Mes Belles Lettres

Flying out of Boston and driving across the country in August rather than January and leaving most of my stuff in a VT basement seemed like a brilliant idea in April. Then... Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast. My tiny village sits right on the White River in VT, where, in case you haven't heard, over 200 roads are closed and covered bridges and homes are destroyed and people are trapped in their homes. copyright Bob Dunkle 2011 I know of two families who have lost parts of their homes, and judging from an email sent from my law school today, the first apartment I lived in is trapped by the river, which makes me worry for the neighbors that still live there. Thankfully, the basement where my belongings are is still dry, but that town is without power (as is most of the state) and unless the I-91 opens up tomorrow, I can't get to the school to pick up my financial aid money before leaving the country on Saturday. To top it off I have a terrible head cold. And since I...

I leave Phoenix in the morning. I'm driving east and I'll be hitting the east coast just after hurricane Irene. Perfect timing huh? There are many things about being home that I'm going to miss. Most of all, I'm going to miss three things:  Nephew Niece Niece-let I've loved being home with these adorable little chickens all summer. I love reading "Where the Wild Things Are" to Nephew and Niece. I love taking them swimming. I love holding Niece-let and singing "All My Lovin'" to her because it makes her so happy. Thank goodness for web-cam. Otherwise I might die.

Do you ever find yourself thinking about shoes? I do. It has been awhile since I bought myself a pair of shoes. It's not like I was ever one of those girls that bought ten pairs of shoes a day, but in 2008 I bought three pairs of pumps. That is the last time I bought some pumps. It's been rough, but I make myself feel better by sometimes perusing shoes online. A few weeks ago I found the most beautiful pair of heels I have ever seen. I need these shoes. I need them for my wedding shoes. These are at Payless. Last week while at Target I had t o restrain myself from going over to Payless and try them on. I heard them calling to me as I walked to my car. Today I went to JCPenny to try and find a grey suit jacket to match my grey skirt and I found one that is just slightly off. Don't you hate that? I couldn't buy it because it wouldn't match. As I was in the store I thought, "there is a Payless in this mall." On the other side of the mall. If you knew ho...

When did Kirk actually become Kirk on Gilmore Girls? I just saw an early episode and he was Kirk, but I'm pretty sure there is another episode afterwards where he isn't Kirk again. What was going on with that? I feel like I should update this here blog, but I can't think of anything to say that isn't really depressing (like stop looking at pornography people.) you know, something super intense like that. I probably will end up blogging something like that soon, and you'll all be freaked out, but I promise you, every word I type will be true, and you ought to tell other people about it, and then tell them to stop looking at pornography too. But I don't want to blog about that tonight. I've gotta leave it at work right now. My first trial is happening on Wednesday. I know what you're thinking, Lindsey you've been doing this internship all summer. I know I know. It's the nature of the beast. Maybe if I had been in a different bureau I would have...

Maybe you're like me. Maybe you have a friend that just released a song on iTunes.  Maybe this makes you happy for him but sad for yourself, because you still haven't recorded anything, even though you were once promised it would happen. Maybe you have an internship where you never get to go to court and everyone else does. Maybe you can laugh at it a little bit because your supervisor has tried so hard to get you into the courtroom but it just keeps not working out. Maybe you spent a whirlwind weekend in Utah to go to a friend's wedding reception and visit your sister and you left on Sunday to get back in time for trial on Monday, only to find out the trial has been continued. Maybe you got your visa in the mail last week and you can't believe that soon you will be in France fulfilling a lifelong dream. Maybe you think about driving back to Newport Beach, CA every single day. Maybe you think it is a little crazy that in a year you'll be graduated from ...

This morning I was awakened by my niece running into the bedroom crying. I asked her what was wrong and told her to use her words, to which her response was more wailing. I found out the problem was she didn't want to get her hair done. My niece has curly hair and she moves around A LOT in her sleep. This means her hair is a bit tangled in the morning. She hates getting it combed. Her mom once again tried to get her to get her hair done, another forcefully negative response, and my sister- in- law sent her to bed. Well of course she had to go to church so I went into the bed room and sat down next to her and asked her if she needed to go back to sleep and wake up again and be a "not booger" (when you're talking to a two year old you have to use language like that.) She nodded, so I told her to close her eyes and start snoring. She did. Then I told my sister Madalynn that Shyanne was asleep and when she woke up she was going to be a not booger. When Shyanne ope...

I read a lot of blogs. I read blogs of people that live in Southern California talking about how it's hot. Lies. All lies. I drove to L.A. on Thursday night for my visa appointment Friday morning. Friday morning I sat outside my hotel and ate my bowl of Honey Nut Tastee O's. It was not hot. At all. In the very slightest. After my 45 minute appointment that I drove 6 and 1/2 hours for (thanks France), I drove down to Costa Mesa, CA to visit my wonderful friend Sarah Smallcomb. I spent time with her and her fabulous sister Savannah and her lovely parents, I even finally met her brother. All of her family is just lovely. All of them. Right down to their brand new kitten. First, we went to Lucille's for lunch. If you are ever in Southern California and have a hankering for some delicious bar-be-cue, I highly recommend Lucille's. Afterwards we went down to Balboa Island. Have you ever seen Arrested Development? The banana stand is on Balboa Island. So, of course, ...