Almost Thanksgiving??

Oh my, still so much to do. Instead of laundry-listing everything left to do, I'm going to write a list of things that are getting me through this semester.

1. FRIENDS who make silly jokes and help keep me on track and remind me not to take myself too seriously

2. Herbal tea (picked a bad time to stop drinking Dr. Pepper)

3. Husband (who has been really supportive even though he is so busy)

4. Exercise (makes me less grumpy)

5. Sleep (also makes me less grumpy)

6. The knowledge that I'll be done with classes after Thanksgiving and that three finals and a paper away I'll be back in Texas seeing the folks!!

T-23 to Texas!

K

It really never ends

I keep meeting deadlines and moremoremore keep coming up! 

Finished: 

class reading, Moot Court P&A, research assistance for my professor, additional research for Law and Society paper

To do: 

class reading, final draft for Law and Society paper, study for finals...

Lots to do. As always.

T-28 to Texas!

Ack!

Alright, I am writing since it's been a while but I am only allowing myself a five minute break... my Moot Court memorandum is due on Tuesday (yikes!) so I've been buried all weekend. Fortunately I have gotten most of my week's reading done already, but I still have a long ways to go. 

The memo is going well - our problem centers on an area of law I have NO familiarity with (insurance) so I've been playing catch-up and doing heavy research since the problem was released. I've drafted 1.5 of the sections and my Intro, but the other section is a little harder to construct. That's the rest of my Sunday right there. I also have some research to do for my Evidence professor because he wanted to see my footnotes this week (preferably Monday). Additionally I need to work on my Law and Society paper - my full draft is done (and presented), but I was given some critiques and some more work to do to improve the paper before turning it in. That's due at the start of December.

ALSO... studying for finals! YIKES those are soon. I am a little nervous because this time last year I was already well into studying... however, I am more efficient now as a 2L and will be able to use my time better, so I'm not panicking yet. My plan is to get the Moot Court memo in on Tuesday (hopefully in the morning even though it's due at midnight) then spend two afternoons finishing my Law and Society paper, then spend the rest of the time on finals. Fortunately we had an Evidence midterm so I have a jump on that topic. Also fortunately there is no Law and Society final (just the paper), so I only have two other finals besides Evidence. That is good news.

Right now I'm just ticking the days down from deadline to deadline until I get to come HOME for much longer than ever before (yay for being in school and having long breaks!). I wish I had more interesting things to say but this is all that's on my mind.... workworkworkwork finalsfinals workwork HOME!

That's 6 minutes.

K

Happy November

Gosh time is flying. Hard to believe it's November already. Unfortunately this means that November deadlines are imminent. Here's a taste: 11/9 post the 20 page draft of my Law and Society paper, 11/10 moot court problem comes out, 11/11 present paper in Law and Society class, 11/17 Memorandum of Points & Authorities due to my Moot Court team, and some time during this span of time I have to get in a round of edits on my professor's paper (I'm still doing research assistant work, though it often takes a back- burner to my other class work). This isn't news, though.

On a more fun note, C and I celebrated our first Halloween in our new house this year! I was working on my paper so I couldn't go out to any parties this year, and C stayed with me because he wanted to hand out candy to the neighbor kids. We had tivoed the UT football game from earlier in the morning, so it was a great evening. Highlight of the night was when some punk pre-teen kids decided they wanted to steal our pumpkin - C saw them through the window and ran out the door (bare-footed, of course), chasing them for two blocks down the street. They got scared and put the pumpkin down so valiant husband came back, extremely proud of himself, pumpkin in hand. Very exciting.

Anyway, going to continue working on my draft for 30 min before class starts. SO much to do, so little time, etc etc. More to report later when things die down!

K