Christmas 2007

I really loved this Christmas on Vancouver Island. It was M.'s first cold Christmas and I experienced the snow, the cold, even the family time totally differently with him. It's just fabulous to be grown and close to your siblings. You share the past with a promise of sharing the future.

Christmas 2007

We just got back from Vancouver Island and Christmas with my parents and sisters. My parents house is set up upon a mountain side in Maple Bay and has a beautiful view of the lake with snow capped mountains rising above. Instantly refreshing. Which is good, when you are spending five days in a house with your parents, husband, brother-in-law and sisters. We did have a really amazing time, though, and played board games (the essence of family-togetherness). Now, we're back and it's time to get a few things done and then slip into law school mode once again.

Happy Holidays!

Nearly Done

This is a picture of me, my sister M. and my dad at M's law school graduation last month. She and her husband are spending Cmas eve and morning with his family and, even though she'll be there for Cmas dinner, we'll miss her. Being a family of girls, we love all our self-imposed holiday traditions: watching an old movie (this year, I'm lobbying for 'Splash'), playing board games, eating and drinking and hanging out. I have been away for Christmas for far too long and it's so exciting to have my husband M. here with me this year. He flies in from Florida tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait. I may be at the law library finishing up this mammoth paper, but I can't wait to see him.
In other news, I have wrestling with this research paper for a few days now and still have a whole day of work ahead of me. Late nights. A few nights ago, after finishing with the paper for the night, I taught myself how to embed and while I won't perform this trick right now (as I still have to look up all the code and don't know it by heart) I am so glad to finally be a *real* blogger. Txs, Loxy, for trying to teach me years ago. If I was on my game, I would have embedded Loxy's name in this post. But I still haven' asked her if I can link to her? Can I? And H, can I link to you?

I'm Back!

My first post-exam, well, post. I still have a research paper I need to start on but for this morning I am just going to sit on the couch, drink coffee, flip channels and reflext on the last two weeks.
Law exams are so much different than any other exam I have ever taken. For law exams, it doesn't matter how much you know the material, it is how fast and how organized can you be in getting in all the elements in the answer. And, most importantly, correctly identifying the issues is everything. No matter how much work you do in an answer, if it's the wrong answer it's a big fat zero.
I can't pretend that taking these exams didn't deeply disturb me. It is clear that I need to do a whole lot more than just know all of the material by heart. I have to find a system to quickly and succintly identify the issues and sub-issues and hidden issues and non-issues and devote enough time to all of these while including little bonus tidbits. That is the only way to score a top grade.
Perhaps my first three months in law school were about learning what it takes to be a law student and these next ones are the most important.
I know I am going on and on, but honestly, I am shell-shocked by how difficult this all has been. When I thought I was so ready.