It's Over!

And that's the only good thing I can say about the CivPro midterm. I didn't feel good going in, and I felt even worse on the way out. At least I have a passing grade from the Dec. midterm that can be used instead of this one. UGH.

What is frustrating is I had all the law and rules memorized, but when I see the questions, I just freak and don't know what to say or do with them. As I've said before, in my mind, there is no set way to analyze any of this. I see no order to any of it. My mind craves order in everything. So, when I can't find it, I feel lost. I'm not even sure how to make things any different.

Next up on the agenda is finishing my Legal Analysis paper. It is due on Friday, and I have a lot of work left to do. I emailed my professor twice about it, and she didn't answer, and now is going to be out of town until next week, so I guess I'm not getting any response....which means having to wing it on the things I'm unsure about. Anyway, I have tomorrow afternoon and Thursday morning to work on it, so I hope to finish and turn it in on Thursday afternoon. If not, I'll finish it up Friday morning.

After that is done, I need to concentrate on Torts. The midterm is Monday. While it will be hard, at least it isn't as mysterious as CivPro to me. I just need to memorize some, and do some practice tests to feel more comfortable with it.

But I'm done for the night now. Thankfully....

What Celebrity Do YOU Look Like?

Reading celebrity gossip blogs is one of my guilty pleasures. I found this link on one of them, and thought it was too much fun not to share. You upload a picture of yourself, and then scan their database of 3200 famous people, and tell you the top ones you resemble.

I tried a few pictures of myself, and found out I resemble, according to them, either Darryl Hannah, Olivia Newton John, or Nickie Hilton, depending on which picture I used. I don't get the Nickie Hilton one, but comparing the picture of me I used and the one they used of Olivia, I could definitely see some resemblance. The weird part is, I HAVE been told I look like Darryl Hannah before. My ex-brother-in-law told me that several times, and once, in a strange occurrence, I had a man follow me around a store, insisting I was her. LOL! Personally, I think I look more like Laura Dern, but she did not show up as a possibility under any of the pictures I uploaded.

Because I was curious (and didn't feel like starting my studying this early), for fun I uploaded pix of my family. My son looks like Marlon Brando (young), my hubby looks like Colin Farrell, and my daughter looks like Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston.

What a fun time waster!

I'm am SO unprepared!

That is how I feel anyway....both for the CivPro midterm tomorrow and my Legal Analysis paper that is due on Friday. I wrote my paper "thinly" getting in the skeletal arguments and fact comparisons, but not fleshing it out completely. It is 5 pages as is, so I think that leaves me just enough room to beef it up in the ways I know it needs it, but I just don't feel good about this one. I know it is not going to be another 99. That's ok. I don't expect that. Getting a 99 was just a huge bonus. But somehow, I feel like I'm missing something major. I guess I'll email my professor for help on the structure, and maybe something will click with me.

I feel totally overwhelmed by CivPro. When I went to the Saturday review session a few weeks ago, it was all making sense. Now, when I go over old tests, my heart starts to race and I think, "How would I possibly answer that?" What is it about this class that just freaks me out? Maybe because I don't see a "formula" or consistency. When I met with my professor and asked him about 2 answers from the fall midterm that I clearly had in my answer, yet had not received points for, his reply was, "Well, you're not going to like this. But I look at the entire answer the student has given. And even if they have a particular answer down, if I don't think they really understand the concept, I don't give them the points." While I understand his thinking, how screwed up is that if you are the student who misses those points? So now, not only do I need to say the right words and do the right analysis, somehow in the process I need to convince my professor that I actually understand everything I say!

At least in 36 hours, the exam will be just about done. I just wish I had the confidence in this class that I have in my other 3 classes. Now, off to study!

I KNEW I did good!

I felt really good about my #6 paper for Legal Analysis. I had received a 91 on #5, and I felt MUCH better about #6, but because it was a new format (points and authorities) instead of the neutral memos we had done on #1-5, I wasn't totally sure of what I would get. Keeping with my tradition, I read the comment on the back first, "It's been a long time since I've given a score this high, but you absolutely deserve it. Mind-blowing....." Wow! I wasn't expecting that. I flipped the paper over and saw my grade...... 99 points! :) How cool is that? The only thing I got marked down for was a single point for not including the actual date the motion for a new trial had been filed.

I attended a training session for LEXIS this afternoon. It is kind of overwhelming because there is so much on there. I'm going to need to play with it and stuff before I feel comfortable with it. At least it will help with Shepardizing now.

Ok, I need to get moving. I have paper #7 and my CivPro midterm that need my attention....

Our Grades Are Now Online!

How cool is this? Our grades are online! That beats having to drive over to school to check the bulletin board. It will certainly make getting my final grades easier. Now if they would just post the summer school schedule.....

Ugh, I feel sick!

I woke up this morning at 3am and felt terrible. My stomach was hurting so bad! I kept getting up every half hour until about 5 something when I realized I was not going to be able to go back to sleep. I was able to get up and get the kids off to school, but I did not feel right. I was kind of nauseous after I got up, and my head hurt. It wasn't like I was throwing up or anything, but just not normal. After the kids left I went back to bed for awhile. I still don't feel completely normal now, but I'm going to have to ignore it as much as I can, as I have so much I have to get done this weekend, including going to the LEXIS training tomorrow.

I missed my study group this morning. There was no way I could have gone. So, right now I'm working on the 2 essay questions we have to do for Monday's Torts class. So nice to have to do BOTH of those when I need to be working on my paper and studying for 2 midterms. Ugh. At least I have one done, and one 1/3 done now. My answers are pretty crappy actually, but at least it is something, if I get called on in class. I don't think I'm thinking very clearly, so it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me.

Last night, we covered a lot in Contracts, but next week, we are covering even more! He normally tells us to read 30-35 pages, half of which we actually cover. For next week, we need to finish the chapter we're on, read the chapter on the statute of frauds, AND read some into the next chapter! I have stayed 70 pages ahead in that class, to try to be 2 weeks ahead. I haven't done that reading yet for this week, so this wipes out my preparation completely and I will have to read 10 or so pages just to be up for next week, not to mention being ahead any. But because of the midterms and paper, that will just have to wait.

Well, I'm feeling kind of dizzy, so I should probably go and either lay down for awhile, or try to finish this essay before feeling totally rotten. :(

Harvard and My Daughter

My daughter, who is a senior in high school, is anxiously awaiting next month's notices from all the colleges she has applied to. I spent last year taking her to all of them (except Princeton). We saw and toured: MIT, Harvard, Stanford, CalTech, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego. Her top choice is MIT, of course, but she realizes that she has to consider the other options.

Now, a year or so ago, Harvard's president made a ridiculous remark about women not being as competent in math and science. Because that is exactly the areas my daughter excels in (well, she excels in everything, but likes those areas better), she staged an informal "boycott" of Harvard. This consisted of her never wearing the Harvard sweatshirt I had bought for her, even though we still toured the school and she had applied there.

Harvard schedules interviews for its applicants, and she finally had hers yesterday afternoon. While she looks up to and admires Lisa Randall (physicist at Harvard), she still wasn't so sure because of that stupid president. Anyway, when I opened the paper yesterday morning, I saw that the president was resigning! I rushed upstairs to show my daughter the article. I think it made her feel better about considering Harvard as a choice, and I'm glad she went into that interview knowing about his resignation.

Her interview was supposed to be an hour, but it was over an hour and a half. He loved her! (Well, who wouldn't?? Ok, mom brag time here. She has a 4.32 GPA, takes tons of AP classes, has taught herself the second year of Calculus since her school didn't have enough kids sign up for it, volunteers at a local hospital, plays the piano, tutors fellow students, takes an engineering class at Fresno State, can speak fluent Spanish.....ok, you get the idea. She is absolutely brilliant and super self-motivated!) He commented on how much he admired her numerous times and said how she was just like what Harvard wanted in its students.

She was really excited when she got home from the interview, and I was excited for her. Just a couple weeks ago she was saying that they would never accept her and why should she bother. Anyway, I thought it was really cute this morning when she came out of her room because she was wearing her Harvard sweatshirt! :)

As a mom, it is a weird time. On the one hand, I'm excited for her and can't wait to see which schools accept her. On the other hand, I dread losing her and not having her at home anymore. She and I are so much alike, in personality, likes, etc., that selfishly I love having her around because I feel we understand each other like no one else can. I love her so much and I could never want anything more in a daughter. It is going to kill me to let her leave. Yet, again, I'm so excited because I KNOW she will accomplish so much and be successful. I guess that means I've done my job.

On the practical side, it's also all the wondering.....is she going to stay in CA, or are we all going to be traveling to the east coast often? Are we going to spend $40K a year (plus travel expenses) for a private school, or $20K a year for a UC? If she stays in CA, we will actually get to see her any more than if she was back east? I just want to know NOW! These last few weeks until she gets her letters are going to make me crazy!

Ok......enough of that. I forgot to mention that I had my appointment with my Contracts professor last Friday before leaving for Vegas. He is extremely easy to talk to, and I ended up spending 45 minutes with him! He loved my midterm because I was very organized and stuck, strictly, to using the IRAC format. Honestly, I couldn't see doing his exam any other way. It is so helpful that he thinks in the same way I do, because other than it just making sense, it gives me an edge on the exams, because I naturally do what he likes. I wasn't sure, beforehand, why my grade was an 81. I had looked over his sample answer, and I had spotted all the issues. After meeting with him, it was clear to me that to get higher, I need to beef up my statements of law. Not that mine weren't adequate, but the more you put, the more thorough you are, the higher the score. So, it looks like I need to add to all my law statements that I memorized and pack in as much info as I possibly can. He also repeated a tip about scoring extra points that he had mentioned early on in the semester, but that I had not acted on. I'm going to try that too! :)

The next week and a half is going to be kind of crazy. I have my second Civpro midterm on Tuesday, my next paper is due next Friday, and my second Torts midterm is the following Monday. Ugh. I NEED to do really well on the CivPro test because if I better my December score, this one will replace that one. I don't expect to do anything this weekend, other than study for it (and attend my Lexis training).

I feel like once these midterms are over, it's kind of going to be the home stretch into finals, which are the beginning of May. It's unbelievable that it is all coming up so fast. Kind of scary, but yet exciting.....kind of like my daughter going away to college.

Home from Vegas and Back to Real Life

We had a fun weekend in Vegas. We didn't even gamble a quarter, but we enjoyed our time away. There is just always so much going on there. We spent Saturday shopping and checking out the Wynn hotel, which is new since I last visited. I got to pick out whatever I wanted for my Valentine's gift (my request), so I had to visit all my favorite stores before making my decision. I didn't see anything I was excited about in Louis Vuitton. I did find out they are coming out with pink denim stuff in a couple months, so I can wait for those. I tried on a ring in Tiffany, but while I liked the stone, the setting was too "hefty" for me....way too modern looking. I almost bought a purse in Chanel. It was so cute....the perfect little black, quilted bag with chain strap. I adored it, but I didn't think it would use it as much as a more casual purse. I tried on a few furs on the fur salon in Caesar's shops, but I have 5 or 6 already, and though the salesman really was working it, I can't see buying another when I rarely wear what I already have. The first store we had stopped in was Emilio Pucci, and I had seen several darling purses in there, so after exhausting all my other possibilities, we headed back there and I got a cute purse and matching wallet (well, credit card holder) in the new spring colors (lilac, aqua, white and black).

