I am getting together with six of my law school friends for manis and pedis today in preparation for ms. e’s (soon to be mrs. f) wedding tomorrow. It’s this kind of indulgence– on a weekday, no less!– that reminds me that the post-bar life is truly the high life.
(And, being the glass half-empty person that I am), it reminds me of how hard it will be for all of us to get together like this in little more than a month. All of us are biglaw bound. Interestingly, none of us are going to the same firm, even though all but one of us will be staying local. (We’ll miss you, KHC!)
Last summer, when we were living the never-to-be-known-again echelon of the high life as summer associates, we got together rarely. Between our packed summer weekends and evening social engagements with our firms, it was hard making something work. When Big Mo and I scheduled a lunch-date last summer, the earliest day free for both of us was a month out.
In a month, we’ll be just as busy, but we’ll have traded booze cruises for blackberries and casino nights for all-nighters. I know that we’ll all continue to get together, but I also know how hard it is going to be.
15 August 2008 at 7:25 pm
We will make time once we start work! We must, to remain sane. Perhaps we will have to be weirdly flexible, like having coffee together at 5 a.m. before clocking in? No? How about cupcakes at 11 p.m.?
17 August 2008 at 12:14 pm
I’ll miss you, too! And I think Mo’s idea to have coffee/cupcakes at odd times is great. Once during our 1L year, our friend the new Mrs. F saw that I was down and invited me to have coffee with her at 7am so she could cheer me up. It was the only time she had, but I treasured it – so the rest of you definitely should carve out anything you can. Because you’ll remember stuff like that.
19 August 2008 at 3:19 pm
We WILL find time. Or we will not survive. Coffee & cupcakes are an essential part of life–as are wonderful friends.