I'm currently in a hotel room in Roanoke, VA, where tomorrow I will take the Virginia bar exam. I can't believe the moment is actually here! I've had several freakouts in the past few days, including a hardcore one last night where I was convinced I'd fail the exam. Thankfully, I've managed to talk myself down from that ledge. I think I have a ( Read more... )

There is too much information swirling around in my head right now! I'm fairly good at memorizing things, but there are twenty-two different areas of law being tested on the Virginia bar exam, and each one is full of crazy minutiae. It's a hell of a lot to remember, and I'm starting to believe that I will never be able to cram it all into my brain ( Read more... )

Sometimes I can be really, really stupid. Take this weekend, for instance: my friend Claire and I decided to co-host a graduation party honoring both of us (me for law school, her for a master's in computer science). It was at her place, since she actually has room to entertain people, so I drove up there yesterday. It wasn't until late last night ( Read more... )

Here it is, my last "OMG-I'm-so-panicked-about-a-school-assignment" post EVER! Can you handle it? So here's the situation: I have a 5000-word paper due at midnight. I've got 700 words to go, and I have to rework a sloppy section, plus write an intro and conclusion. Can I do it? The answer is probably not, but I have to, so here I go!

As of midnight ( Read more... )

1. I'm a little bit freaked out about life...I'm starting to feel like I'm running out of time to get things done. My seminar paper (due Tuesday) is giving me the most angst, since I still have a lot of research and writing left to do! Also, my mom is giving me grief about my lack of diligence in searching for a job. To be fair, I haven't been ( Read more... )

Apparently my dishwasher is leaking, so tomorrow I have to call the apartment office and have someone take care of it. I also REALLY need to clean tomorrow...luckily I have the entire day to do it ( Read more... )

Right now I'm working on a take-home exam for my Federal Courts class. I had 48 hours to do it, from 11 a.m. on Wednesday to 11 a.m. today (Friday). So, naturally, I didn't start the thing until 9:30 p.m. last night. Now I am scrambling to finish it. I mean, I know I'll get it done, and I think I'm doing a decent job -- I'm not particularly ( Read more... )

The hermiting days have begun. In the next two weeks, all I have to do is take-home exams and a few errands, so I doubt I'll be having much human contact. That's okay, I guess -- I definitely need to focus on doing well in my classes, passing the bar, and finding a job. I have been feeling a bit lonely lately, though. I try not to be one of those ( Read more... )

Tuesday was my last day of classes, which is incredibly weird to me. It hasn't really sunk in that I am done with law school classes and will never have to take another class again in my life! I probably still will take classes, when a few years have passed and I've settled into a job, but I don't have to. It's a strange feeling!

So here's what I  ( Read more... )