is not my first choice. I'd really like to do real estate law or family law, but so far this is my only opportunity that has opened up and it may be a good way to get some experience and get my foot in the door. Plus, it sounds interesting for me! It also doesn't hurt that starting salary is $70,000 and benefits!! I'll let you know if I get that second interview; I sure hope so!

Aerobics Diva

For the past 3 weeks, I've been a good girl and have been going to the gym. Normally when I would go to the gym, I would do my own workout routine involving cardio and weight lifting. But, I did that with my oh-so-talented sister Annie and she would tell me what to do and how to do it. So my good friend Brittni here loves aerobics and we happen to have memberships to the same gym. She convinced me to go and try it. Annie and I used to just watch the women in those classes and laugh because you can totally tell which ones are new at it. Plus, there's always that one lady (or 2 or 3 or 4) that has some spandex-leotard type contraption on her body, and she SHOULD NOT be wearing it! The laughing stock of the gym, you know. I did NOT want to be the laughing stock, but I was up for a new challenge, so I agreed to go. Here's how the week went:

Monday: "Camp24" - it is an interval class for 1 hour. 5 minutes cardio, 5 minutes weightlifting....AKA "Kick Molly's Trash Class"

Tuesday: "Turbo Kick Box" - self explanatory...1 hour class of jumping, kicking, punching....AKA "Make Molly Look Like A Baby Throwing a Temper Tantrum Class"

Wednesday: no really good class today, so we did our own normal cardio...AKA "Thank Heavens Because Molly's Legs are Now Rubber"

Thursday: "24Step" - Advanced step class. Yes, for advanced people, which I definitely am NOT....AKA "White Girl Molly Officially Becomes Laughing Stock of Gym Class"

Friday: "Turbo Kick Box" again....AKA "TGIF...Is This Almost Over Class?"

My first week was brutal. I looked like a total retard b/c I didn't know the steps, and not to mention, I'm way out of shape. Second week was a little better. I started to get the steps a little bit more, but still pretty sore. This third week has been more enjoyable because I've almost got the steps down and I'm feeling stronger. But, the classes still make me sweat like a pregnant nun in church. It's nice though.

Oath of Attorney

I do solemnly swear:

I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constituion of the State of Florida.

I will maintain the respect due to Courts of Justice and Judicial Officers.

I will not counsel or maintain any suit or proceedings which shall appear to me to be unjust, nor any defense except such as I believe to be honestly debatable under the law of the land.

I will employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to me such means only as are consistent with truth and honor, and will never seek to mislead the Judge or Jury by any artifice or false statement of fact or law.

I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate the secrets of my clients, and will accept no compensation in connection with their business except from them or with their knowledge and approval.

I will abstain from all offensive personality and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which I am charged.

I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay anyone's cause for lucre or malice. So help me God.

Molly J. Snyder