I’ve been lacking in updates lately but can you blame me?
Bar review began this Tuesday, I have a trial coming up, oh, and did I mention Brian lives with me now??
Yup, we got Brian almost all moved in on Saturday. He is still paying rent on the old place for a couple weeks – his old roomie is still there until the 10th so we haven’t gotten everything out of there yet, but all of the important stuff has been moved.
We utilized a storage unit because my place is fairly small but I am pretty impressed with how well everything has fit so far. We are making it work. We are getting ourselves situated with the new arrangement and it is going along fine. The only clear downside I have noticed so far is that the housework, dishes, and just general daily upkeep has tripled. If I were to just toss my clothes from the day on the floor or bed in the evening like I used to, things would get out of control in no time. I’ve worked hard so far to keep the place as well organized as I can and it seems to be working out pretty well.
Things are good otherwise. This is going to be a very busy summer with studying for the bar but so far it hasn’t been too bad. I am sure things will start to get hectic this weekend/next week.
Well, I wish I was better at updating but right now I need to do some cleaning, check on supper, and organize a plan for weekend studying.
Ciao!
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Today was a fairly crap day. . . frustrating and lame. I thought about telling you all about it, I’ve decided it isn’t worth reliving in too much detail but here are the highlights:
multiple technological issues from printer to phone to computer,
having to smile and make small talk with guy who deferred me from job,
bumping into the girl who I think got my job,
deposing incompetent detective from hell,
and having to haul a 35 lb box across 3 city blocks in a skirt and heels.
All while in the midst of the most mind-blowing cramps and back ache known in PMS history.
Needless to say, I was not a pleasant camper today.
Fortunately, after a long afternoon nap, I have managed to be fairly productive tonight getting the rest of my packing complete.
Now I just need to get to bed and forget this whole lame day.
Not much going on around here this morning. I’m getting ready for some taped statements later today. Oliver is sick. I came home yesterday and he greeted me at the front door with a meek “arg”, one of his eyes total glued shut with goo.
I hauled my little pirate off to the vet and we came home with an arsenal of all things cats hate; the pink stuff that usually ends up all over me rather than in the cat, ear drops for both ears, and an eye SALVE. Yea, try holding open a cats eye so you can smear something on it – that is going over real well.
He seems a little less lathargic this morning fortunately. Yesterday afternoon he was like a limp rag.
Otherwise, I’ll be doing taped statements today and then studying the rest of the weekend for my final final on Tuesday!
Just hours after his latest episode of the Daily Dish, Oliver made the decision to leave my blog and create his own space on the web: The Daily Dish. He told me that I wasn’t updating enough for him and it was holding his creative juices back. Good for him . . .
He is currently chilling on the couch, flipping between CNN and Fox, taking notes on various stories for his next post. I’m guessing he will not be updating much while I’m taking my finals – he often helps me stay organized around here. But we’ll see how he does staying on top of his own little web blog.
As for me, I am just thinking about going to bed. I had a pretty productive day today but Monday is going to be SUPER busy for the clinic. Tomorrow I head to Brian’s family gathering for the April birthdays and then I will be right back here creating deposition questions.
Good evening ya’ll!
Filed under: daily grind
I can’t believe that a whole MONTH passed in between my last two posts! It is amazing how fast time flies. The reason for the lack of updates is that the last month has been downright painfully busy. Things aren’t going to get much easier any time soon either.
Brian and I went over to the hospital a few nights this past week to visit his dad. On Monday, Brian’s father had some pretty major surgery. While I doubt if having to have surgery is ever a “good” thing, his went really well. He is ahead of schedule recovery wise and is leaving the hospital tomorrow. We are all just thrilled he is doing well and are just hoping things continue on this very positive path.
Things are looking good on the job front – I don’t really like to discuss that stuff too much on the blog for privacy reasons but just in case anyone is curious, I am well into the interviewing process and I am feeling pretty good about it.
I managed to log quite a few hours at the clinic this week – the two cases I currently have both should provide me with quite a bit of work which is something I am pretty happy about.
