Hey everyone! I am taking a break from learning the law to say hello and try to catch everyone up from my last post. Let me just start from the beginning...
Law school orientation was really fun! I ate lots of good food, drank a substantial amount of beer and thought I got a good impression of what was to come. I was riding high until I had to buy my books...
As you can see, there are a lot of books. This is not including my supplements, study aids and other good stuff. Add a clunky laptop and you have the makings of adult scoliosis. I need two backpacks to get my books to school and back.
The classes are ok. Just ok. I feel like I am learning everything and understanding how all the pieces fit into a larger puzzle. Some classes I understand better than others but they all require a lot of work. Every night there is a significant amount of work. I'm always reading my casebooks (main textbooks), reading hornbooks (supplemental books to help explain the main pieces of the casebooks) and trying to keep up on my notes for all of it. I'm on track but never ahead.
Ashley and I have kind of given up on the football games. We hope to make it to one more but the team is doing pretty badly and the tickets sell for a good amount of money.
The weather has turned to fall. Next weekend Ashley and I are planning on going to the arboretum and to take lots of pictures of the leaves changing color. It is so beautiful and always keep my attention on the bus. It still has been pretty warm including a bit of a heat wave this week but people are saying that this is probably the last of the warm days. Nights are going to start dropping into the 30s and starting next month some significant snow fall should start. Thank god the buses are doing most of the driving and that most restaurants deliver!
Also, Ashley got some assistance using this blog so I will do some begging of my own. I need to buy some study aid supplements for law school but they cost money...money I don't have. For those willing to help, look at them as an investment. The study aids will lead to higher grades which can lead to better jobs and in turn a higher income which ultimately leads to more awesome presents come holiday time.
In any case, we are looking forward to a trip home this January. Once Ashley picks her lab she can set up a time to come home and we'll have to buy the plane tickets (or hopefully Santa will get us some). The pets are doing great, Ashley and I are pretty much sane and we are chugging along. Sorry for not writing but even while writing this, I am adding to the amount of time I am going to have to dedicate to Criminal Law...
-Jimmy
