Freedom week.
I keep glancing over at the clock. Dr. Pavlov would be so proud, as I have conditioned myself to look at the clock whenever I am sitting in front of the computer but not doing any work. In this instance, it is a completely useless reflex, since I already accomplished everything I had scheduled for today: call Verizon and find out what the heck they did with my phone order from last Friday (answer: they shipped it, finally). After eleven weeks of reading, studying and preparing for exams, I had made the conscious effort to set the productivity bar for this week between finals and co-op relatively low. Yesterday, for example, I touched up a nick on my living room wall. My remaining goal for the week is as follows: I have to buy one of those coat things that one wears over a suit when it is cold out. I have been reluctant to purchase such a piece of clothing (all of my current winter gear either says Karbon or NorthFace on it and is generally skiing-related). Having given up my Peter-Pan like dreams of never growing up, however, I can see why such a piece of clothing might be useful to me in the coming months, especially if I decide to take the train down to Providence for my co-op (as opposed to driving).
The rest of the time will be spent reconnecting with friends (law school and otherwise) who have been ignored for way too long this quarter -- first due to all the interviews from OCI, then due to all the finals prep. In fact, one of the biggest downsides to the NUSL quarter system is that half of your friends end up on "the other" rotation, which makes it very difficult to coordinate social schedules, especially if these friends go on co-op out of state. On the other hand, I understand that having all the students at the school on co-op at the same time is not workable. I guess the solution is to be careful who you become friends with during those first few weeks of law school and only make friends with people who plan to stay on your rotation (this time I am sure I am kidding).
In other news, I see that the new law school website is now up, and that it (in a very curious decision) features my mugshot (complete with a link to this blog) which is certain to increase traffic (and scare small children) to these blogs. In an attempt to welcome any new readers, I give you an updated version of the disclaimer from my first post:
Disclaimer: I hold no answers. I still possess no inside knowledge. I have no idea why anyone should or should not go to law school. I do not know the key to surviving law school, though I do know that it is possible to survive the first half of it. And I certainly do not know the meaning of life, but I am convinced now, more than ever, that we are meant to enjoy it. Now that I have sufficiently lowered the expectations, it is probably safe to proceed.
On that note, I leave you to go tend to the explosion of pumpkin pie which has covered my kitchen and lovely wife in orange goo and has presented an opportunity for today to be even more productive (and fun) than I had anticipated!
Have a happy Thanksgiving everybody!