On Monday our appellate briefs are due (28 pages, 75% of our grade, oh holy cow). Starting today as soon as lunch is over, the next three days are dedicated exclusively to this goal. My paper partner happens to be one of my closest law school friend (and her fiance is out of town), so I'll be spending Saturday day - Saturday night - Sunday day with her working on our brief. Hopefully it's worth it...
Additionally, we have to present our issues in oral arguments this Sunday. I get to/have to wear my brand-new grown-up suit, will stand before the judges and endure 10 minutes of grilling about our case/my issue. This component of the project is pass/fail (thank goodness), but it is a requirement for qualification to join Moot Court, which is something I am considering for next year. Thus, I'm preparing for the oral arguments as well because I want to sound like I know what I'm doing when I get up there. Also, I think it will be good practice for later on, depending on what career path I choose (still working on that...).
Anyway, the point of this is:
1. Weekend is devoted to the project.
2. Hopefully I churn out a good paper (legal writing is kind of my thing, so I want to keep it that way).
3. Not looking forward to oral arguments, but do want to get that part over with.
4. Paper due on Monday between 2 and 6.
5. Monday afternoon = happy party time!
This situation is exacerbated by the fact that the husband is sick. He went on a just-for-fun trip to Tahoe over the weekend, but then ended up taking Monday and Tuesday off of work because he did not feel well. Thus, I've been "nursing" him (which only amounts to bringing him glasses of water and medicine, because I haven't had time for anything else! Poor kid).
Basically, I'll be really relieved once all this is over...
OH also... I just got tapped to interview for an externship (job for school credit, not pay) for the summer... interview is on Tuesday. Life doesn't really exist past Monday, though, so I'm going to worry about that later.
K
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