for all those who say 3L year is the life of Riley...
Why have I not been posting? What's happening in my life? On what Great Things have I been ruminating? Where am I? Geez, I must be having too much fun for li'l ol' LJ, eh?
HARDLY. I know laundry lists aren't the most interesting read, but the last post pretty much sums up the amount of stuff I've had to be on top of recently. I have been working on one thing or another from early morning until night (e.g. yesterday, from 8am until midnight) just about every weekday in the last couple weeks - with lots of work on weekends as well. Baking and seisiun on Monday made for a glorious exception. I've even been too harried to think of putting on music most of the time - people who know me well will recognize how drastic that is. I haven't hung out with anybody (except for seisiun and Maria) for weeks. I should take the MPRE in November, but... I don't know when I'd have time to study. At least next term I won't be doing an internship, or (I hope) still applying for jobs.
I did the math: between classes, homework, and my internship (and not counting the time I need for job applications and Journal projects), I'm working 60-hour weeks. That's normal for a big law firm (except I wouldn't get weekends!), so I'm very glad I'm aiming for the cushy, salaried world of Government Attorneydom.
Things I do NOT recommend:
- night classes, especially three nights a week
- 20-hr/wk internships, at least while taking really demanding classes like Admin and Corporations
- applying for lots of jobs while doing said internship and classes
Things I DO recommend:
- prefab dinners from Trader Joe's
- pennywhistle breaks
- peppermint tea, for gigglicious relief after a long day
- coffee machines
- SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
HARDLY. I know laundry lists aren't the most interesting read, but the last post pretty much sums up the amount of stuff I've had to be on top of recently. I have been working on one thing or another from early morning until night (e.g. yesterday, from 8am until midnight) just about every weekday in the last couple weeks - with lots of work on weekends as well. Baking and seisiun on Monday made for a glorious exception. I've even been too harried to think of putting on music most of the time - people who know me well will recognize how drastic that is. I haven't hung out with anybody (except for seisiun and Maria) for weeks. I should take the MPRE in November, but... I don't know when I'd have time to study. At least next term I won't be doing an internship, or (I hope) still applying for jobs.
I did the math: between classes, homework, and my internship (and not counting the time I need for job applications and Journal projects), I'm working 60-hour weeks. That's normal for a big law firm (except I wouldn't get weekends!), so I'm very glad I'm aiming for the cushy, salaried world of Government Attorneydom.
Things I do NOT recommend:
- night classes, especially three nights a week
- 20-hr/wk internships, at least while taking really demanding classes like Admin and Corporations
- applying for lots of jobs while doing said internship and classes
Things I DO recommend:
- prefab dinners from Trader Joe's
- pennywhistle breaks
- peppermint tea, for gigglicious relief after a long day
- coffee machines
- SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP