I am slowly but surely realizing that my life as I knew it is over. Completely and unalterably over. It makes me sad and frightened all the same time. I'm also in denial and I'm still wearing my orange.I have not updated in a long time because I'm trying to be a good kid and do my work, but I figure, what's the harm in updating now? I'm already screwed. Not really, I really think I'm doing okay right now, but who knows, the material may be just so over my head that I don't even realize it.
Everyone I talk to asks me how law school is and, honestly, I don't know. I don't want to be cocky and say, "Great!" but I don't think it's going badly. I think... I don't know? I hate my Property class because my professor is a horrible teacher. I'm sure she's a great attorney, but teaching is not her thing. My other two classes, Civil Procedure and Torts are pretty good. LSSC (Legal Skills in Social Context) is, right now, torture. The legal writing and research portion is tedious. It's necessary, I know, but again, I have a horrible teacher. She reads us her notes. It's awful, and the material is tedious to begin with. The discussion part is okay. My "lawyering fellow," who's a 3rd year, is nice and I like the people in my class, so it's manageable.
I'm trying to keep ahead in readings so I don't get overwhelmed and so far, 2 weeks in, I'm doing just that, but it's very early. That's why I never know how to answer the "how is law school" question. I've hit a nice balance between school time, me time, and friend time. I'm really glad I get to hang out with Jen a lot. She's going to be very important when I start getting stressed. I love that girl and she keeps me grounded because without her I would hole up in my room and never leave.
Since I've moved to Boston, I've been doing the school thing pretty much, but I've gone out every Friday with Jen and seen Sharleen a bunch (she lives downstairs and we have a class together, so it's not hard). Phoebe came to our Syracuse night and I went to Tequila Rain with another Syracuse love, Katie. I'm glad I'm able to see people because that's the one thing I miss most about Syracuse, the social life and the guarantee I would get to see my favorite people almost everyday. I'm sad that I haven't seen Amy in a month and that I haven't seen Jenny since graduation.I am getting back together with someone I haven't seen in waaaaaayyyy too long, Anna. I have not seen her since we were living in London, but she smartened up and moved her butt up to Boston so we'll be getting dinner this weekend, probably hit up our London favorite and new Boston restaurant, Wagamama's.
The plan for the future is to keep being a good kid and keep up with my homework while allowing myself a once a week night out and my Sunday Patriots date. Along that line, I also would like to keep on a budget without actually making a budget. Basically, I need to not spend money, and so far, I'm failing. My life is going to be crazy, essentially, for the next year. This time next year, I'll be on Co-Op, which will be a lot of work, but class-wise, at that point, it'll be a much lighter load and things will seem much more attainable.
I keep wanting to still be a kid and in college; it was so much easier. But I'm enjoying this so far, the only really disappointing thing I've noticed at this time is that there are no hot boys amongst the 1Ls. I need to go to Bar Review (meeting for dorky lawyers... at a BAR) and meet some attractive 2 and 3Ls. That's the plan and since my roommate is in a serious relationship, she can help me! Haha. It's not like I have time for a boyfriend on top of everything else, but it's fun to look!
Things I hope to do soon:
Go to Homecoming @ Syracuse Oct 13
Maroon 5 Concert Oct 15 -- that's a definite -- with Amy!!
UMaine v. BC Hockey Game Nov 2
Fall Out Boy Concert Nov 9
See Mallory and Thomas -- December??
