Planning Ahead

It's no secret, I'm a procrastinator. I work best on a deadline... I get some weird adrenaline rush... Welllllll, I have a deadline. It's come and gone. Now I'm panicking.

My first final is in one week. I have back-to-back {to-back} finals, times 5. So... I need to take a two week bloggy break- I know, I know! I can hear the whining now! You'll miss me, you don't know what to do without me, etc... <--just kidding, I can dream- can't I!?

Since I know the reality of it {no post in a week and you'd ditch me like a bad habit!!} I am setting up some pretty awesome guest posts for y'all not to miss me too much. If you think you might be interested to do one yourself, c'mon down! {Price is Right reference...} E-mail me what you have in mind and I'll set a date for you!

I'm looking for anything that fits in with the theme of the blog, {a new project that hasn't been posted yet} and on the day of your post date have a teaser on your blog mentioning where your followers can find you {here!}

Slots are filling up, so I need about 2-4 more. If not, no biggie! Guess what though? Come May 4th I will be the happiest little blogging bee! I will be on summer vaca <--seeing as I can't even land an unpaid internship haha and can remodel/redecorate/redesign/plan projects/paint/etc all day e'ry day!

Ordy Boy Made Me Get Called On

2nd Day Update:

I started my morning at 7:30 a.m. wait, no I didn't, Emily forgot to wake me up with a text... haha jk but I managed to get up at 8 a.m., take the worlds fastest shower, feed Bandit and take him potty, and get dressed to head to class. I was pretty much dreading my first class, Constitutional Law, because the name alone puts me to sleep. I couldn't imagine 90 minutes of Con Law- oh the horror. I walked in and noticed the professor looked familiar (from subbing a few classes last year in my Civil Procedures class when our professor was busy being pregnant), so I was kind of comforted by being familiar with his teaching style... I really like the class and the fact that the professor is so stinking smart but doesn't make you feel like a complete idiot helps... Speaking of IDIOT...

Yours truly, decided to wear this huge starfish ring* that Ordy got me. When I say huge, I mean massive. 

*Starfish Ring, Exhibit A

I was sitting in class twirling it around my ring finger because it was starting to annoy me rubbing against my pinky finger... just as the professor asked a question for someone to answer...

P: "Yes, Ms..... *fumbling to pronounce my last name*"

Me: "It's _________" (helping him with the correct way to say it)

P: "Ok, so what do you think Marshall meant about that interpretation of the clause in section 2 of Article III?"

Me thinking WHAT?? WHAT is going on? Can you repeat the question? Can I buy a vowel? Can I use a lifeline???"

Me: "oh no, no, no, no, no, ummmmm. I'm sorry sir, I wasn't raising my hand, I was adjusting my ring..." (Idiot. I know.)

P: "Well, it's ok, go for it anyway..."

And then the most awkward 5 minutes of my life followed that... not only was I the idiot twirling my ring, but I was the idiot that admit to twirling my ring in hopes to be left alone and not answer... The worst part was I answered, but every answer was responded by, "ok...why?" or "elaborate..." UGHH, so frustrating! no more just giving answers, I had to know why I knew the answer and explain to him. 

Harvard... Yale... Princeton

(I removed the picture of the professors and their respective schools...just know they're smart. haha)

The torture session concluded and we had our next class, Criminal Law, in the same classroom. We waited and in bounces our professor who was just as outgoing and friendly as can be- and it put my mind at ease. If you know me, you know that I don't want to pursue anything Crim Law related. Not. At. All. I couldn't do what they do. I won't lie, at times I would judge certain people in the profession, but in just 90 minutes I felt like I learned a lot about judging... I respect public defenders, more so than I did before... I still don't think it's what I was meant to do- I'm too boring for all that drama, but now I can respect others doing it... Who knows what I'll learn the rest of the semester... we'll see...

Crim Law wrapped up and I headed to the library to finish reading for our third class of the day- Evidence. (Amazon must've heard me complaining because I had my Evidence and Domestic Relations text book waiting for me at the door...) Since I hadn't read it earlier, I used my break to read it and do the 10 problems assigned for class. I was most terrified (out of all classes) about my Evidence professor... it's like the nightmare class to take because she makes you actually memorize the Federal Rules of Evidence (no text for the final or anything) because she firmly believes in preparing us for the bar and the real world... and says no one would give you two seconds to look up a rule in the middle of court. True? Yes. Annoying? Yes. Like I need more stuff crammed in my head to memorize haha. I guess I can appreciate it in the long run, like how I can appreciate my parents not getting me stuff I begged for when I was a kid... some day when I'm a grown up and have my own kids I guess. haha

I got home SO EXHAUSTED at 5:30 and passed out until 9p.m. So much for sleeping tonight... I was about to sleep through the night with my sweet puppy who is so cute and will sleep whenever I do- but I was starving and had hunger pains that wouldn't let me sleep through them. I made a bowl of cereal and convinced myself to start organizing/cleaning my room so I can just have the office to tidy up tomorrow. Well, so much for that plan... didn't exactly work out as I expected. There's always tomorrow. 

