ouch!

i just got finished taking the hardest exam of my life. no joke. the bad boy was HARD.

it whipped everyone's butt! some of the expressions on people's faces afterwards were priceless. i don't think i bombed it, but gee whiz!

i was feeling pretty confident after my property and torts exams earlier this week. i think i needed the extra confidence to get through this exam.

25+ multiple choice questions in roughly 40-45 minutes. There wasn't even enough time to take the doggone thing!

well there's lots more to right but i need to finish up on a detailed outline for my closed memo that's due in two hours.

coming up for air

WHEW!!!

well obviously i haven’t blogged in a while. But I’ve been super doper busy! And i have proof...here’s a recap of my day…

civil procedure class 8:30-9:45a
sign papers in admin office 9:45-9:55am
register for bar prep course 9:55-10:05am
oops! i find out about an SBA meeting today at 12pm (I didn’t get the email)
rush back home 10:05-10:15am
eat fruit loops 10:15-10:30am
finish assignment due at 1:30am 10:30-11:15am
iron “business attire” for SBA meeting and get dressed 11:15-11:30am
freshen up hair, makeup, etc 11:30-11:40
drive back to school 11:40-11:50am
socialize before SBA meeting 11:50am-12pm
sBA Meeting 12:00pm-1:30pm (meeting runs over 30 mins…run to class IN HEELS)
legal writing class 1:30-2:45pm
check email 2:45-3:00pm
meet with study partner to work on research assignment 3:00-4:30pm
take a break to look at britney spear’s wedding pics in a mag 4:30-4:45pm
unmandatory grammar workshop 4:45-6pm
work on property outline 6-7pm
break to cook dinner 7-7:20pm
back to work on outline 7:20-9:00pm
starbucks!!! vanilla bean frappucino!!! 9-9:15pm
presidential debate 9:15-10pm
finish property outline 10-12pm



guess what? tomorrow is JUST as bad, and i don’t have any classes!!!!! what makes it even WORSE??? next week i have 3 midterms and a rough draft due.
but, i can honestly say that I’m not feeling overwhelmed. If it weren’t for my pda and my favor!!! Lord Jesus!!!

Week 3

Snuck Home for the long weekend
I snuck home for the labor day weekend, which in my case was 4 days. It was good to be back at home. Although, not very many people knew that I was there, so I didn’t get to see everyone. I studied a good little bit of the time and only hung out Saturday and Sunday night.

I’ve been inducted.
Today I briefed my first case in class. It went pretty well. This particular professor, who reminds me of a southern Baptist preacher for some reason, gives you a heads up when you have to brief a case. Which is cool because it takes away the pressure of being called on random, but he requires a higher level of preparation and knowledge of the material in exchange. Of course the girl who was suppose to brief the case was absent so by default I was the next on the list and had to do it. Which was cool by me. I was prepared! Someone told me I did a good job after class, so I guess it went okay.

Not falling behind.
I don’t know which is more difficult trying not to fall behind or trying to get ahead. When I was warned to “make sure I don’t fall behind,” I thought that kinda went without saying. But there is so much work to do, its so easy to spend too much time on one subject and neglect another, and fall behind. It seems almost impossible to get ahead at this pace. But this weekend I swear…if I have to stay in the house all weekend…I am getting ahead!

Prep time before class
I am starting to realize the value in taking an additional 30 minutes to review the material before class. Unfortunately my section is a bit “chatty.” The room isn’t conducive to studying. And even if I open my book and notes to read, someone is going to come over and spark up a conversation. The school is a bit overcrowded and there aren’t many other places for me to go where I can review uninterrupted. I need to come up with a solution…fast.