Moot court is over with for anyone who was following that story. I can’t say I wound up unscathed though. The competition itself was fine – it was well run, competetive yet fun, and I received some great critiques from the judges which I always appreciate. The entire process of getting to the competition though and the arrangements I had while in NY left something to be desired. It isn’t a complicated story, but it would involve me complaining a lot and I’d like to avoid being “that person”. I’m just trying to pretend that whole thing never happened and move on with my semester!
Speaking of my semester, it is almost over!!! WOohoo! Just 2 weeks of classes left and then about three weeks until finals AND graduation are all done with. Sadly, that won’t be the end of school for me. Due to some issues with clinic hours, I had to back up my graduation date until August. I don’t have to take any additional classes or anything, I still walk in May, AND I will still be able to take the July bar exam – I just will have an August date on my diploma rather than a May date.
Well, I am getting in loads of clinic hours this weekend and preparing for another interview later this week (which is basically a portion of a mock trial) so I will continue to do that.
Ciao!
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Yesterday’s post was kind of a cop-out. I needed to update but I really didn’t have the time or the inspiration to do it. So here is a bit more of a “diary” entry:
Life is coming at me full speed ahead and I don’t see it letting up anytime soon. For the next few weeks my life is going to be all about moot court and in mid-march I will be heading to New York with my MC partner to compete. I really want to do well, not just for me, but because my partner picked me and this is really his thing.
I will be returning home from NY on Brian’s birthday (March 15) which we will likely celebrate on an alternative date considering my flight arrives rather late at night. March 16th starts spring break which for me will be filled (praying) with clinic hours and writing my graduation paper (like a thesis).
School in general is going well – I am still nervous about clinic hours and I would rather die than not graduate in May because of it. However, the case I was recently assigned will likely go to trial so that should eat up some serious hours. Otherwise, admin law is going really well, closely held puts me to sleep and I have no clue wtf is going on in there, and secured transactions is surprisingly smooth . . . except for the fact that the professor is giving me an ulcer!
In the non-school world: Oliver is sitting right next to me now and looking a tad crabby. I haven’t been around much and I think he is irked about it. If all goes as planned, Brian will be moving in with me in May. Because May is such an insane time of the year for me, we will likely rent a storage unit in April sometime and slowly move some of our things into it that we won’t need or will be taking up too much precious space while we live in this apartment. It will only be a couple of months here and then we can get into a place that is a bit larger and has a better set up. I think we are pretty well sold on one of the apartments we found and we will likely sign up for their future resident’s program here soon.
Well, at the moment that is all I can think of and it is probably enough reading anyhow. Hope you are all doing well!
Well today has been UBER productive. I find snow days a reason to tell mother nature to blow it up her caboose. Damn near a foot of snow has fallen and I have been doing homework, calling family members and gathering a slew of recipes, I cleaned all of the kitchen cupboards, . . .
I have done three loads of dishes, had an early lunch, made a conference call to a professor, and ran out to Office Max for a bigger binder and four bottles of diet coke – all before 12:30pm!
The ride out was the best – cleaning off the car is always a bit of a bitch but I got it done and remained dry and warm (it is the “fluffy” stuff). It is always kind of humorous to drive around in this stuff and I find it pretty fun if the roads are clear of other drivers – I managed to find one parking lot to play in on my way to the Office Max. 
Now I am back home, doing a bit more homework and hoping to tackle the bedroom later today. Gotta love them snowdays 
So no huge surprise – no school today. I’m pleased. Yesterday was my birthday and I felt fairly unmotivated – if I had my afternoon classes today (the morning one was cancelled as of last night), I would have had a large assignment to do yet this morning.
Now I can chill and get that assignment knocked out today while I hang out at home. I was up before 5 and now I am wide awake, doing dishes and already e-mailing prosecutors.
Last night Brian came over for a bit to celebrate my day – I made up a dinner of spaghetti and vegan italian sausage and daikon-potato latkes. It was really good and there are plenty of tasty leftovers. Brian brought me a gift – a hot air popcorn popper. It is certainly not something I would typically purchase for myself, but after we used it last night, I am really glad he got it for me. It requires NO OIL at all and being that bulk popcorn is fairly cheap, I’ll save money not buying microwaveable anymore. Granted, it is hard to put salt on plain popcorn, but it was tasty nonetheless and it could easily cure a late night craving in a healthful way.
