Work Update and Other Ashley Ramblings

I have almost been working at my job for 1 month--can you believe it? I went through 2 weeks of training and am almost done with my 2nd week of after training life. I should be a pro now right? Wrong, I think I will feel very comfortable with my job after I have been here for a few months. New things come my way every day which I really like. The job is not usually boring.

I realized that I didn't go into detail of what my job really is here at Kirkland & Ellis. My job title is a practice assistant which is basically equivalent to a legal secretary anywhere else. I assist 3 attorneys. One is a share partner in the company and the other two are associates. Their title is like their ranking I guess in the law firm. So my job is to assist them by answering their phone, managing calendar, printing things, making copies, proofreading, editing documents, arranging travel, managing expenses, etc. The list goes on and on. There are a lot of different things that they have us do every day. I assist them in whatever they need assisting.

To some, this may seem like a boring job... but I love it! I love working in an office and doing secretarial stuff. I don't know why but I get excited doing document work in word or making a spreadsheet in excel. I have always had a love for office supplies, when I was younger I would love going to Office Max and being able to buy some new pens or something. There's my little secret. (Ask my family, they know what I’m talking about).

I feel accomplished with what I do. When I do something hard in the day that I figure out how to do it right I feel like I can do anything. There is a rush when trying to help an attorney reach a deadline. I like to help people and I get to do that everyday. People are very friendly at our law firm. I feel like I enter a different world that is separate from New York City. The office is very clean, and people don't try to intimidate. It's a good feeling coming to work in a nice building everyday.

This job has been a blessing for me and Scott. I am much happier and so is Scott knowing we have a steady paycheck and that I enjoy my job. There have been so many pieces to the puzzle of living in New York. My employment seems to be one of the last pieces of the puzzle to put in place. The are still a few tiny pieces to add, but the main picture is in place. We are being well taken care of in this city. I never would have seen our life like this last summer. Moving to New York seemed like the death of me, but now everyday I have to remind myself that this is where we really live and that we are doing it successfully.