Monday, August 25, 2008

Monday morning thoughts

Ah Monday... I actually didn't dread Monday this weekend for the first time in years... My Criminal Law prof is pretty amazing and the cases we're reading are very compelling, so I'm looking forward to class today : ) I think I'm allowed to say nerdy things like that openly now (not that I ever held back on the nerd comments in the past). The group of people I've been hanging with (mostly in my section) are all really bright and really unapologetically nerdy - it's quite refreshing, really. Nice not to mentally censor my comments, balancing the nerd-factor before blurting out etymological roots or translating Latin quotes.

SO this past weekend... I spent Saturday feeling a little drained and icky, so I spent the entire day on the couch alternating between bad TV and reading cases. I ended up finishing all my readings for the next week, so Saturday was well-spent. Sunday we hosted dinner for our dinner group, so I ended up seeing some buddies as well.

Last week, in addition to being my first week of school, was pretty social for me, considering. Right now I'm doing a fair job balancing friends from my old life, school work and husband. Of course, it's just the beginning and our work will get much more intense, but I'm not bogged down yet. 

Sorry this entry has been a little disjointed and off-topic. I sat down to write without an agenda so this is what spilled out. While I'm at it, though, I might as well bring up commute. I'm getting used to spending 45 min in the car each way... it took some adjusting initially since I'd been running to work. Since January I probably drove the car once a week, on the weekends, and either walked or ran to work every weekday (plus my commute was 1.5 miles). It stinks to waste an hour and a half of my day in the car now, but it's also kind of nice to get some time to myself every day. It provides a nice break between class and homework (which lasts until bed). Sometimes I call home from the road (hands-free, of course) or compose mental to-do lists or just sing along with the radio. 

Yeah, this post didn't turn out as I expected. Just random thoughts, I suppose.

On that note... sandwiches.

K

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Yay for unapologetic nerdiness! I completely and whole heartedly approve!