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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

Yes, I have final­ly fin­ished all my law school class­es.  Now I just have three finals to take, a set­tle­ment agree­ment to write, and twen­­ty-one 1L sum­ma­ry judg­ment motions to grade for cita­tions. I’ve been play­ing bass a lit­tle more,… Read morelast day of class!

I have a grand total of nine class­es left.  Four tomor­row, three Wednes­day, two Thurs­day.  And then I will be done with class for a long time!  Three finals, then grad­u­a­tion.  And Carl comes home for a cou­ple weeks. Next… Read morealmost done with law school!

I’m head­ed to Ger­many on Wednes­day!  I’ll land in Munich on Thurs­day and spend a cou­ple days with Carl.  I’ll leave on Sat­ur­day for Eisleben, where I’ll meet up with some friends from LCM, and we’ll do a Luther tour,… Read moresoon