First Week

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I made it through my first week of law school. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't incredibly difficult, either.

So far, I am really enjoying the courses and the professors. Law school has this reputation for having stuffy, old, cranky professors. Actually, my professors are closer to my age.

As far as homework goes, I don't get home from school until 10 P.M. By that time, I am fried and head straight to bed. Getting enough sleep, for me, is key to surviving my hectic schedule. I would rather spend my lunch break reading, which I have done twice this week, than miss sleep. Lack of sleep = sick!

I was excited to leave work Friday and come straight home. I relaxed, caught up on a week's worth of TV and slept in, a whopping 50 minutes, on Saturday.

This is going to be a challenge, but I think I can do it.

Bad Programming

A dear friend of mine (who is also going back to school this fall) and I have run into a predicament. We are both the ones who "take care of" our households. We pretty much do everything that needs to be done (laundry, grocery shopping, errands, cleaning). With both of us going back to school, our time to do these things will be severely limited and we are going to rely on our significant others to do a lot more.

We have both come to the conclusion that men (well at least ours) don't see the importance of certain things like thoroughly cleaning a bathroom or hanging up/putting up dirty laundry. They don't automatically understand that these things necessarily need to get done. It's not that they don't care...there are just different priorities for men. My frend and I blame...GENETICS. Are women just programmed to do these particular things or are we (my friend and I) just control freaks who just need to relax?

For Reals

I recently became the proud parent of a 12 lb child.

Here is my child:




Blue Book
Cases and Materials on Torts
Civil Procedure

I have orientation for law school tomorrow and I start class on Monday which means that my summer is officially over. There were a few things I wanted to accomplish this summer before school started:

1. Read "The Twilight Saga." CHECK
2. Get crazy, stinking 20 year old drunk. CHECK (last weekend---took 2 days to recover)
3. Take a few trips with the husband. CHECK
4. Clean out my closet. CHECK

Quite a list, huh?

Husband and I went outlet shopping today and I managed to get a giant but sturdy tote bag for school at J. Crew. Husband actually picked it out.



Tomorrow is going to be a long day! Wish me luck.

Everybody On The Whole Cell Block...

After what I call a "20 year old weekend," I dressed for work this morning not realizing what my outfit looked like.

A nice lady at Subway told me my outfit resembled Elvis's costume from "Jailhouse Rock." What do we think?


Me



Elvis


In other outfit news, check out my outfit for an 80s party I attended last week. The most expensive thing was the sunglasses -- $15.

Who gonna check me, boo?

Ok...I don't even know what language this blog post title is. I just heard the words uttered from Sheree Whitfield's mouth on Real Housewives of Atlanta. I don't even know what that even means.

This week has been insanely busy. I'm having a party tomorrow night and I've had dinner events the past 2 evenings which have kept me out late.

Thankfully, I have an understanding husband who helped me run some errands and get stuff ready for the party. I sometimes *forget* to ask for help and forget that I have a husband who would never say no to helping me if I asked or in this case, volunteered.

A lot of my friends (and bloggers I follow) just took the bar exam this week. I haven't even started law school yet and I dread the bar.

In other funny news, I have homework for orientation for law school. I have to read an article "How To Read A Legal Opinion." Turns out, an attorney friend of mine who came into town this week KNOWS THE AUTHOR OR THE ARTICLE. I have no words.

Tot Casserole

Today was a rare occasion...Husband was home in time to eat dinner at a reasonable hour and allow me time on the treadmill and time to finish up my loan stuff for school.

Tonight I prepared husband's favorite, Tator Tot Casserole. It's actually a Weight Watchers recipe. Anyone want? Leave a comment.

I know it doesn't look to great (cell phone camera), but it's delicious.



Mentioning school...I have homework FOR ORIENTATION. And so it begins.

Hoarding

It came to my attention the other day that I really need to de clutter my life. While putting away some laundry the other day, I noticed that I still had a bag in my closet that I used when in high school. It was (using past tense as it was donated to Goodwill) a small Abercrombie tote bag that looked like it had been run over by a truck. I've been out of high school for 8 years now...and I probably haven't used the bag since. Question is...why do I still have it?

In a random act, I massively overhauled my closet. I have 1 large trash bag of stuff to take to Goodwill, a few things to try and sell back and a whole laundry basket full of purses that I no longer use.

I don't have a very large closet. This is major.

It also came to my attention while watching Obsessed that I was a borderline hoarder. I had shoes not worn in years taking up room in my closet while my wedding dress was in a box in the floor.

So the closet has been de cluttered. Let's keep it that way.