Catch-up

Well, since I didn't post the last time we had a free week, I guess I'll do a little update on my life in the past few months.

Law school got a lot harder this semester. Apparently after first semester we're supposed to "get the hang of it" and be able to do more work in the same amount of time, but that's just not how things work. Yes, I've gotten used to reading cases and can work through them a little bit faster than when we first started out, but it's not a significant enough difference to make up for the amount of extra work they've piled on. It does help somewhat that everyone else seems to be just as overwhelmed and stressed out as I am, so at least we're all in it together.

This semester we have to do a "moot court," which is basically a fake court exercise where we're the lawyers and one of our profs is the judge. I'm really nervous about it, but at the same time it's nice that we're getting at least a bit of a taste of what it's actually like to be a lawyer. At the moment, though, it's mostly just stressful, because the written part of it is due on Friday and I'm not nearly as far along as I should be.

Other than school, I haven't been up to a whole lot. A few weeks ago I went out of town for a few days to go to a friend's housewarming party. He's 22 and has been out of university for less than a year, so I'm super impressed that he has a house already, and he's the first one in our group of friends to buy a house, so it seemed like a big enough occasion to justify the trip.

Next week is my reading week and I'm really excited. It turns out that a bunch of my friends at different universities all ended up having our break at the same time, so a few of them that are normally in far away parts of the country are coming home for the week, and I'm looking forward to seeing them. Plus I'm pretty keen on the chance to get caught up both on school work and sleep!

Anyway, I guess that's it for me. I hope everyone is doing well, and that you all had a lovely Valentine's Day.