Blessed be to Holidays

I woke up this morning and the first thing that popped in to my head was "So... Ill start studying in an hour and then hopefully I can... uh wait I AM DONE." I literally laughed out loud and kicked my legs like a giddy school girl. I am done diggity done done done with my first semester of law school.

So, here are the official Yays and Nays of my first semester of law school:

NAYS
1) Gaining approximately 1 million pounds.
2) Civil Procedure. All of it.
3) No job which equals no money.
4) Sleep deprivation.
5) Alcoholism.

YAYS
1) The AMAZING group of friends I found up here. God bless 'em.
2) Dexter Study Sessions.
3) Feeling mentally stimulated. School = hard.
4) Rock climbing.
5) Alcoholism.


I am excited for holiday celebrations and a general break for school. My brain, eyes and body need a rest from all the stress. AND Monday, it is back to Burque! Facebook chat is being "special" so here are a couple pics from the last few days of celebration.


Secret Santa Gift Exchange! Complete with wine, cheese, gifts, and stockings :)


My love Darren got me a wine and restaurant tour with him for X-mas. A+ Gift choice.


The best law school crew money can buy. And I got them all for free. Love my life.



Our "Believe" Santa shirts. We wore them for every single final. :)

Down-Hill Slope

Yippeeeee Skippy!
3 finals done, 2 more to go.

I will have my face in a lovely Civil Procedure book for the the next 48 hours straight. Civil Procedure, as you all may know, is officially my LEAST favorite subject thus far. All the hoopla over where you can sue someone, when, and boring boring lame dumb. Granted it is only 2 credits, SO I guess I picked a good class to hate and completely fuck up.

Also - for those of you who care, I will be starting another blog as a co-operative effort with a couple other law students discussing the adventures of bus system (RTD) here in Colorado. Oh you may think this will be boring... but I you would not BELIEVE the things that happen while riding a bus.

Til' then back to Civil Procedure.

Stupid big fat red casebooks....

Contracts

In less than 24 hours I will be taking a 4 hour Contracts exam.

This is going to be an issue spotting shit show.

I am trying to figure out how I should spend this final day before the pain and suffering of Finals is is full blow. This morning I woke up at 7am to make sure I am tired early tonight, so I can go to bed early and be ready for a 8am exam.

So what do I focus on?

Practice Problems?
Review Notes?
Adding Bonus stuff to my outline?
Organizing?
Crying and or Drinking?

I think I will get some tea and try to focus..... and just breathe.


**Me and my lovely contracts book. We are obviously besties**

I am Thankful for...

Family

New Friends

Old Friends

Best Friends

Musical Therapy

Wine

Loan Money

Being Alive

Coffee

Cheese

Feeling Blessed

You

Home

Home home home home home!!!!!

I actually can not contain my excitement to be back in New Mexico (even if it is only for 5 days.)

It is a weird feeling to want to leave a place so incredibly bad, but then when the opportunity arises to return, the "shit your pants" happiness combined with the "I can't sleep" excitement is slightly unexpected, but welcome.

Even though a hefty part of my days will be spent outlining, reading, and trying to learn the inner workings of Contract law, I will be able to enjoy a little piece of home.

Joy to my life!

Climbing & Dance

I am certifiably insane.

I really needed to find something that would help bring me back to being a regular person. The amount of stress I have been enduring recently has made me fat, tired and useless. Besides the fact that I need about 9 treatments of liposuction, I am trying to handle the situation the best way I can without letting school work suffer or deleting my personal life.

I have discovered two activities to hopefully solve all of my problems. Lose weight, decrease stress, and just letting my mind NOT think about law school for more than 10 minutes at a time.

Oh dance, I have missed you so.

I have been going to hip hop, african and jazz at the Streetside Dance studio and LOVING it. It seems like it has been forever since I have taken dance classes, but luckily I found a fellow law student that is appreciating the release the dance often brings.

More importantly, I have discovered a love for top-rope climbing and bouldering. The pain in my fingers, arms, back and legs seems to provide a full body workout while remaining oh so fun.

I have been going here and yes I climbed up that huge mutha truckin wall:



I will be getting my own harness and climbing shoes sometime next week.

I really needed an active outlet. It seems like the past weeks have been pretty monotonous.

Homework, class, study, class, homework, read, read, read, class, homework, study, get trashed Friday night, repeat.

Hopefully my new activities will keep me out of the nut house and in to my old jeans.

Here's to hoping.

Faking Happiness Counts.

I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is, I admit
The tiniest bit
Unlike I anticipated...

But I couldn't be happier
Simply couldn't be happier
(Well - not "simply")
'Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated.

There's a kind of a sort of...cost
There's a couple of things get...lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed.

And if that joy, that thrill
Doesn't thrill you like you think it will
Still -
With this perfect finale
The cheers and ballyhoo
Who wouldn't be happier?
So I couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true
Well, isn't it?
Happy is what happens
When your dreams come true.