Let The Countdown Begin!

Today is Saturday and it's Memorial Day weekend.  Some might think that I would be hanging out by a pool or out at the lake enjoying the annual Memorial Day crawfish boil I have attended for the last 7 years.  But you would be wrong.  It's Saturday, Memorial Day weekend, and I am at school.  No, I am not blogging during class... I have a lunch break.  The class goes all day (9-5) and is all weekend (Fri - Sun) for two weekends.  It's a great class and it is going to give me some great experience but it does give me one more thing to add to the list of "Things I Missed While in Law School."

But... as I am sitting here today, I did come to the realization that I am officially less than ONE year away from graduation.  So... what a perfect time to create a countdown clock!! So, come on over to the blog (http://ordinarywriting.blogspot.com/) and check it out!  348 days and counting!

Have a great weekend everyone!

I can BREATHE.

Well, there you have it!  Three years of law school DONE!  I took my last final on Monday night and yesterday I spent the day in a stage of euphoria... just before the reality of work sets back in but while the reality that I don't have any homework or anything to study for is staring me in the face.  It's a great feeling!  Too bad it won't last for long. I start my first summer class in a week and a half so I will once again have to hit the books.  But let's not focus on that just yet!

When you tell someone you have finished 3 years of law school, if they have ever known anyone who goes to law school, they assume you are DONE DONE.  (Like studying for the Bar done.)  Because a typical law school program is 3 years.  Of course, I am doing the "part time" program (and I put that in quotations because you still have to take 10-12 hours per semester AND take summers if you want to finish on time) which takes 4 years to complete.  So, while those who started at the same time as me but in the full time program are now graduating and preparing for the Bar exam, I will return to school for one more year.

But right now? Right now I am FREE!  I can BREATHE!  Last night, Nick and I headed out to a delicious dinner.  On Thursday we may be going to a concert.  This weekend I am determined to find something fun to do with Breighton (since last weekend all he saw was me hunched over a dining room table studying all day long).  And next week I hop on a plane for a quick trip to Louisiana to celebrate my niece graduating from high school, see my whole family, enjoy some boiled crawfish and drive through daiquiris and spend some much needed time with one of my very best friends.  It's gonna be a good week and a half.  That's for sure.  

BREATHE...

Don't Tip Me Over - I Might Leak

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I finished final number one on Tuesday night and I have my second one tonight.  I spent yesterday (and when I say yesterday, I mean ALL FREAKING DAY LONG) sitting at my dining room table surrounded by books and notes all discussing wills, probate, estate administration... Here's what I know (my first bit of legal advice to my friends and family)... GET A WILL!!  Do not leave it to your family to sort it out.  They will fight over the DUMBEST things.  And get a will done properly.  Make sure you have mental capacity to make your will (just the fact that I say my family is "crazy" does NOT mean you don't have mental capacity to make a will).  Oh - and if you don't want to leave anything to your greedy, good-for-nothing relative... make sure you SAY that, or indeed - they will take from your property.  The good news is, your life insurance policies will go where you want them to - as long as your beneficiary is right. 

Keep in mind that these rules may NOT all exactly apply to those family members residing in the great state of Louisiana.  As is the case in most of my law school classes, almost every law has one caveat: *This may not apply in Louisiana. 

So, right this moment, my brain is so full that I am afraid if I so much as bend over to tie my shoes information might start leaking out.  Talk to me again after 10pm tonight and I might be able to have a coherent conversation - MIGHT - and only for a day... because then the next round of studying for the FINAL final which takes place on Monday will begin!

Hasta Luego my Friends... Go write a will!