2011: The Year of the Law School

As I wrote my blog for yesterday, I realized something about 2011: I will spend the bulk of it in law school. That thought is depressing. Because that means I won't be spending it with friends. Or with Russ. But, it does mean that 2012 will be a lot more enjoyable.

With that in mind, here are my goals for 2011:

• Law School
• Keep up the workout schedule I started last year
• Finish Team of Rivals

Mostly I want to feel like I got a lot of work done when 2011 is done. It's not going to be a 'fun' year. It's a preparatory year for the rest of my life and my career. But I am optimistic that there will be glimmers of joy, friendship, and craft-food-er-noons.

My resolutions this year are simple. But it is with good cause. I remember in last Sunday's RS lesson we talked about what a tree does when there's a drought. It doesn't do anything. Just maintains. Well, 2011, I plan on just maintaining this year.

I'm Ready

The rivers have been floated.

The vacations have happened.

The ballet recital has been recited.

The lazy Saturdays have been... lazy.

The farmer's market has been marketed.

The internship has been educational.

There's nothing left to do, but go back to school.

And I'm Ready.

I'm excited for fall.

For pants and sweaters.

For studying late in a library and talking with old friends.

For dinner from a frozen box.

For workouts at Golds Gym.

For facetime with a cute boy.

For whatever may be...

I'm Ready.

Sigh . . .

So I've had a few unexpected days off and I've used them to clean- super clean- my kitchen. And work out for a few hours. And to read (currently: Team of Rivals). And catch up on sleep.

As I've cleaned, I put on Hulu and started to re-watch the first season of LOST (I know, I know, second post in a row mentioning this store- I do realize I am turning into LOST junkie.)

So I think my soul is a little down. You know, not doing fun things and being alone most of the day. But today, this part of LOST totally cheered me up. I thought I would share it with you.

Enjoy!

Joe Purdy~ Wash Away

I Object.

I have had my first round of moot court here at Baylor Law. Yes, I have been here less than a year and they are already expecting me to know what to say about legal stuff.

Really it feels like I am playing "house" in a law school setting.

Here is what I expected:

The room is hot and sweaty. Everyone has beady little eyes squinting at me. I stand up to speak and swagger to the podium. I give my introduction flawlessly and immediately am pressed with questions from the judges (called barrister's). I shoot each question down with my eloquence of legal principles. Soon all are aghast at what I've done. In fact, the other side bursts into tears. Just then my time for speaking is up and I humbly thank the court for their time and sit down.

In reality:

The room is a classroom. Everyone, including me, is nervous.

My co-counsel whispers, "Go speak."

I whisper back, "Is it time yet?"

He responds, "Yes, they just said you could start".

I didn't hear that.

I get up and give a good introduction and launch into my first point, waiting for a question... and nothing. I talk for 4 minutes straight and finally a question. But I answer it in 10 seconds. I pause to see if they will ask another question but both barristers are looking down at some piece of paper that seems to have hypnotized them.

I talk for the next 6 minutes, and receive one more question. Again, I answer it and wait for another...and nothing.

I've gone through every legal point prepared, still no questions. So I start telling the court what they've said before, in other cases.

(wha-whah, who likes to hear someone repeat what they've said 40 yrs ago???)

Finally my time is up and I get to sit down.

However on the positive, I wrote a great rebuttal for my co-counsel to give, and it won the case for us.