We had dinner reservations for Okada, which is the Japanese restaurant at the Wynn. We sat at one of the teppanyaki tables, which looked out on two waterfalls. Unlike the local teppanyaki places in town here, this one was very spacious and uncrowded. The tables seat only 6, so you have plenty of space. The table is made of granite, and adds to the ambiance. It is really a lovely place. We have had teppanyaki many times, and the menu is usually pretty "standard". We were delighted to find this more updated. Yeah, we still got the miso soup, but everything else was different. The vegetables weren't the disgusting bean sprouts, but included sweet potatoes (SOOO good!), tomatoes, and asparagus. I had the shrimp and hubby had the lobster. Both were delicious! I would definitely go there again. It is not the type of teppanyaki that is for entertainment (the chef wasn't doing any tricky moves), but purely for the taste and the atmosphere. Expensive, but worth it!

Later in the evening, we had tickets for the Brad Garrett show. He is so funny....horribly politically incorrect, but funny! You do NOT want to sit in the front rows, leave during the show, come late, make any comments or ask him any questions unless you enjoy being humiliated in front of a couple thousand people. Seriously! He came out with some prepared stuff, but he came up with most of his stuff reacting from and with the audience. All I can say is the poor lady from Alabama with her (hermit) crabs! LOL!

Vegas wouldn't be Vegas without seeing someone famous. We saw Pete Rose (twice), and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Pete was signing autographs at a sports store in the Caesar shops, and Jennifer was walking through Bellagio, right in front of the Fred Leighton store (a MUST see for anyone that loves diamonds). She was just hanging out with a girlfriend, looking normal and very un-diva-like. She is such a tiny thing!

So, now I'm home and back to the real world. I'm working on a products liability essay for torts right now. Ugh. Not quite as much fun as Vegas. Oh well.....back to my life....

Meeting with CivPro Professor

I had my appointment with my CivPro professor this afternoon. I had a couple questions, but I honestly didn't know what else I was going to talk to him about. I was surprised that a half hour FLEW by! It was actually a very helpful session. I knew I had missed points on some areas of the exam, but I had not known exactly why. Talking with him made it clear. He said I know the law, but I have a habit of going too fast and sometimes either switching things around or misreading things and analyzing the wrong thing.

My study group is going to do some practice tests tomorrow, and I plan on taking the rest of the tests I have, and my outline with me to Vegas. I'll have at least 4 hours sitting in airports and on planes that I can be studying.

So, tomorrow is going to be crazy. I have my study group in the morning until my appointment with my Contracts professor. After that, I need to run home, eat lunch, finish my packing, pick up my son, take him to one doctor appointment, take him to his other doctor appointment, come home, pick up my luggage, daughter and hubby, then drop off the kids on the way to the airport. I should be in Vegas by 9:30pm tomorrow night. Hmmmm.....24 hours, huh.

I'm looking forward to this trip. Yeah, it's short, but it's always nice to get away. And Vegas is always fun! :)

Things that matter

What is it about having kids that can bring you to tears at the drop of a hat? I adore both of my children. I have devoted the last 18 years of my life to them, taking care of them, being here for them, volunteering at their schools and helping with their projects.....just being a mom!

Last fall, when my daughter was writing her admission essays for college, she had to pick a couple people she admired to write about. I was very touched and flattered when she picked me as one of the people she admires.

This morning I checked her new blog, which she doesn't even know that I know exists. She listed various info about herself, but included her heroes. Her first one is Lisa Randall (which if you know my daughter, makes perfect sense!). And then she listed ME!

If I have raised my children so that by the time they are ready to graduate and leave home, they are happy, healthy and ready to make their way in the world, and they not only like spending time with me, but they actually look up to me, then nothing else really matters. Gosh, I LOVE my kids!

Ah, the next paper.....and other stuff

We got our next assignment for Legal Analysis today. I was surprised that it is supposed to be only 7.5 pages. (The last one had a 6-8 page range, which I made use of the entire 8 pages.) I did some research this afternoon, and am hoping to get to school early and do more tomorrow. We're dealing with federal codes and cases this time.