Side Note:

HOW MANY PEOPLE check the trashcans in their spare bedroom/office when they don't regularly go in there (and when they do, only throw away paper or packaging etc...)????

-- not a lot, right?? like, if  a BANANA PEEL was negligently left behind by your sister, you wouldn't notice it for days/weeks/etc??? Yeah... well, my thoughtful sister was sweet enough to leave behind a banana peel from weeks ago, and I moved the trash to empty it and a brick wall of gnats hit me in my face. I thought I was in a horror film with a black cloud of gnats going every which way. no lie, 100s of the buggers everywhere. I was just wondering yesterday why I even had the occasional gnat in my bedroom, and 5-8 in the bathroom. Ugh. What a joy to deal with. 

1st Day of 2L...

I have been so panicked this past weekend with it being Kayden's 1st birthday and the last weekend of summer... Don't even get me started on that- I might cry... I realized this is my last summer. Ever. I will be interning and getting a real job (fingers crossed) from here on out! UNreal. I seriously miss undergrad and college life. Those were the good old days...

I was an idiot moron "frugal" when ordering books this semester and ordered used on Amazon. I ordered all of my books for under $700 (half of last year!) and was extremely satisfied when I even scored 2 day shipping!! SIKE. 2 day shipping. Not 2 day delivery. Apparently they ship it immediately (where it goes, I have no clue) and an estimated date of 4 weeks delivery pops up AFTER you pay... Anyhow, I have been scrambling around borrowing Emily's books after she reads them (she's the best). It's been so frustrating and already a damper to the beginning of my second year of law school. (My goals this year: no facebooking, blogging, or anything else online- just note taking...we'll see how long that lasts). While borrowing our Domestic Relations book, I notice our first assignment is 92 pages. 92. almost 100 (in case you needed help). Welcome back to school. I stayed up until 3 am reading all 92 pages (some pages more than once because nothing was registering. I would read a paragraph and realize I was thinking, 'why?! why am I doing this?!' or 'when am I gonna finish my room? I love the gray walls...' and have to reread the whole thing because I wasn't retaining anything.

BUT WAIT! It's not your typical Debbie Downer post... it get's better!

I nervously walk into class and take a seat beside Emily (making her put her book in the middle so no one could tell whose book it really was- I couldn't afford looking like the book-less reject), and await anxiously for our professor to walk in. I kid you not, it took the two of us 15 minutes to finally pick a seat, we relocated 4 times because we didn't want to be in the line of fire in case the professor decide to pick on us like last year. We finally picked a spot that didn't look like we were hiding too much, and yet not so close/eager as to be volunteered in the event our eyes met.

Our professors walked in and seemed friendly enough. Yep, 2 professors for a small elective class of 50. I was confused how it would work but already liked both of them. I'll explain why.

• Both are successful attorneys (so I know they have real busy lives not going home thinking about who to torture next)
• Both are funny (makes class less boring)

Let's get back to successful. Can I brag a little? Professor _____ is the bomb dot com. He's frequently the family law correspondent on Nancy Grace, ESPN, Dr. Phil, and other shows. He's on top 100 list of Attorneys, and he is the founding partner of the biggest family law firm here. Wow. I'm pretty much honored to be in this class that everyone's trying to get into! I'm more honored that with a resume like that he even takes the time to teach... he obviously doesn't need it with his $525/hour billing rate... SHEESH. I was getting excited about charging $250 one day... goal readjustment? jk. (I'm totally kidding, it's not the money people... take a joke!)

The other professor has just as impressive of a resume, being part of one of the largest family law firms in the state. She's funny and super nice and you can tell interrogation is not on their agenda this year. **WHEW** deep sigh of relief... I don't think I could handle it! 

I just had to let some people know how my first day went- so, I had to update before I dive into another 100+ pages of Constitutional Law (yippee! <--not).