lunch with mama

met mama and a long-time family friend for lunch :) i love fridays! everyone is so relaxed and looking forward to the weekend. lunch went swimmingly, despite the tiny chichi portion sizes. so much for not eating today, eh. i'm still hungry after a three course meal :( but each course was impeccably plated and pleased my (pseudo) delicate palate.

mama :)

and after lunch i met friends who were on an extended lunch break at black. black is of special sentimental importance to me because that's where i was offered my training contract after a delightful hour-long chat (mind you, it wasn't an 'interview') with mr. recruitment. immensely grateful that they'd already decided that they wanted me, and barring any fundamental flaws in my character that might have revealed themselves in the hour, i was offered a place! so this was june 2009 and having a training contract (with my dream team no less!) was then licence to party the next 18+ months away (hello exchange in stockholm! hello final semester back home! hello part B in her pass/fail glory! and, dare i say, hello 2 month break after the bar exam?!!!) 

it only gets better :) 20months of prospective job security is nothing short of priceless. 

yay!