A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
Decisions

From:          Elizabeth  
To:            LMixson@PEC.com
Sent:          Thursday, June 4, 1998 10:04 AM
Subject:       Decisions
 
The days are a little blurred in terms of when I last wrote, but I know I didn't write yesterday.  My hurdle for the week was to get through last night's class, my last of the week.  He kept us to the very end, and it was very hard for me to sit through the last 45 minutes or so, as I was very sleepy.
 
I had made a decision to try and contact an attorney Monday morning when I came in, but once here I didn't have the fire or motivation to do it.  Tuesday I did call someone locally and had a brief conversation on the phone with their associate (who I had been prewarned was "green.")  It was not my intent to talk with him, but rather the woman attorney who operates the office, but he apparently took the phone because the secretary couldn't answer my initial question.  He was "green" and a jerk, in that he was, I felt tactless and insensitive. (I came away formulating my own "motto" for any future practice I might have, which would be "Sensitivity in the Face of Adversity.") At least I gained from him (although I question whether I can really trust the advice) that I need to have and work with a Florida attorney to get anything done.  That was somewhat discouraging because I thought a local attorney could at least help me procure copies of documents that I need, such as my mother's will which I presume my sister has possession of, and which I have never seen a copy of. 
 
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So, in between grief and crying, I am trying to make decisions about what to do.  [...]
 
Well, sorry, if I'm dumping, let me know and I won't write more about this.  However, it helps me write it out to someone because it helps me refine my thinking.  Also, I located an attorney on the internet who is located in St. Pete, and I may contact him, because he has e-mail set up to do so.  Also, I found an "ideal" firm on the internet which deals with elder law, wills, etc., but they are in Boca Raton. 
 
Well, it is somewhat slow.  I think I can predict that my summers will always be this way, which is nice to know in terms of school.  As soon as the residents start, which is soon, however, my work load will soar. 
In fact, I was actually busy all day yesterday, which is why I did not write, in addition to being somewhat, in a 60's phrase, bummed out. 
 
Thanks for taking the time to write.  If I write extensively to you, please don't feel you have to reply to it all, or any of it.  It helps me to just get it out.  But do stay in contact, given the demands of your work.  It sounds like your project is really moving along.  Elizabeth

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