2 down, 2 to go!

Second law school final, done! Friday (yesterday? feels really long ago) was my Civil Procedure final. At our school, this was a 2 credit class, thus a 2 hour final. Coupled with the fact that our Civ Pro professor is the slowest most methodical teacher known to man, we had very little information covered during the semester (far less than any other class). This means that everyone taking the exam probably knew everything that was going to be tested, so the only thing separating us from one another was the amount of points earned on the essay. The essay was pretty rough - it was a three-parter that covered two arms of subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction. Really, the essay prompt only left out two or three topics, requiring us to write about EVERYTHING else. It was a race to the finish, and race to be as complete as possible. I was happy that I at least finished the essay (some people did not). That doesn't necessarily mean I did well, though, because someone could have answered just parts one and two but could have gone into such an in-depth analysis that she earned more points than I did. [The 2L's told us that the A+ essays tend to earn only 60 or 70% of the possible points - it's not possible to earn more in the time we are given!].

The point is, I feel as though I did my best on Civ Pro, which is all I could do anyway.

After the final, I went down to Redondo to get a massage!!! (a Christmas present from one of my friends... exactly what I needed!). The massage was called the "I sit at the computer for eight hours a day" massage, which focused on the neck, shoulders, back, arms, wrists and hands. It was pretty sweet - I had some huge knots in my neck and shoulders (that seems to be where I center all of my stress). My masseuse kneaded the knots out, which was pretty painful, but this morning I feel less tense (sore from the massage, but not tense). Yay for Christmas massages!

ANYWAY upon completion of this entry, I switch back to study mode. Crim is Tuesday and Property is Thursday. I haven't touched either of those subjects in a week (due to studying for Contracts and Civ Pro), but all the information I memorized and studied before last week is coming back to me quickly. I'm not as worried about Crim as I am about Property. We'll see how the next week pans out.

K