Everything's Coming Up Roses!

Monster brought me roses to celebrate the end of school.


Yesterday, instead of putting on my usual uniform of a tee shirt, cords & a cardigan, I put on a dress & a cardigan. And this morning, I wore a tee shirt with a skirt & cardigan. Tee shirts and cardigans aside, I don't want to dress like a student anymore and part of being a student, to me, is wearing pants. I love not wearing pants but rather reaching into the back of my closet for a tailored dress or pencil skirt. Even though my days as a non-student are not that different from my student life (take the bus places, run errands), it makes me feel pulled together when I wear a dress or skirt. Like I am living my best life.

And I am! How else can you describe walking around town with a yoga mat ('cause I just signed up for weekday pilates classes) while shopping for organic veggies at Granville farmer's market? How else can you describe living in this gorgeous city? I am living the life I've always wanted!

Tonight, I am meeting a law school friend (she finished her last exam today!) at C Restaurant (a gorgeous seafood restaurant on the ocean) and tomorrow I am making homemade babaganoush. I live right next to a huge downtown library & I can read to my heart's content. Live is wonderful!

Not in a Mentally Healthy Place Right Now

I don't know if it's law school or just these final exams, but I am thinking some very dark thoughts right now. Law school is not a mentally healthy environment. My last exam is on Tuesday & then I will begin my (self) therapy.

I Miss Blogging

I miss blogging. In one week, I am finished law school forever. And then I will blog again.

No More Teachers...But Lots of Books

I DID it! Stick a fork in me, Dude, I am done. Finished. Fini! With law school! I had my last class this morning from 11:00 - 12:30 & when it was over my classmates & I did a little happy dance right there in our seats.

Man! I wish I could just sit back & reflect on it all but there are exams to be a-studyin' for. But I will have lot of time soon! Time, so much tiiiiiiime!

And then, the Bar.

Amen.

SCOTUS Watch

Today, the White House announced that Justice John Paul Stevens is retiring! More here.

I will be putting up my picks after exams. Supreme Court Justice nominees are my March Madness!

Frustration

I wrote some more of my term paper today. My quota is ten pages a day. So, ten yesterday, ten today, five tomorrow & then footnotes & biography. My days are swallowed in work. I haven't taken a day off--or had a real vacation--since school began nearly three years ago. I can't get out of here fast enough. Yes, law school has given me so much but it has also required so much from me: friendships, leisure time, adventure.

I have less than a month left. Hang on, hang on.