done

Done. Done. And done. 

I hope I do not have to go on another interview for a looong time. 

Faye Dunaway for Vanity Fair

Now we wait for the winner.

I've been up since 6 am. . . a 2 hour drive to San Diego for a 5 hour interview with a firm and people I was not very fond of. . . a 3 hour drive to LA. . . and now I'm getting ready for my 2 hour night class.  Then it's a 45 minute drive home.  It's merely Wednesday too.  Two final round interviews down this week and my last one is tomorrow.  I'm extremely, extremely tired and ready to drop dead in a corner.  I haven't felt like myself lately either. . . and on top of that, things have been tense with the bf.  Yes, I'm taking out my moodiness on him, but if he's going to throw his hands up in the air and give up - where do I go from here for moral support?  It doesn't help that I'm meeting interesting, independent people who are my age and doing their own thing and building their own career without the dependency of a significant other. . . Again, a part of me always wants to be there, even when I should be content being here.      

Interview #6: Future's Looking a Lot Brighter. . .

Camilla Akrans for NY Time Style

Went on interview #6 today with another Big 4!  They literally got back to me an hour later!  As of next week, I will be doing final rounds for ALL 3 firms!  This means 4 potential offers ;)

It's been tough and I had another meltdown last night, but the fruits of my labor are slowly paying off. . .

Happy Friday!

Arizona Muse for Vogue Paris

I got call backs for a final round of interviews from both firms!  Although I've been up since 5:30am, today has been a day full of wonderful news and hopeful opportunities!  I'm that much closer!

Interview #5

I got an interview with another Big 4 firm.  Applied to 3 of the 4 and got interviews from 2.  I will know if I get a callback from the first one next week.  My first interview for this new one is tomorrow (thank god it's a phone interview).

I'm pretty tired.  It's hard waking up at 6 am for work when the sun's not up.  It's also hard working in the early mornings and then going to class into the late nights.  I have to say that I am fortunate my classes are not eating me up this semester.  It's all manageable.  Nonetheless, it's still hard - I have yet to meet anyone who is in law school full time and working part time.  We're not legally allowed to work more than 20 hours per week with a full time schedule (I'm working 18 hours) - that just shows how impossible it can be.

Anyways, I should be excited by this interview tomorrow, but I'm not for some reason.  That "some reason" is probably the same reason I have once a month.  If not, it's because I'm tired.  On top of that, I think I really am stressed out.  I haven't been able to sleep since I started interviewing and working these past couple months.  It takes me forever to fall asleep and, when I do, I dream of horrible things.  For example, I tried going to bed early last night and I dreamt that I saw a light and went to it and a swarm of bugs started to attack me and I screamed and woke up - apparently it was just the light from the bf's cellphone.  Wow.

I'm still trying to prove myself at work.  My supervisor says I'm doing a good job but I can still work on understanding who my audience is when I draft something and make sure it flows. . . *sigh*  I have to be in the office at 7am this Friday - which means I have to leave my apartment at 6am - which means I have to wake up at 5:30am.  Damn.

Flavia de Oliveira for Elle Spain

I've been mentally drained, but at least I've been able to physically keep it up.
I've learned that when you look like a mess, you feel like a mess and
when you look like a million bucks, you feel like a million bucks. . .
whatever that means    

Wish me luck on hearing back from Interview #4 and acing Interview #5                     

Perfecting the Art of Espresso-making

I have finally ditched the many weak attempts at making coffee that tastes like dirty socks and ultimately running to the nearest Starbucks.  I finally bought an espresso/cappucinno machine and coffee bean grinder this weekend.  Two failed attempts so far. . . I can't get the espresso to drip dark brown and I can't get the milk to froth to the right temperature without overflowing.  Despite my frustrations, I managed to google the solutions: buy an espresso tamper to make sure the water flows through the grounded coffee evenly and buy a milk frother pitcher.  Done and done.  So much work for a good cup of coffee. . .      

Welcome October . . .

What a long week. Early mornings at work. Late nights at school. 

Relaxing weekends with the boyfriend...

My newest challenge. Loves it.  

Claudia Schiffer for ?