DONE!

Done, done, done!

I just stepped out of my fourth final - Property - quite rough because it was 9am-1pm, but now we're DONE! I felt pretty good about the test - it was tough and quite thorough, but I blasted through the multiple choice questions (felt confident about most of the topics tested) and spent a good two hours on the essay (after which I could no longer focus on the exam and thus was finished). Thank goodness, we're done!! Survived! 

Looking back on this semester, I think I did pretty well. I came out with basic law school study skills - now that I've taken finals, I know mostly what to expect, and to what end our classes were heading. I'll have a better sense of what studying/finals entail once I get my grades back (in five weeks), and hopefully will be able to tailor my subsequent semesters accordingly. I definitely became a more efficient case-reader and briefer by the end of my first semester, and that can only improve from here. I'm just thankful that I survived my first semester of law school, which is supposedly one of  the hardest. Hooray!

In terms of my original goals/concerns: working out, husband, and friends, I think I did alright. I definitely stuck to my exercise schedule - especially as my stress levels continued rising. It helps that I have access to my school gym - hopefully I keep that up next semester as well. In terms of husband - definitely sometimes it was harder than others to balance school work/being an attentive wife. There were definitely many nights that C hung out with our friends alone, or stayed in with me while I studied, where he most likely would have preferred doing ANYTHING else. For the most part, I think I gave him attention where I could, and the good news is that I will be free for the next month! This means that I'll be much better about CLEANING the apartment (which has definitely stopped happening) and will be more able to spend time with him and go out with friends... segue to friends. I definitely dropped the ball in the 'spend time with other friends' department. Even though I made a bunch of new law school friends (yay), I mostly spent my "free" time studying, sleeping, cleaning the apartment, running, or spending time with C. Next semester, hopefully, I'll be more efficient with my school work, and thus will be able to devote more time to my friends. I do feel that I'll be able to do better in that department next semester.

More later, I'm just elated to be done! Off to party with the law school clan! More later, when I'm coherent again.

K