I have appointments with 2 of my professors this week. I'm looking forward to getting some feedback and getting a few answers. I have heard that my Contracts professor has notes he took on all midterms, which he will share with you if you come in to talk with him. I'm anxious to hear what he has to say. And I had a few questions on my CivPro midterm that I need cleared up. I thought I answered on a couple of points very clearly, but I didn't get the points, so I need to find out what I did wrong, or if he just missed them in grading me. (I have no expectations of getting a higher grade. I'm sure I missed something, but I just don't see it and need it pointed out to me.)

Friday is going to be crazy....I have my study group, my appointment with my professor, 2 doctor appointments that I have to take my son to, and then we're going to Vegas for the weekend to celebrate hubby's birthday. He said he didn't want any gifts, other than going to Vegas. I've been working like crazy to get everything done so I can enjoy the weekend with him. I'll probably bring along my outlines to study for my upcoming Torts and CivPro midterms, but I don't have any reading that I will need to do.

Neither of us are gamblers. But we like to go to Vegas. There's always so much to do.....new things and shows to see, great restaurants and shops to spend money in! We have tickets to see Brad Garrett on Saturday night. (He was the older brother on "Everybody Loves Raymond''.) We saw him there last year when he opened for Ray Romano. He is very politically incorrect, but he is sooooo funny! It should be a fun weekend.

My Swedish Cousins

I have relatives in Sweden, and this summer one of my cousins, with his family, is coming to California for a visit. He came probably about 15 years ago, before he was married. My parents went to Sweden a few years ago to visit him and all the other relatives there. They were so kind and hospitable, that my parents want to do everything possible to make their stay here as wonderful as the Swedish relatives made their Sweden trip.

My parents are picking them up in SF, showing them around there, taking them to Monterey, Cambria (where they have a vacation house), bringing them over to Fresno, showing off Yosemite, and taking them to Southern California to see Disneyland, Universal Studios and stuff. While they are in town here, I'll have them over to my house one night and give them a tour of the lake. Not quite on the scale of the rest of the activities, but still a nice way to spend a summer evening.

My cousin, Ulf, does speak English, but his wife struggles with it. The oldest of their 3 children, who is school age, does know some English, but their 2 pre-school girls don't know any English. My parents want to be able to speak to them, so they ordered the Swedish cds from Rosetta Stone to try to learn some. While some of the words are slightly recognizable, others are totally bizarre. "Bol" is ball....not so bad. But airplane is something that sounds like "fleegplahn"....which I probably have wrong. I'm proud of them for trying, but when my cousin called last week to confirm their plans and my dad tried out some of their new words, my cousin had NO idea what he was saying! LOL

Anyway, even if I don't know any Swedish, I'm sure I will enjoy their visit, and that they will too.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, especially to my sweetheart! :) Love you baby!

The weekend has arrived!

My study group isn't meeting today, so the weekend is here for me! Of course, I do need to attend the CivPro session tomorrow morning, but other than that and a little reading, it looks to be a nice weekend.

So, I have some items that I wanted to sell. Too big to ship (so no ebay), and I figured the local newspaper was the way to go. I went to their website and typed in all my info, and was shocked when my little ol' ad came out to $120+ for 3 days! I editted and cut it down to as little as I could make it and still have it be understandable and the ad is still over $80. The paper must make a fortune on the classifieds! What a total rip though. If I don't sell all three items this weekend, it's going to kill me to have to pay that a SECOND time. Ugh. I hope the fine people in town are looking for what I'm selling, because I want it all out of here!

