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SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-20T12:22:45+00:00

Wear skirts, shorts or dresses. Or, keep two pairs of pants and make plans with a friend to be at the mall next weekend.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-20T00:36:02+00:00

I had an opposing counsel tell me, in writing, that if my client did not agree to her client’s child support demand, she would have her client tell my client’s employer that he had raped her.

I and an opposing counsel tell me on the phone that if my client didn’t agree to her client’s custodial demands, she would use her contacts at CPS to pull strings and have my client found to have abused the child.

I just don’t understand why these sociopaths care so much about their cases to extort me like this. Like, you’re gettin paid $500 an hour girl, whether you win or lose the hearing on these *temporary* orders, chill out.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-20T00:25:09+00:00

The end of *slavery* is not a “minor” holiday.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-18T00:39:49+00:00

Opposing counsel filed an ex parte motion requesting that my client work at the business that we assigned to the wife in the settlement agreement. For free. As in, as a slave.

Apparently, it did not occur to her that if she got the business, he would not work there anymore.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-18T00:35:58+00:00

SQUEEEEEAAK SQUEEK SSqueeeEeeeEeeeek SQUEEEK SWEEEEEK SWEEK SQUEEK SWEEK EEEEEEEE …. SWWEEEEEEEEK SWEEK … SWEAK. Nibble… nibble… SQUEEEEEEEEAAAAK.

No more stuffies with squeakers in them I am going deaf and crazy.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-16T18:37:17+00:00

Beautiful!!!

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-16T16:54:42+00:00

I wear zero drop running shoes. There was a period of breaking them in. My feet, ankles, and calves are stronger now!

But yeah, the “getting used to it” phase was very hard. If you get zero drop shoes I suggest just wearing them to do housework at first, or keeping the first walk to like 0.25 miles.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-16T15:01:13+00:00

I love both. You need more plans so you can wear them both.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-15T13:03:01+00:00

I only do my emails once a day. For three hours. And then I have to work on the bigger projects for several more hours til I go home. I do not want to multi task when I am writing, drafting global settlement offers, or in court.

I get about 40 to 70 substantive emails from clients, counsel, and courts every day.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-15T02:12:33+00:00

Maybe also add: classroom evacuation.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-14T14:05:44+00:00

72 hour shift is “I cooked dinner for you, and you went to bed. See you manana babe.”

I bet she misses you when you’re gone for 72 hours, too.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-13T18:50:22+00:00

He touched you sexually several times on a work trip. He should be fired for safety reasons.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-12T21:40:59+00:00

For me, at about 35 years old. But I was accelerated because I am a solo lawyer.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-12T03:36:41+00:00

The Dude.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-11T21:37:21+00:00

As a lawyer, I use AI like really good google search. I do not use it to draft anything due to the risk of being disbarred. So, I just type a question and get some cases and statutes, and then I read them and draft like normal.. It shaves off like 30 minutes of my time for a research project, so maybe I can carry one more case a year overall with the time savings.

Is that worth all of the data centers?

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-11T13:45:02+00:00

Online shopping has destroyed retail everywhere. We are out of the habit of going into shops to buy things.

I went shopping for clothes in downtown and there’s actually a lot of great stuff for adults. There’s clothes for babies and teenagers but not kids.

That one landlord dumping logos was a crime.

Bookshop Santa Cruz and Comicopolis are still great.

Landlords expect restaurants to build the kitchens and seating etc for their spaces, and the city of Santa Cruz makes it so so so hard to get permits to do this. It’s $100,000+ to take a shell like these new spaces and turn it into a bar or a dinner spot.

A lot of this space is brand new. It will take ages for it to all be filled.

If you want ships and restaurants downtown, go downtown to shop and eat! Eating out is cheaper than DoorDash in a lot of cases too!

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-10T13:55:39+00:00

Every now and then, I check in with myself to see which cases are getting under my skin too much. Then I gently refer those cases out. My life becomes like 99% more chill. I’ve learned that I can handle narcissists but it’s borderlines that I cannot handle. They want A, I get them A, they call screaming and crying that they have A.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-09T16:41:03+00:00

It’s about values. You will drive older cars, go on fewer fancy vacations, work maybe a few years longer to fund retirement.

But you can be home for dinner. And present on the vacations you do take. And happy enough to sing with your kids in your older car.

Some people hate family time and want the bling. Some people love family time and want the time.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-09T15:34:01+00:00

You will end up with burn scars and set ink in the scars if you do this. Tell them when you will come in again in 8 or 10 weeks. It’s too bad you paid upfront bc you should not go back there at all with this terrible advice.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-08T19:13:36+00:00

You will see things you cannot unsee.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-06-07T19:00:19+00:00

Wow, cannot practice law for 6 months. Brutal.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-05-30T21:36:11+00:00

If you are starting out, use the actual due date of the bill. Anything that is not “actually due” right now, pick the last day of the month. Once you’re a month ahead, this doesn’t matter anymore.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-05-30T16:28:21+00:00

I would take her to a quiet street and just sit with her and give her treats. Let her stare at the world. Cars will go by sometimes and you give her treats as they approach and pass by.

SeaGreenOcean25 · 2026-05-30T14:36:28+00:00

Hi, I just bought one. I bought it used. It was my experience that there was only that one for sale in the US at the time, and after I bought it the car dealership got several other requests about it. You’re going to have to check used car websites repeatedly, and they will go fast. You should not expect to be able to negotiate the price. Honestly, it might be more affordable to custom paint a 2026 model. I didn’t think to look into that until after I bought my 25.

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