Obsession

So the last few days and the next three days only one thing has/is likely to be consuming my thoughts...BOARD ELECTIONS. I have done almost everything that is required of me, save the interview. So by 2:00 pm on Saturday there will be nothing else I can do besides sit around and wait for a phone call that will say "yes, you're in" or "thanks but no thanks" which may come Saturday or Sunday. I think the waiting around is the worst. There are 15 applicants and 11 spots, of the 11 spots I have applied for nine!!! (1 - Managing Editor; 5 Articles Editors; 3 Note & Comment Editors) I think those are good odds, but it also means that 4 people will get NOTHING!!! Now, everyone that knows me says that I have "nothing to worry about," "of course you will get a spot" blah blah blah!!! I am all for self confidence, but I have never been the person to walk into a room and immediately say to myself "yeah, I'm awesome, of course I am the best/smartest/prettiest etc person here." Sure, I do my fair share of "judging" (a bad habit and weakness of mine) but I also feel that I rarely find myself at the top when I am doing said judging. I can think of a reason that every person in the group that I am interviewing with on Saturday deserves a slot. But I was talking with my friend Bryan Hanna (an old Ag, who is also interviewing for some of the same spots as me) and he said that it is just humility and not necessarily a bad thing, it is something that makes people want to be your friend and root for you, rather than turning them off by getting on a high horse. (On a side note, we were doing a mediation clinic today in my class and I was playing a role of a licensing company for a franchise who was placing blame on the franchisee for the lackluster sales, the mediation professor told me as a client I was "uppity" then looked back and winked and said "but there's nothing wrong with that." We call this professer Uncle Bruce, he is the most laid back lawyer I have ever met...I will do a whole entry on him later)
Well, as you can tell this Board Election process has been a part of about 85% of all my conversations this week and it will likely continue into the weekend. Sunday night I will either be very happy, or in mourning. But I know that whatever happens, GOD has a plan.
Incidentally, Boyd has said he thinks I have nothing to worry about, but he will be here for me no matter what! Good 'ole Boyd, he loves me no matter what, I love that!
So we wait and see what happens...I will keep you posted.

SIGH!

Well, we are back from Spring Break! We had fun getting to spend time with Grandma, Grandpa and Dad! But we are really sad to be back in the swing of things and it will take us some time to get motivated. I've got to hit things really hard for the next month and a half so that everything can get done and then I can rest some...maybe!

Spring Break was fruitful for me! I did get two new suits (Shout out to Dad for one of them!!!) and a new pair of shoes (Shout out to Grandma and Grandpa for those!!!). Now I just have to practice walking in them. I also got my homework I needed to done while Grandma cooked and cleaned, Dad worked and Grandpa went visiting so it was nice and quiet. I also learned how to knit washcloths so I am going to practice with that when I have time. Grandma also made me some pillows and pillowcases to match my cute ducky blanket pattern that I picked out the last time I was there! I also left Grandpa a present! I hope he likes it.

Boyd also had a nice time and was able to relax...we both were! I think that is why we were sad to be getting back to the city. Well, we should probably get some rest for the big week ahead. Once we get back going I think we will be ok.

Now its back to work...

The Cat Hates Me

I am convinced that little Emeril pretty much hates me as a human. For the previous three days IN A ROW he has bitten me on the arm while I am sitting on the couch. I wasn't teasing him or anything, he just jumped up from the floor put his teeth on my arm and then ran and hid under the bed in a place where I can't reach him. I don't know if it matters, but this biting has occured at approximately the same time. (Don't worry he doesn't break the skin, more like he rakes his top teeth across my skin to make a red scratch mark). When I got home just now I found a nice present sloppily wrapped in my bath mat...a GIANT CAT POOP!!!! The bath mat is now being washed and the floor bleached. I think I gagged a little when I was cleaning it up. Also he likes to try and put his head in between the blinds and the window to our balcony door. When we clap our hands loudly and yell his name (he used to run away and stop when we did this) now he just crouches down or keeps doing what he is doing until we pretend we are going to get up to make him stop or squirt him with our spray bottle dedicated just to him. We also actually have to spray him to make him stop, if we don't he just closes his eyes and stays right where he is. Also every morning about 30 minutes or so before the alarm goes off he either climbs in the window curtains, claws at the curtains or starts yowling LOUDLY. Or maybe a combination of all three. So yes, I think the cat hates me. Right now in fact he is glaring at me with his ears turned back, in fact, it's about time for my daily bite....

To Do...

I don't have very much time, but I will be continuing this post through the week. It is a list of things to complete before I get to have some much needed Spring Break!

Monday Classes: COMPLETE
Read for Marital Property Tuesday Class: COMPLETE
Read for Professional Responsibility Tuesday Class: COMPLETE
Tax Homework for Wednesday: COMPLETE
Tuesday Classes: COMPLETE
Board Election Application: COMPLETE
Cover Letter for Board Election Application: COMPLETED ON SPRING BREAK
Look over Resume for Board Election: COMPLETED ON SPRING BREAK
Start Optional Editing Assignment for Board Election: COMPLETED ON SPRING BREAK
Attend Board Election Meeting: COMPLETE
Get Pedicure with Em: COMPLETE
Wednesday Classes: COMPLETE
Read for Marital Property Thursday: COMPLETE
Read for Professional Responsibility Thursday: SKIPPING!
Look over Mediation for Thursday: COMPLETE
Assistant Assignment for Kovach Cite Book: COMPLETE!!!!! FINALLY!
Thursday Classes: COMPLETE
Tax Homework for Monday after Spring Break: COMPLETED ON SPRING BREAK
Friday Classes: COMPLETE
Rodeo with Clay Walker (maybe): NOT GOING, BOYD HAS TO WORK. BOO!
Laundry: COMPLETE
Clean House: AS GOOD AS IT WILL GET
Get Boyd set up for "cave time": PRETTY MUCH DONE FOR ME ALA MARCH MADNESS
Edit Completed Comment: MOSTLY DONE
Resume and Cover Letter for Judge: COMPLETED ON SPRING BREAK
Hair Appointment:COMPLETE

Now I have to go to class, but I am sure there is more! Check back to see how far along I am and if anything else is added to my list!

