Sadly, there were no trick-or-treaters. I guess that’s ok though, because we have no candy. At least, none that I’m willing to share. All the dark chocolate is for me.
Now it’s time to get back to the reality of law school and continue working on my appellate brief for Legal Writing II. Before I go, here’s a pic of Zach and me from my brother and his girlfriend’s Halloween party in Portland.
Oh, how they lie. Those people who say the first year of law school is the hardest? Nope, not true. I haven’t experienced the third yet, but currently, I’d have to say the second year is the winner. I mean, come on. First year had reading assignments that were 12-15 pages! Second year has reading assignments that range from 20-200 per class. For all of you non law-school readers, this reading is dense (as in, read some sentences five times) and sadly, pictureless. Also, pictureless is so a word, Firefox.
Basically, that last paragraph is a justification for why I only post every quarter year. Aside from the readings, I’m also taking on a lot of projects, including being on a Committee (a real one, not a party planning one), being a board member of the Women’s Law Caucus, helping plan a domestic violence panel, working on bench guide, and attempting to perfect the drift in Mario Kart Wii. Growing up without a Nintendo, I’m having to devote a lot of time in pursuit of this task. Btw, if anyone reading this has any Mario Kart tips, please share them. I really want to excel at this game…and lawyerly things too, of course. But also the game.
I’m going back to Arizona in October for my brother’s wedding, in which I will also be performing on my flute alongside my family on baroque recorders. Yeah, we’re that cool. I’ll be heading back to Arizona again in December, sans flute, for my friend Sarah’s wedding. Then it’s back to AZ once more in December for break. The weather people are predicting an especially bad winter for Seattle this year. If I miss an ounce of snow due to Arizona, I’m going to be more annoyed with Arizona than I already am. I really, really, really want to see falling snow in Seattle. And I want it to be so bad that they close the road by me and devote it to a sledding hill. And then I can practice my Mario Kart drift as I race down that hill. Oh, what plans I have for winter!
But sadly, now it’s back to reading for Constitutional Law. Only 48 pages. I can do this!
*edit* As I walked the mile home with my 1825 page Con Law book (I now walk 2-4 miles a day because my metabolism has magically slowed…what fun!), I was stopped by a British gentleman with a clipboard: “Allo’! Do you have a moment to talk–That’s a big book!”
I agreed with him that is was and continued on. Five minutes later, a construction worker looked at me and said, “That’s a big book!” Once again, I agreed and walked on.
Three minutes later, two LDS Missionaries clad in suits stopped me. Oddly enough, they did not so much as glance at my book. I guess they had greater concerns than my Con Law class materials.