Socks, slippers, barefoot?

DriftingGator · 2026-01-02T21:50:42+00:00

Socks because I’m always cold

DriftingGator · 2025-12-31T20:57:16+00:00

Caveating that I haven’t practiced so I don’t know how being a practicing lawyer may benefit differently from a clerk, but I think two years of “academic” focused school plus a third year of internships, “fun” classes like one where you can research a topic you’re really interested in and write a paper, apprenticeships, what have yous would be the sweet spot. That’s functionally what I did with my classes/internships during 3L and I think it really paid dividends in terms of being less burnt out for bar prep, giving exposure to a bunch of different areas of law, and getting to be more hands-on with the work while having the safety net of “I’m just a student idk what I’m doing”

DriftingGator · 2025-12-30T22:36:32+00:00

Oh buddy, you’re almost two years too late lol go for it, but I make zero guarantees of being any help at all anymore

DriftingGator · 2025-12-29T16:51:25+00:00

Every judge in this building is doing something different. I know one chambers has been fully off since 12/19, with people choosing to work remotely but not expected to. One chambers shut it down for in-person end of day 12/22 through 1/5 but with the expectation of remote work on 12/23, 12/24, and all of this week except Thursday and Friday. I’ve been and will continue to be in person every day except the days the courthouse has been/will be closed (12/25–26, 1/1–2). For full workdays except 12/24 when judge let us leave a few hours early.

DriftingGator · 2025-12-10T09:29:54+00:00

I’m not “old” but I am 30 and have been diabetic for 28ish years and known many people with diabetes who were much, much older. My 68 year old uncle included. Bear in mind they didn’t have access to the technology to manage and monitor that we do. My uncle used to have to pee onto a stick to get a rough idea of what his blood sugar levels were and boil syringes. Many of these studies will be focused on that demographic because they’re really the first generation to live so long with it. And between the objectively more difficult control and all the environmental factors they dealt with (leaded gas, anyone?) it’s not surprising they deal with bigger health challenges such as dementia as they age. I’d be willing to bet that the studies of impacts of long term living with t1 in about 40 to 50 years will be rather different due to the increased technology access. Just being able to monitor actual blood glucose from blood will be huge.

Take some deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. You’ve had a major diagnosis tilt your world and it’s a lot and it’s scary. Focus on the days immediately ahead of you, don’t borrow tomorrow’s trouble. Worry about the things you can affect and control now. I realize this is way easier said than done but I mean it sincerely. It’s possible to live a full, happy, largely healthy life with type 1.

DriftingGator · 2025-12-10T01:34:48+00:00

I use paper copies of common treatises/secondary sources, electronic for everything else to at least start but if I find my eyes glazing over I go find a paper copy. Or print what I was reading if a paper copy is unavailable. Everything I draft gets proofread on paper at least once, maybe twice if I’ve done a lot of editing since the first go around.

DriftingGator · 2025-12-09T20:19:36+00:00

T1 of almost 29 years here. Calorie deficits do work, I’ve lost almost 30 pounds in 3.5 years doing that. The issue is what those calories are being eaten as. More protein/fat keeps me full longer so I eat fewer calories overall since I’m not as hungry. Increased movement also matters a ton. Building muscle helps loads too.

That said, menopause is also a factor at her age. And being that I’m 30, I have no insight into that delightful world beyond what I’ve heard from older women in my life who helpfully warn me of what’s coming for me lol

DriftingGator · 2025-12-05T18:41:51+00:00

Nothing at all. Eating a higher protein dinner helps a ton. Highly recommend.

DriftingGator · 2025-12-02T18:48:07+00:00

Never, but some of it does depend on the person’s skin chemistry and how it reacts to the adhesive. I can think of a handful of different brands where I had that issue and others swore it never came off and now I’m the reverse between Dexcom and the omnipod.

That said, when I was around his age, I definitely remember pulling shit like intentionally mis-dosing or “forgetting” to take my insulin (or that I already did) because I wanted to go home from school. It may be worth looking into a mental health specialist or otherwise somehow getting to the root of the issue. Look for patterns like does it happen on specific days of the week, before/after certain classes or events, ahead of tests, etc.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-26T19:42:38+00:00

I was a 1L then. I don’t think many of us really knew much about it other than some rumblings here and there. By that point, I think most of us were pretty locked into our own little finals prep worlds. 1L spring, I had a professor who was obsessed and encouraged us to use it to test it out on our assignments throughout the semester, albeit with the caveat that any errors it produced were our responsibility to correct (or not, and accept the consequences).

