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I am attending the Cover Retreat, a public interest conference/networking, put on by Yale Law School. The drive to NH to attend was over 10 hours, but it was well worth it. I got to know Christine, my carpool buddy from Carlisle on the way up here. I was lucky to have such a compatible carmate; it was a really awesome trip. We even smoked a little gange on the way up, so that made the time go by a little faster.
The people at this conference are amazing over achievers and what to use their talent to help others, which is such a kick-ass combination. I've met people from yale, cornell, and harvard law. This week has been very humbling. I am applying for a grant to do research in Jamaica, and asked my roommates for their resumes as a model for a vita I have to create to apply. They have all done so many spectacular things and made me feel kind of shitty about my resume. I guess they do have a few years on me, but Cover, the guy who the conference was named after, was already organizing the biggest conference of black steel workers by the time he was 19.I need to keep things in perspective, and realize that we can't all be such crazy over-achievers and just be proud of the things I have accomplished and the experiences I have had.
I'm getting some really good advice on law schools here. I would love to attend CUNY or Northeastern, both progressive law schools. I am looking for the most progressive law school out there. However, I really want to move back to Texas to be closer to my grandma, who is recovering from lung cancer for the third time.
I miss Joshua a lot. I am striving to be a strong independent women without him, and I think I am doing a pretty good job. There are so many things that are up in the air and it is so hard to be committed to anyone at this stage in my life. I want to be independent. I want to grow. I want to be closer to God. I want to challenge myself. Which is hard to do with someone who I feel so at home with. I really want to start a family with him in 8 years, but that is so far away to plan. However, I think loosing him would be the biggest mistake of my life. These two things are very hard to reconcile. I am lucky is so supportive and so amazing.
The people at this conference are amazing over achievers and what to use their talent to help others, which is such a kick-ass combination. I've met people from yale, cornell, and harvard law. This week has been very humbling. I am applying for a grant to do research in Jamaica, and asked my roommates for their resumes as a model for a vita I have to create to apply. They have all done so many spectacular things and made me feel kind of shitty about my resume. I guess they do have a few years on me, but Cover, the guy who the conference was named after, was already organizing the biggest conference of black steel workers by the time he was 19.I need to keep things in perspective, and realize that we can't all be such crazy over-achievers and just be proud of the things I have accomplished and the experiences I have had.
I'm getting some really good advice on law schools here. I would love to attend CUNY or Northeastern, both progressive law schools. I am looking for the most progressive law school out there. However, I really want to move back to Texas to be closer to my grandma, who is recovering from lung cancer for the third time.
I miss Joshua a lot. I am striving to be a strong independent women without him, and I think I am doing a pretty good job. There are so many things that are up in the air and it is so hard to be committed to anyone at this stage in my life. I want to be independent. I want to grow. I want to be closer to God. I want to challenge myself. Which is hard to do with someone who I feel so at home with. I really want to start a family with him in 8 years, but that is so far away to plan. However, I think loosing him would be the biggest mistake of my life. These two things are very hard to reconcile. I am lucky is so supportive and so amazing.