The Second Wind Cometh

I feel rejuvenated, not literally, but mentally. I am still physically tired and wish I could sleep in on weekends, but the fact that I wake up early all week has jinxed that.... but I digress...

I am caught up in school work, so much so that all my classes are outlined to the most recent day, I am slightly ahead on reading and a written assignment and have had time to start reviewing. I realized I slacked off the first few weeks of the semester and now have to review that concepts I half ignored the first weeks cuz I was not on my game. But I am doing it!

I started a new, yes another biz venture (let me know if you want info) because I have a firm goal/idea for my solo career and want to work as hard as I can towards it, both financially and academically. For those of you that scoff and say I am only a 1L or that i should be doing something legal with my time, I say this... Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance. And while do intend to find a legal job 2L year, but in my podunk area they are harder to find then a person who reads. And to quote Ani DiFranco "you gotta have an alternate plan."

So, yes, I am still yawning, I am still tired, but I feel good about the semester, the year and my future.... lets see how next week goes, lol.

Fall Biz

Well I have to admit that fall is kicking my tail all over the damn place. School is busy as all get out, to the point where I am pulling 13-14 hour days some weeks. Add in my new business venture and tyring to have somewhat of a social life, and I feel like I am burning the candle at both ends. And the candle is precariously short.

Of course, part of me is enjoying it as well. I like the feel of deadlines, to do lists and generally being busy. I love my new little biz venture and feel like between that and law school, I am making my finals steps towards being what I want to be. I like the constant struggle of time management and paper shuffling.

But I miss sleep, I miss staying up until 2am and getting up at 9. I miss being productive when the urge hits me rather than when I am able to be awake. But I guess this freedom will come back after I graduate.... here's to hoping. And on the sleep note, f this post makes no sense, its because of the lack of sleep and feeling generally out of whack this morning.

Shameless Self Promotion

Time to plug my biz.

As a 1L I was, as the people at orientation put it, "stongly discouraged" from working my 1L year. Of course, even if I wanted to, I dont know where I would find the time as at least four of my days a week are 12 hr days between class, meetings and driving. So, in order to supplement the 1L income and start socking money away for my solo office I hope to open after graduation (well, its also so I have an excuse to talk/read about makeup and fashion... "but, baby, I have to read my Glamour now, its market research!!) , I am selling mark brand makeup. Its a lovely venture as I can completely ignore it on weeks I am swamped with assignments, and have some fun with it when I have time. I wont go into all the details here, I will just simply link to my other, non-legal blog so that you can choose for yourself whether or not to read more about it or check out my site.

Shameless self promotion is over, we now return you to your regularly scheduled blawgging.

High School

I have come to notice that law school is a lot like being back in high school, except for this time around, I could care less if I am popular. I am just finding it highly amusing to see us all gathered at our lockers between classes, the majority of the 1L class huddling together in their little groups in a vain attempt to look like they know what the hell is going on, and we still have the sorority sisters looking down their noses at everyone and snickering together.

Come on people, how old are we really?

I wish I could have looked at situations like this with humor when I was actually in high school, probably would have made me a less angsty teen :).

Group =/= Group

We were put into groups today in my Legal Research class. I, of course, had been dreading this all week. From my experience in undergrad group work usually meant that of the 4 people in the group, 2, at the most, would be doing the work while the rest traded stories of how big of a b*ong hit they could hold. I didn't expect the law school to be completely the same, but I still dreaded it.....

Gods be praised, this group is only required to work on the same assignment and share information through whatever means we choose i.e. facebook, email, phone, shouts across the building mall, etc. My whole group breathed a sigh of relief. Not only are we each turning in our own assignments, but we are not even required to actually talk to each other! Now this is my type of group assignment!

Is it too Early to Wish it was Over?

Its week 2 into the fall semester and I already feel mentally frayed (evidence: I am typing this when I should be glancing over my Torts cases, today will be the day I am called on, lol). By 8pm every night I am unable to speak coherently, especially if the words that are required have more then 1 syllable, and I can't read anything that uses brain cells (hence I am happily re-read my beloved Sookie Stackhouse series again). While I am keeping up with the work, I feel like I am reading every minute of everyday and am struggling to find the school/life balance that everyone says is essential to mental health (and my relationship, lol.) I am not stressed as a lot of my fellow 1L's are, just tired. I loathe being tired.
Since I live an hour away I am wasting 2 hours of my day just driving, plus in an effort to be more social I am trying to re-connect with friends and I actually joined an student association (those that know me in RL just fell off their chairs). While I am excited about being a member of our chapter of OUTLaw, I am stressed about meeting new people (my hermit ways is what made me decide to force myself out of them) and hate that our first social event has me up at the school for 13 hours so I can attend. But I think it will be good for me to see something other then my beloved, my doggie and my office walls.
I am already looking forward to my 2L year where I can choose my classes and hopefully get at least one day where I am not at the school every week. Hopefully this is just what I usually go through at the beginning of each semester and I will be in my groove by next week. Any suggestions?