One thing I love about my job: I am always learning.

Last week, I simply stated to my boss that I had no idea how to look up or reference court cases (I'd made a mistake and he couldn't understand why at first). Rather than being a jerk, he pulled out a piece of paper and explained the Washington Court System to me. Maybe I should have known that. Strike that, I should have known that. We all should. But honestly, do you? From that, he explained the two different types of court cases that are recorded and referenced. I really enjoyed it. Kristin was sitting there smiling, she knew he was enjoying teaching (he loves teaching), and I was enjoying learning (I love learning). I miss sitting in a classroom, focusing my thoughts on some new frontier I've never given my attention to before-- or perhaps have, but only in wondering and am finally receiving answers regarding. I intend to always be learning, always be studying, always be observing. And here, where my boss desides on a daily basis whether I am the marketing person, the seminar administrator, the receptionist, the office manager, a legal assistant.... you name it... there is always some new task for me to learn. Not to mention, where my boss loves to delve into whatever topic, book, show or eavesdropping he did in the starbucks line... I often get to start my morning with a discussion on a recent court case, the Nazis, aliens, creation, King's Speech, Hemingway, or Joseph Szigeti. Sometimes, I wish he'd at least let me finish my coffee first... but, eh. My point remains, I enjoy the culture of continual learning that is necessary in a lawfirm. I also enjoy that for the time being, my boss seems to think I could do nearly anything. Today, he decided I'd make an excellent Director of Staff for a Governor. When I said "that sounds fun." He began plotting how to make it happen... I had to say "Larry, do you really want to get rid of me that bad?" To which he replied, "Get back to work." I smiled. :)