So yea, today will likely prove to involve more cleaning and lots of homework – if I work hard today I will be able to knock out the rest of this weeks work and possibly even get a head start on next week!
Ciao and stay safe out there!
Breaking news: two yachts (so far) are in flames in Weekawken, N.J. this morning at a marina there. It was rather irnoic to hear the news reporter say, “you can see there it looks like someone is trying to put some water on the flames”. It is an odd site and probably a nerve wreaking site to anyone unfortunate enough to have a boat nearby.
The surprise is Tofutti’s Better than Cream Cheese. Yes, it is time for a product shout out.
I have heard mixed reviews about vegan cheese. Most people say there is no way to create a non-dairy cheese that tastes, feels, and melts like the real thing. However this “cream cheese” really blew me away. I purchased the chive and onion flavor and it tastes just like cream cheese and has the same texture. I’d say that if there is any difference, the Tofutti tastes a bit more like the low-fat variety than the full fat cream cheese. It was a pleasant surprise and has accompanied my morning bagels the last few days
Anyhow – another long day of studying is ahead of me. Today is dedicated to my law and psychiatry class. I am sure I will have much more to say once the finals season is over!
Ok so you’re all tired of reading about politics, veganism, whatever else I drone on about . . . so what else is going on in my life?
Well, my last day of the semester is tomorrow! WOOHOO! I will have my nose buried in a book (even more) for the next couple weeks as a deal with finals. Not a whole lot more to say about it than that.
Brian and I are back into the swing of things with working out. The gym is busier than ever too with guilt laden individuals trying to work off the beginning of the holiday pounds. I’ve increased my weight during body pump and I managed to do an entire hour on the eliptical the other night shedding a whopping 500 calories!
Christmas is right around the corner – this Sunday is tree triming with Brian’s family, Christmas eve is also going to be spent with his fam and Christmas day we head to Michigan for the shot-gun visit of the year:
25th – set off for Michigan, destination = mom and Ron’s place.
26th – off to the desolate thumb to see dad.
27th – mom’s family x-mas in the thumb, back to Detroit at night.
28th – haul ourselves back to Indy OR alternatively we might come back on the 29th depending on weather and/or how whipped we are.
Mind you, we are at the mercy of the weather. If it is really nasty my plan is to wrap up a portion of the gifts in bubble wrap, haul them to the nearest post office, ship, return home to a blanket and cat and have a very quiet christmas. I’m hoping I don’t have to call off the trip but the reality is that so far this “winter”, Michigan has already experienced treacherous weather – mom and Ron had an 8 hour ride home from Thanksgiving for crying out loud!! White knuckles and a stomach tied in knots is just not the kind of stuff the holidays should be made of.
I’ll keep ya posted.
So I’m sitting here at school, doing some work for work for a change, and listening to my favorite podcast (Vegan Freak Radio). One of the hosts of the podcast, Bob, describes a funny incident when he confused tahini with peanut butter while making a PB&J sandwich. I begin laughing outloud. I look up and see a kid I know smile at me and I think to myself “oh, he probably doesn’t think this is as funny as I do”. Only THEN do I realize, of course he doesn’t think it is as funny as I do – he can’t HEAR it! My headphones cause blond moments.
So in other news, today I am full of Malt-O-Meal. I really can’t recall if I have ever had Malt-O-Meal before but it isn’t half bad. Especially with a small handful of dark chocolate chips. Low calorie, vegan, chocolaty, and REALLY, ridiculously, filling. Works for me.
I will be working on work most of the day today – probably will be my last project at work so I am glad it is fairly in depth and something new I haven’t yet done. I will let you know how it goes.
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I went to my 6pm class room early to read and I soon discovered that there was a meeting scheduled in that room at about 4:30. The person running the meeting told me I was more than welcome to just stay and listen or study in the back of the room so I took her up on it.
I had no clue which organization was having the meeting or what was on the agenda. By 5 o’clock I had been recruited to read for the Vagina Monologues in February.
