Sinking In

When I first got the letter of acceptance from law school, I felt a wave of a relief and then smiled like a fool for a full 24 hours. But it didn't really sink in that I was, in fact, going to law school and would come away from this next educational venture with a degree I can really do something with. Today, however, it's all sinking in because I announced my acceptance to the firm I work for. The "congrats" emails have poured in and many of the attorneys have taken some time to come chat with me and give me little tidbits of advice (things like, "Don't sweat that $150,000 debt you'll come away with. You'll pay it off soon enough." I sure hope so, that's a big, scary number. And, "Get in some vacation while you can!" My favorite was, "Lucky you, going to law school in the golden age of inflation...you'll be making some ridiculous money as an associate...summer associate even!" Others told me, "Don't forget to come to us. Don't take the first offer you get, we at least want the chance to interview you."). One piece of advice that I'm definitely taking is to find out which texts I need and then check with the attorneys here, because many of them still have the books and don't know what to do with them! I'm all about saving money.

Having declared my last day of work as August 15, I realized that gives me only 5 days before orientation and the start of classes. Now I have to figure out how much vacation time to ask for (so far it's slightly less than two weeks). I have to really cram in all the laid-back time I can to prepare for my 3 years of cramming cases into my brain. I have to admit, true nerd style, that I'm looking forward to being back in school. Whenever I'm in school I feel like I enjoy my down-time much more. I feel like with all the studying, paper writing, discussing, reading, etc. that I put in a good amount of work. Working hard always makes me feel good and makes me appreciate when I can just grab some friends and hang out for a night. This mind-numbing job just makes me feel lazy.

So huzzah for back-to-school, hard work, and brutal exams! My summer is just getting better and better (now if I can just take a vacation...).