Oh, when I was having my hair done today, I asked my hairdresser about the local murder that happened in her neighborhood this week. It is really scary because she lives in a nice, newer neighborhood in the northeast part of town. This man, a hard working family man, was murdered in his own backyard around 10pm at night. While the paper has reported that he was not a random victim, it didn't give any further details that explained why. My hairdresser told me that they heard from the sheriff that apparently the guy had fired one of his workers earlier in the week, and that is who they are looking for. Apparently, the killer (and a buddy) came to his house, tied up several other co-workers who were there (with shoestrings, since they didn't have any rope), and they were going to kill the guy's wife and kids, but the guy ran with the phone calling 911, and they chased him and shot him, and then took off. How incredibly sad! He saved his family, but his pregnant wife and kids are now left without him. I hope the police find these criminals soon. We don't need that type on the loose.

Well, I got a bunch of errands I need to get done, so better get to those so I can enjoy more of this beautiful weekend!

#6 is done, FOR REAL

I spent some time last night adding the last tidbits to my Legal Analysis paper. Of course, then it was 20 some odd lines too long. I decided the easiest way to save on some length was to reduce my string cites.....NO, I don't mean HOW MANY I use (which did end up being 10), but in using 2 cases, rather than 3. I did that for most of my string cites, eliminating the cases that I did not use to develop, and saved myself 10 lines! Then, I had to also eliminate a 3rd case I had developed under one area, because even though I liked it, I deemed it unnecessary. After that, some minor tweaking got me in at exactly 8 pages.

The scary thing is I actually like this paper and this is it good. Applying logic, it should get a better score than the previous paper that got a 91, which I didn't think was good. However, I don't want to think that way, because I don't want to be disappointed. Have I mentioned HOW MUCH I HATE TO BE DISAPPOINTED???? Some may think I'm too pessimistic about my abilities, but I don't think that is it. It is really just a protection device, to prevent me from gettting hurt. Who wants to feel like you are worse than you thought? Isn't it better to be told the opposite??

Anyway, my paper is done, signed, and ready to be turned in today when I'm at school for Contracts. The next one is going to be similar, except using FEDERAL statutes and cases. We've already been warned about the volume of material. Considering I think I used a ream of paper for the cases and material on this assignment, I can only imagine what the next one will be like! But, I'm liking research and think it will be a fun challenge. I AM glad that I have a top rate study group to help with the volume though!

#6 is restructed

I talked to my Legal Analysis professor today. I was struggling with how to structure my paper. I had used 11 string cites and it just didn't seem to flow well. After talking with her, I wasn't sure HOW I was going to restructure it, but I just spent the last 3 hours doing that. It seems a lot better now. I STILL have to put in comments about the opposition's cases, but that won't take me too long. I feel a lot better about this paper, even now with it not totally done, than I did about my last one. But I've learned my "feelings" about these papers don't mean a whole lot. I DO know that when the professor tells you how to do them, LISTEN TO HER, and DO IT THAT WAY.

I've seen other students struggle and fight it. They think they can substitute their own method/format. And I've seen others who are so off base that they think this professor is trying to "trick" them so they get sidetracked on a completely irrelevant point. It's just not that difficult people. When she says something, believe her. And then do it. Even if you don't like it. Even if you think you are missing "the trick". There isn't a trick. Or, if there is, the trick is listening, and obeying. Yes, my training as a goody two shoes serves me well! : )

Oh yeah, and I did edit some of my string cites. I'm now down to 10....for a total of 21 unique cases cited!

#6 is done

I wrote most of my Legal Analysis paper on Saturday and finished it up this morning. It is 7.25 pages long. I do need to add in a few small things, so hopefully that will keep me within the 8 page limit. I'm sure I will need to do some restructing and refining, but I just like to get all my law and arguments down on paper. Once you get the research done, and sketch out your structure, writing it seems easy.

We had another quiz in Torts today. The professor said it was harder than the last one. I don't know.....I spent all of maybe 30 minutes studying for it and didn't think it was bad. Of course, I'm not horribly concerned about the one point that it is worth. Again, it comes down to an efficient use of time. I try to weigh spending time vs. what the benefits of doing so are worth. One point didn't warrant more than a half hour.....especially not when the quiz was short answer (and not essay) format.

I'm watching 24 right now, so this is it for now!

I don't get that I get it!

