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So, I just deleted a whole post about being bitchy and PMSy and let me just say, I think it's a good thing. I was babbling on about all the nonsense that comes with being a girl and then I reread it and realized how whiny and obnoxious it sounded.
Instead I am going to regale you with tales of my trip to Lewis and Clark law school. Let me first of all say that in the 18 years I lived in Portland, I never once even drove near the campus. So sad. Cuz it gorgeous. Well, the law school anyway. I didn't make it to the undergrad campus. Anyway, so there was some wining, there was some dining, there was some meeting up with fellow admitted students. Some were nice, some were fun to hang out with, one girl was a pretentious shit, but... whatever.
So the morning (Friday) begins not just with coffee but full-on breakfast, yo, which was definitely a good hook for this girl who loves food. Especially free food. Met some people, did the whole "Where are you from? What other schools did you get into?" bullshit for awhile and then headed off to a mock class. My class was Contracts which is supposedly the single most boring class in the history of education. Well, I enjoyed it. Maybe it's cuz the prof had a giant teddy bear or maybe it's cuz I have spent the last three years in academic purgatory. Whichever the case, I had fun and it got me totally excited to be a student again.
However, upon conclusion of that class I spent the rest of the day hearing about their nationally ranked environmental law program and that kind of freaked me out cuz I don't want to practice environmental law and I started thinking L&C was a bad choice and maybe I was rushing into this whole thing and... wait for it... ... panic attack. But then at the end of the day I talked to the Director of Career Services and she made me feel way better. So that was nice.
All in all, I like L&C and it's close to home and it's not DC, but maybe that's a good thing and I can get some perspective on a career in politics by not attending a university smack in the middle of it all. Plus, tuition and living expenses is hard to pass up, yo. So, I'm thinking, I'll be back there by mid-June I bet. But I'll keep y'all posted.