The sun has come out beyond the shadow of my doubt

[alee_grrl]

As many of you know this semester has been a bit of a struggle. In addition to my normal class work, I have two 20 page research papers and several smaller projects. Lyme treatment has had a few hiccups and generally life has been stressful. I was really starting to doubt a lot of things, but things have gotten better.


So you may recall that I was becoming overstimulated by my antidepressant, and so was wound very tight. We finally got the dose down to a level that doesn't involve me wanting to jump out of my skin all the time. Lowering the dose also improved my fatigue levels! I'm starting to function again, despite the additional tetracycline that my doc added in. So that makes me happy.


My first draft of my 20 page paper on predictive coding in e-discovery is done and turned in. I have a meeting on Wednesday with my profs to go over their comments. I am somewhere between 50% and 70% with the first draft of my paper on asexuality. The span of percentages based on the fact that I think it will be longer than 20 pages. The draft is due Monday. I'm confident that I can get a workable first draft completed by then. Then hopefully it will just be revisions and small projects for the rest of the semester (which is not much time at all).

But today brought the biggest sense of relief and happiness, as today I confirmed that I will be in Virginia for the summer (and possibly the fall). The company I interviewed wants to offer me internships for both. The summer one will be paid, and the fall one would be for school credit. So long as the two programs are different (which is not a problem, they do a lot of different stuff), I can do both.

My summer would be an overview of the company and all the things they do. Maybe some research into key issues in e-discovery and privacy law issues. Then in the fall I would be working more directly with the Trial Consulting team. I am so excited I can barely contain it. Thank you for all the positive energy and good thoughts!

Comments

[raze]

Woo! Kicking butt and taking names! I think it is awesome that you're managing the challenge of academia in the face of being sick with lyme; that takes a lot from experience and you definitely should give yourself a pat on the back. Also yay for med adjustments; glad to hear you have a good doctor on your side working with you to get things at a comfortable place for you.

[alee_grrl]

I am super thankful to have a good doc who is willing to work with me to keep things as comfortable and manageable as possible during treatment. I am going to go out of my way to keep seeing him despite the move. He's already stated he's willing to work with me long distance and cut my actual office visits down to three to six months rather than once a month. My new employer is very supportive and said that it won't be a problem to accommodate the occasional visit to New Hampshire. So I am just over the moon at the moment.

I don't always give myself enough credit for doing law school and lyme treatment at the same time. So thank you for your encouragement and reminding myself that I should be proud of myself.