I had to run over to school this morning to copy a few cases that were too old to be in Findlaw. As long as I was there, I picked up my Legal Analysis paper. First, let me say that when it came to our midterms last fall, I had a pretty good idea of how I did on them. I KNEW I did well on Torts and Contracts, and not so well on CivPro and Legal Analysis (though those midterm grades were still a 68 and 76, clearly passing). But all my papers for LA have been a surprise to me. I always feel like they are horrible, and I always get decent grades. (Last semester's papers ranged from 80 to 95.)

I really didn't feel like this paper was any good. I felt like it needed a lot more in it to make it complete and thorough, but I was up against a 5.5 page limit. Additionally, after I did my research, and made notes to myself about the arguments, I really didn't spend that much time actually writing it. I did restructure it after one class that gave more clarification, but I didn't feel like I had "slaved" over it.

My tradition, upon getting a paper back, is to turn it over and read the comment from the professor before looking inside to see my grade. It just kind of helps me prepare, mentally, for what I'm going to see. Now, I was honestly thinking it was going to be in the 70s. And I was preparing for the complete humiliation I was going to have to face since one of my study group members who had gotten her paper back had received an 89. The moment of truth......I flipped it over and read,

"A super 1st research paper! Not much to criticize here! If you have any questions, let me know."

My first thoughts were, "What the heck????", as I turned inside to see my grade was a 91. How extremely cool is that? So, now I just don't get it......am I just too hard/critical of myself? (Well, duh, yeah, I know the answer to that. I never feel good enough about anything I am or do.) Whatever the case, I was really glad to see this grade. I already know that I enjoy doing the research (except perhaps for the manual Shepardizing, which is a pain in the ass), so to find that I am able to competently do it and pull it together in analysis makes me feel very positive about my future prospects. I just wish I felt confident about my written work. Even if I don't, I apparently know when to stop and just turn it in......which maybe in the end, is as good as having that confidence.

Legal Research

Everyone in my study group has been working on our next assignment. We all have various cases, and have done work Shepardizing them, and copying them. We're getting together tomorrow to compare and share. I spent a few hours tonight going through all the cases I've copied, making notes on them and prioritizing them according to which ones I like best for which issues. Hopefully after our session tomorrow, the research portion of this assignment will be complete. I think it's a good strategy to spend one week researching and one week writing.

Our graded papers from the previous assignment will be ready Saturday morning. I don't think I did that well, so I'm not sure if I'm going over there to get it, or if I'll just wait until Monday to get it. Don't know if it is worth seeing.....

We're also going to refine our CivPro outline tomorrow. The midterm is on the 28th, so we need to get this done so we can start memorizing and working on practice tests. Hopefully we can spend next Friday doing that.

So, what's on my plate for the weekend? Well, I need to start the writing of my paper. And I need to study for my Torts quiz. I need to get the latest update of our Torts outline from a study group member, so I hope he has that done tomorrow, or I'm going to have to spend some time doing it myself. I wish I could get some of my writing done tomorrow, but by the time I get out of our study session, run a few errands, and get some things done at home (ah yes, the glamour job of doing the laundry) I doubt I'll have any time. Since the Super Bowl is Sunday, I'm going to try to do all my work on Saturday.

Now, I'm tired. Time for bed and some rest!

Some days are just GOOD days

Yesterday was a bummer kind of day. But today was just the oppposite. It's not like anything huge happened, but maybe a bunch of different little things. AND once the "good day ball" gets rolling, it just seems to keep on going. Because I was in a good mood, I even was able to let something roll off of me that I normally wouldn't have.

Ok, I realize that was more than a little vague. Let's be a tiny bit more revealing.....it's good to realize when you appreciate someone. It's good to tell them and feel like that makes a difference. It's also good to feel like you have people you really like around you. It's nice too to feel like you connect with people. It's great to have professors who genuinely get excited about teaching. And it is wonderful when the air in your classroom actually works! :)