With­in a month or two after start­ing law school, I was at a career ser­vices thing, and they spent a minute stress­ing that the degree we were pur­su­ing is a Juris Doc­tor, not a Juris Doc­tor­ate.  Although I under­stand that… Read moreJD

17 days.  Yes.  17.  And then I will be mar­ried.  I’m both excit­ed and ter­ri­fied, nat­u­ral­ly.  Prepa­ra­tions are com­ing togeth­er, but I’m hav­ing trou­ble under­stand­ing how I’m sup­posed to focus on work while this is going on.  If I had… Read more17 days

This will be a short post, as I have to be at work in sev­en hours, mean­ing that I have five hours to sleep, but I want­ed to say a quick word about bal­anc­ing work and life.  In the legal… Read morework-life bal­ance

It’s been a long time since I’ve writ­ten, and a lot of things have hap­pened in the mean­time.  The rest of my time in Europe was WONDERFUL.  It was so good to be with Carl, and the trav­el­ing was a… Read morea long pause

After the hor­ror that was the bar exam, I came over to Europe to spend a month with Carl.  It’s been fab­u­lous so far.  We were in Eng­land for a lit­tle over a week, and now we’re in Munich until… Read morea week and a half into my vaca­tion

On my way home from Har­ry Pot­ter at 3am, I drove past this Bible church that always has annoy­ing signs out.  They write things that are appar­ent­ly sup­posed to make you want to come into their church.  I can’t remem­ber… Read moreselec­tive read­ing

I’ve been work­ing on Wills and Trusts today.  I won’t have much time to read tomor­row, so I actu­al­ly read ahead…  And I had a thought.  Trusts for ani­mals (pets) are exempt from the Rule Against Per­pe­tu­ities, at least in… Read morestudy­ing for the Bar Exam

1.  bought plane tick­et home for Sep­tem­ber 2nd 2.  bought tick­ets for the mid­night show­ing of Har­ry Pot­ter 3.  wrote prac­tice essays 4.  lazy day

1.  neck hurts, jerked awake yes­ter­day morn­ing and strained some­thing 2.  study­ing a lot 3.  Mom bought a piano, so I get the one we’ve had for­ev­er! 4.  bought plane tick­et to Lon­don!

I like orga­ni­za­tion.  I like hav­ing plans.  I have cre­at­ed a plan that is sup­posed to moti­vate me to study for the Mis­souri Bar Exam, which I will take July 28th and 29th.  I’ve devised a point sys­tem.  Three col­ors… Read morestudy­ing for the Bar Exam