Real Lawyer

So, I keep wondering when I will pass that point where I feel like a "real lawyer".  I have no problem telling people that I'm an attorney but inside, I still feel like I'm pretending or something.  Well, after today, I think I count.  I went to my first hearing with a client.  All by myself.  It was super easy - the judge actually asked me to take the case and she knows all the details and basically all I did was say yes and no a few times.  Still, it felt good.

(I am rewarding myself with an hour st Starbucks during which I will drink a grande Peppermint Mocha and eat a chocolate caramel brownie.)

eta:  Oh, and I almost forgot the most awesome part.  I've been upset for *weeks* because today is the kids' Thanksgiving meal at the daycare and it was almost exactly the same time as my hearing.  I had just made up my mind that I had no choice but to be late for the kids when someone suggested yesterday that I just go early.  So the client and I showed up early and the judge was happy to see us.