SBA Legislator!
Congrats to me for being nominated and ELECTED! I have been chosen by my peers to represent my class (along with a few others) in the Student Bar Association! We have to wear suits to the meetings...that's a little scary!

the difference a week makes

where do i start? so much has happened over the course of week.

classes. i love all of them...except civil procedure. it isnt the material, its the professor. she's very blah. if you looked up boring in the dictionary there would be a picture of her standing there. i wouldnt say that she's the most boring professor that i've ever had. its just that (surprisingly) all of my other professors are extremely upbeat and animated...and she's just not. that said, i adore the rest of my professors.

overwhelming. i cannot believe how overwhelming all of the work is! i know i've heard that in lawschool you have to hit the ground running...i felt like i had to hit the ground sprinting! i never studied this hard in undergrad, not even during finals, and its only the first week!!! but the goal is not to fall behind. hopefully this weekend i will actually get ahead.

preamble. okay here is where i get all mushy. the other night, out of the blue, i was compelled to read the preamble to the constitution. as i was reading it this feeling of euphoria came over me, i even got chills. i would liken it to what i guess it feels like when you say "i do" at your wedding. i was empowered and encouraged. reading the preamble made me proud of my decision to be an attorney.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish the Constitution of the United States of America.
* I have bolded the words that mean the most to me.

there is plenty more that i could discuss. but i am excited about the possibility of getting to bed before midnight.

today i studied

today was quite eventful. i got a lot done. i started my day by finally making my way over to the gym. which happens to be really nice. hopefully i will be able to work out 3-4 times a week. i made a few returns for stuff i didn't need/use and went grocery shopping.

i found my way to the bookstore to purchase the remainder of the books i wasn't able to get directly from the publisher....might i add that i ran into several other 1Ls, who seemed to have their panties all in a bunch! gee whiz people! calm the heck down! you are buying books for christ sakes!!! is something wrong with me that i dont share the same level of anxiety as my fellow 1Ls????.....now back to your regularly schedule blog....80% of my books were published by Aspen. and then guess what i did? i came home and studied! felt kinda weird. i havent briefed cases in two years. and i know that "briefing" is done somewhat differently in law school. so it's a little awkward right now. but the material is surprisingly pretty interesting to me. and the workload pretty light (averaging about 20 pages for each class).

orientation starts tomorrow. i am wearing a purple t-shirt that says "destined for greatness" which was a gift from my lovely "locked" cousin. from the orientation it seems like tomorrow will be the most boring of the three. but they only get to hold me hostage for 3 hours. i'm guessing i don't need to take my laptop tomorrow. i dont want to be the dork that brings hers. i'll just take my trusted pocket pc and a notebook.

when i blog tomorrow, i will officially be inducted as a law student.

one day away!

only one day stands between me and the next 3 years of my life. today i swung by campus to pickup my schedule. i think i faired pretty well. i finish everyday before 3pm and no friday classes!

i placed an order online for most of my books which will hopefully get here before classes start! (don't worry my mentor told me i could borrow some of hers just in case they dont) and tomorrow i plan on heading to the bookstore to get the rest. orientation doesn't start until wednesday, but i am going to swing by the school again to see if any assignments have been posted yet. here goes nothing!

i went to see the manchurian candidate, it was a good movie, but i had no idea that the plot involved politics or a war. i know, i know...i don't know what i possibly could have thought it was about. i had a headache, i think i'm coming down with a cold.

the move

i've been away, but i've been super busy! let's rewind a bit...

my going away party was great! it was more then i expected, it had a laua theme. i got tons of gift cards and presents to bring with me (which helped alot). and no i didn't cry. i can't tell you how proud i am that i didn't. [i did however cry at my going away party at work. thanks to all of my co-workers who looked out! you guys are the best!]

my apartment is great! i LOVE it. it's nicer and bigger then I remembered. and i've painted every room except for the kitchen and the bathroom. a little paint makes a HUGE difference. as soon as my living room furniture gets here it'll be all good. speaking of which, a round of applause to my stepfather who was able to negotiate a super plush pillow top mattress for half the price!

damn trees! i cannot express the anger i have for the trees behind my house. because of them i have to get stupid and expensive cable. which God knows when i will get around to being installed because i am so bitter that i can't have directv.

bonnie and charley equal homicide! okay i know, horrible reindition of the classic ice cube hit. but honestly i am about to commit suicide being stuck in the house all day waiting for this hurricane to pass. kudos to all of my friends and family that have been calling to check up on me. the worst of it is supposed to be here between 10pm and 2am. i'll probably be asleep in the bathtub. sucks!

today i cried. today i cried because my family left to go back home. i've never been away from them for more then a week. i cried like a baby. i won't seem them for a few months (when i go home for my birthday).

i am so tired. i've been working my little butt of to move and get unpacked. i have 4 days until orientation starts to get rested.