Honestly I'm now wishing I did have a lawyer, if only to enjoy delicious evening meals with while we laugh at the events of the day.

Don't get me wrong, I like my friends, but none of them are lawyers, nor do they work for me - which I imagine would be swell.

Be careful what you wish for. I have one. Go for dinner with them, they would charge you for the time spent eating the delicious dinner, and afterwards they would write you a letter stating the dinner was delicious. Together with a bill for the letter. Plus a surcharge for providing the "laugh at events of the day" service.

Oh no, it's clear which one of us has actual experience with this. :(