Brian and I did a class workout last night for the first time in quite a while. I found the whole thing to be WAY too easy last night which I knew would mean today would royally suck – I was right. I already feel like I am carrying around a hunk of cement on my back and my thighs. Erg.
I did some shopping yesterday – I desperately needed a pair of jeans and a new top or two. I ended up finding jeans that fit (although they have to be hemmed before I can wear them anywhere), a black sweater, and a dark fuchsia top. Oh and a new pair of workout shorts since my older ones are all a bit short for the winter. (If that makes any sense at all)….
Last night Brian and I briefly discussed going to D.C. in January to attend Obama’s inauguration. You would think this would be a public event . . . lo and behold, tickets to attend the Presidential Parade start at 600 bucks and to actually see the swearing in ceremony will be thousands of dollars – supply and demand hard at work on this one. Apparently it was like 45 bucks to go see Bush’s presidential parade!
Regardless, a trip to D.C. ought to be on my list of to do’s at some point in the future. It seems like one of those things everyone should do at some point. Hopefully we will be able to make that road trip sometime in the future.
Back to work. . .
I’m pretty sure not too long ago I mentioned something about wanting to update the blog at least a little bit each day. So much for that.
So what has happened this week?
Well, Saturday Brian and I worked out in the morning for the first time in a while since he and I had been sick. It was really rough! In the afternoon we went to the State Museum. Some of the exhibits were really interesting and it was a pretty quiet day there so we had the place pretty much to our selves. The museum stayed true to its’ location and showed the evolution of the plants, people, and animals from the area over the millennia. At the exhibit about the pioneer era, I found myself looking around to try and figure out how someone could have stepped in cow shit. Brian found the source of the smell the hard way by sticking his nose right into a tube of manure. There was a whole set of tubes with different scents from the era. Go figure that you had to press your nose right against the tubes smelling like corn bread or lavender but the manure scent managed to permeate the entire area.
School is school. Evidence is somewhat entertaining as I watch a good number of my classmates look cross-eyed at the rules. I know how they feel, I am just glad I have gotten a taste of the rules already. Trusts and Estates is a really boring subject and although the professor is trying to spruce it up, it doesn’t help a whole lot. My other two classes have great potential to be interesting, we just haven’t gotten there yet. Hopefully it will get better here soon.
Today is a Thursday and Thursdays stink. The rest of the week I’m hoping to make the best of and get caught up on some school stuff.
Hola – sorry for the delay in updates. The first week of school notoriously is a bit nutty and on top of that, my computer was dead the first day of classes so that caused some un-needed chaos as well.
I have reached for my computer to update the blog at least 100 times this week. I wanted to talk about the Clintons and Gov. Palin. At this point I will instead simply direct readers to two other blogs, each penned by Alaskans with a unique perspective on Gov. Palin, her career as Governor, and the “city” of Wasilla. Enjoy.
So what about classes? Well, Thursdays blow. I guess I should have been prepared for that. I leave home around 7:30am so I can get a parking spot that doesn’t require hauling my loot any further than I have to. My last class ends at 8 which puts me home around 8:30pm. That is a really long day and as fall sets in, it means I will leave home in the dark and return in the dark. Fortuantely, that is my only really cruddy day.
The classes themselves are pretty boring thus far. I am guessing that my sentencing class and psychiatry class should be rather interesting at some point but this first week they consisted of the professor essentially conducting a meet and greet amongst the students (not typical for a law school class I assure you).
My Evidence class is being taught by an attorney who has never taught a class before. I am guessing she was a great attorney but she is still settling into this teaching gig and it is going slow. Fortunately for me I appear to be far ahead of the other students in the practical applications of the rules. Woohoo for me.
My Trusts and Estates prof . . . well, she is damn good looking! It is almost distracting to me and I’m another woman! I know the guys in the class are smitten. Sadly, the material for that class is as dull as they come and she picked the worst text possible. I asked a former student of that class whether or not it was worth while to purchase a supplement – he said “no”, then backed that up by saying, “well, that was the worst grade I ever got in law school so maybe you should.” I will be finding myself a supplement.
That is that for now.
