The Last Week!

So, how ironic is it that the last blog I posted was after my first week of law school was complete and now, the first time I really have a minute that I feel like I can write something that makes any sense, it is the night after I have just left my last class of the semester!  I can't believe how quickly it all went by.  I walked out of that room tonight with a skip in my step and a smile on my face.  It is in no way over.  For the next 2 weeks, I am studying for what I have been told will be the most difficult exams I have ever faced so far.  I won't say it is the most difficult I will ever face because I still have four years of law school and a bar exam to complete.  But the rumor is, there is nothing like a law school final.  I actually got lucky in my first year.  My torts professor actually gave us two midterms this semester which accounted for 25% of my grade.  Which is more than I can say for Contracts.  In that class, we have one test... the final which is 9 days away... worth 100% of our grade.  It is one chance... if I blow it, I could be booted right out of law school.  But that's depressing to think about, so let me just assume that my good luck in life will follow me through this test taking procedure.

Right now, I am learning to study - which as most of you know, is not something I have had to do a lot of in my life.  In some ways, I feel like I am behind the curve in that regard.  But I will stumble my way through it and figure out what works best for me.  I will be spending all my spare time in the library, meeting with study groups, and reading, writing, and rewriting as I prepare for my upcoming exams.  I will be taking a break on Thanksgiving to enjoy the company of those near me whom I love and I will be thinking of those who I can't be near. Once these exams are done, Breighton and I are heading home to Louisiana to spend a few days with my family and friends there and then I will spend a little time relaxing before the new semester starts in early January. 

So what am I feeling right now?  Joy, elation, pride, happiness, fear, and accomplishment just to name a few.  It has been 14 weeks since classes started.  And it all feels so surreal.  I still can't believe I am doing this.  That I am in law school.  That my life has headed this direction contrary to all the years that I thought it never would.  This world has a strange way of turning sometimes.  The paths we think are our right ones, change so suddenly.  We stumble into new places, we achieve when we were not even trying, we fall in love when we were not even looking, and we find happiness when we thought it was impossible.  I am sitting here now, looking at my small Christmas tree, sipping my celebratory white russian (thanks mom & Joe!), and smiling.  Because for this moment, I am happy.  I am so very happy.