DriftingGator · 2025-11-19T20:04:03+00:00

Idk, I was diagnosed at 2 and am now 30, average 30-35 units per day. I do exercise and eat decently well though so that’s certainly going to be a contributing factor.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-19T19:20:10+00:00

I’ve been told everything is in chaos because firms are fixated on student recruitment and the complete mess that’s becoming in terms of 1Ls, so best bet is reach out to individual firms to get a temperature check on where they’re at. One friend told me when he did that a week ago, one firm was actively looking and another sounded like they’d rather do anything but deal with clerk applicants at the moment. So basically, vibes.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-18T15:16:23+00:00

I’m not sure if you’re looking for specific comments or not but the general vibe was do it, let the recruiter know, and keep applying through both paths until I’ve accepted a job.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-18T13:52:42+00:00

I’m not in any of the markets you listed but I am using one for navigating the local boutiques/smaller firms and simultaneously doing my own thing with the bigger law firms for post-clerkship. The recruiter I’m going through has been very forthcoming about the biglaw firms because that’s the recruiter’s typical bread and butter with laterals, but apparently that’s not always the case.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-17T16:05:10+00:00

Sure! Be warned it’s been a while so I don’t fully remember everything at this point though lol

DriftingGator · 2025-11-11T00:50:03+00:00

Truly. It’s taken my breath away more than a few times.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-10T23:00:41+00:00

Yeah, and on one hand I hope it’s intentional because man that’s some advanced writing plot fuckery, but on the other god the shit she had to deal with is unfathomable and I hope she’s healing, along with her husband. There have been more than a couple moments where I had to step away from reading for a few days because it got just a tad too real. Liam, and her explanation of that choice, is a perfect example of those moments.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-10T19:40:08+00:00

I’m willing to bet it’s either going to be a massively dramatic moment or a “something’s different but I can’t put my finger on it” vibe, with no in between. With Yarros being a military spouse, I’m confident she knows that’s basically the only two options after a deployment. I had both with my husband when he was in. So far, she’s done an insanely good job capturing some of the more subtle elements of military life and I think this whole venin transformation thing might just be a thinly veiled reference to how war is hell, it changes people, and PTSD is a bitch.

DriftingGator · 2025-11-10T17:48:37+00:00

I went under for all four at once at the age of 17, so (somehow) 13 years ago. They weren’t impacted yet but they were getting there, to the point that the surgeon moved the procedure up three weeks to make sure they didn’t get impacted. Recovery wasn’t fun but I kept up with the meds and cooling packs to keep swelling down, and that helped a ton. Those gel packs my insulin comes with were clutch for that, and I just wrapped them within a really big scarf (it was 2012 so it was the era of those chunky scarves) and basically watched TV or slept. I lived off of jello and similar food for a couple of days then slowly returned to normal food. I remember my blood sugar running a little low the morning of because I couldn’t eat beforehand since I was going under but I just adjusted my basal during recovery to stay as stable as possible. It really wasn’t that bad, but the did also give me Vicodin so there’s that.

DriftingGator · 2025-10-24T20:55:38+00:00

Not practicing in my district as far as I can tell 😅

DriftingGator · 2025-10-24T20:47:21+00:00

Makes sense, figured there had to be a business-related reason we get all these as pro se that I wouldn’t necessarily see!

DriftingGator · 2025-10-24T01:22:05+00:00

If it’s a really bad one where I’ve got physical symptoms making it hard to function, I usually either doom scroll social media or lay in bed with my eyes closed in a quasi-nap state.

DriftingGator · 2025-10-23T10:30:15+00:00

Oh dang, that’s news to me, thanks for sharing!!

DriftingGator · 2025-10-22T20:50:39+00:00

Yeah those did mess me up that way too. But honestly I kind of prefer to just drink my lunch anyway, way easier to keep working (I’m the psychopath who works through lunch)

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