Victory on all Fronts

Went to court today for a case I picked up on a contract basis. Got the case dismissed on my first time back to court in 6 months! (I could tell, as my suit pants were pretty tight in the waist and had to unbutton them for the 1.5 hour drive!) It was a great feeling (not having my pants too tight, but winning in court :), even though it was just small claims and I knew it was going to be dismissed because the complaint was procedurally flawed in numerous ways. That said, I won't rain on my own parade of victory!!!! Drove back from Elhorn following the directions on my new GPS - my new little toy that I am loving!

I am also feeling chipper today because I had been a little reluctant into believing I could actually get fast enough to qualify for the Boston marathon, but yesterday I was only 30 seconds under my goal pace for the 4x800s I ran. If I'm only 30 seconds behind, I know I can knock that off in 5 months! I just have to stay on track with the running, and so far it's been good. (On a side note, all of this training is great for my waistline, which was expanding, but is now shrinking - have lost 4 pounds in the last 2 weeks! yeah!) Tonight I get to run 5 miles with Suzy Favor Hamilton's running group here in Madison, so I'm very excited. Should I show up wearing her old shoes???? jk. I do have a pair of her old shoes which she autographed. She wears about a 1/2 size smaller than me, so that would suck doing a 5 mile run in too small of shoes. At some point in time I will run a mile in her shoes though, just to say I did and just because it's so cliche!

Job search going well too - my friend sent me another job in Copenhagen, which would involve regulatory work - they prefer an attorney, but not required, so hopefully that will give me a leg up! Getting closer to Denmark as the days pass. I am loving this newfound job search excitement and am feeling like Denmark might be my calling! I also have an interview for a lit position here in Madison, but not really interested in going back into more of that. Just exploring the option for now, since I'm jobless and could use some dinero!

War & Peace,

Jaime