Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Exhaustion

For some reason, I have a horrible time sleeping the night before an exam. I did EVERYTHING right yesterday. I got up early instead of sleeping in. I refused to drink anything caffeinated all day. I made sure to eat a couple hours before going to bed. I stopped studying an hour before bedtime (2am) and took a long semi-hot shower. (The shower was supposed to be really hot, but my water heater disagreed. It wasn't cold, it just wasn't hot. I should have turned up the temp before finals. Someone remind me of this next semester).

Anyway, totally exhausted, I crawl in bed feeling confident that I have left myself enough time to finish studying for my exam and still get a good night sleep.

Foiled by insomnia. 3 hours later, I decide to just get up and study some more. Needless to say, I don't think I was on top of my exam game. Also, I apologize if this post is completely incoherent. I will try to at least spell check, but I make no guarantees. On the plus side, I suspect nearly everyone will get a B+ on that last exam. Sometimes, the forced curve is a good thing, especially when the professor doesn't want to grade a lot of exams! (Yes, everyone in the school blows of professional responsibility. The material doesn't really matter until you hit the MPRE anyway. Meaning, I'll be relearning all that info next semester. Yay)

So, here I sit, totally exhausted, listening to the chatter of panicked 1Ls (who have 1 exam left), and I have come to the realization that I AM 1/2 WAY DONE WITH LAW SCHOOL.

It's a revelation that's both thrilling and terrifying. The truth is I love law school. I love the people, I love the classes, and I really love the free swag ("free" meaning $60k in loans/year for a couple of wine and cheese receptions, a few lunches, lots of candy, and some merchandise from bar review courses/westlaw/lexis). Heck, I don't even mind exams all that much. I mean, I could live without them, but given the choice between law school with exams and no law school, law school with exams wins by a long shot. I can't believe that it's going to end so soon!

Here's hoping the next 3 semesters are as awesome as the last!

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Chocolate cake in a mug...must be finals

Some people drink coffee. I don't consume enough caffeine to handle such things. For instance, because I got up early and I'm really tired, I just drank half a can of Dr. Pepper. I can feel my heart racing from all the sugar and caffeine, and with me, it can't be the sugar...

Anyway, I found this awesome recipe for 5 minute chocolate cake. It was decent. Not the best I've had, but certainly the best I've made in under 5 minutes in my microwave.

Here are the instructions.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Finals

Why can't I take 4 different versions of the legislation final rather than taking my other finals? Just took a practice test and it was FUN! Love this class.