OH NO HE DIDN'T!!

I thought I was done, but then we started to watch American Idol. If you sing "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! you better be able to hit that "HIGH" note, or else don't even try! I mean come on people!

Some Lingo...

So, I was thinking about the things that I talk about everyday and being in law school I have developed some lingo, such that if you are not Boyd or one of my law school friends you will not understand really what I am saying. I'm not talking about legalese...they actually warn against using a lot of that...but just my operational, day-to-day lingo. Since I have a blog now I thought I might sometimes blog about these things and you might want a reference point. So here goes:
1. Civ. Pro. - Civil Procedure
2. Crim. Pro. - Criminal Procedure: a class I am currently enrolled in taught by professor Gershowitz (aka. the Gersh)
3. My tax class - right now that is U.S. Taxation of International Transactions; a mouthful I know!
4. Marital - Marital Property: a class I am also currently taking.
5. My Comment - It is my big writing project that is a requirement for law review and graduation, when it is finished it will be 45 pages with 175 footnotes.
6. The Board - Law review has an editorial board made up of student editors, a position to which I aspire.
7. PPM - Policy and Procedure Manual: the guide to all things law review!
8. Bluebooking -the skill of accurate legal citation the guide book is called the Bluebook, hence Bluebooking.
9. ACE - a collaborative editing process done by the members and editors of law review. We check the bluebook cites and the grammar, form and style.
10. ACE Group - a group of students to which I am assigned, we in turn are assigned to an AE who gives out our assignments (a portion of an article, usually 20 footnotes or so to edit).
11. AE - Articles Editor and member of the Board.
12. Source Book - first part of the member's ACE process; we make entire copies of all the sources that appear in the article, there are usually about 100-200 of these depending on the length.
13. Cite Book - this is where we make a binder that follows the footnotes of the article, each numbered divider corresponds to a footnote with the same number; we make sure the author's propositions are supported by the materials he cited. Compilation of the Cite Book is also part of the ACE process and the most time consuming. A few weeks ago it took me 36 hours to check 20 footnotes!
14. Tracey - Tracey is an AE, I am her assistant this semester. After her ACE group completes a source book or cite book I, along with my fellow assistant Mike, check over the work to make sure it is complete and accurate. Then I will also edit a portion of the article after the ACE group has given it a once over.
15. Andy - Andy is another AE, I am in his ACE group. I have to complete Source Books and Cite Books for him. (The same kind of work that I check over for Tracey, except that Andy has his own assistants.)
16. Katie - Katie is a Note and Comment Editor (another board position), she looks over my comment when I have deadlines and makes sure it conforms to all requirements and then gives feedback about its form and substance.
17. LSBFF - "Law School Best Friend Forever" this is Emily Edwards. She is the best! Usually I refer to her as Em. She is one of the smartest people I know and she is in my study group! We also watch TV together when we have time...or when we don't and just are lacking motivation (a common ailment).
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I saved the best for last, but most people know these two already!
18. Mister - this is what I call Boyd; though it is interchangeable with Babe.
19. Misses - this is what Boyd calls me, he has called me this since before we were married.

This is my lingo! There will be a test...I have blogged enough for now!

A Neat Example

On this last Friday Boyd and I both took the day off, except we planned to do a lot of running around and made several appointments around town. One of which was to get Boyd's truck inspected (shame on us we still haven't gotten that done). When Boyd went out to the truck that morning his parking brake was stuck and he wasn't able to move forward or backwards. After several tries we gave up and went to get some breakfast before his doctor's appointment. We went to Chick-fil-A to get the chicken biscuits (phenomenal!) breakfast. Boyd was pretty sour about his truck and kind of mope-y. While we were there a older couple (probably mid-50s) came in and sat side by side in the booth across from us. They were so sweet and said good morning to us. We noticed that the man had something wrong with his arms and hands; his arms were very short and he was missing most of his fingers. But they sat there and he ate his breakfast without a problem. (Before you wonder if we were taught better manners than to stare...we weren't staring, it was just something we noticed). They finished before we did and the wife went to get more soda while the husband went to throw out the tray. While the wife was waiting for the cup, the husband came up behind her and fluffed up the back of her hair where it was flat and messed up. She turned and smiled at him and then they walked out. He got into the drivers side of their truck and they drove away. I smiled at Boyd and said that they were sweet. Boyd said something quite unexpected, he said that we were supposed to see them because we needed to see that some things aren't always as bad as we make them out to be! Isn't that right? Don't we all do that sometimes? That couple was a good example for us and we never even said more than good morning to them. I hope that Boyd and I can be like that some day...

In case you were wondering we got the brakes working again by whacking it a few times with a crescent wrench! At least we didn't have to pay a mechanic for that!

Welcome to our (my) Blog

Well, we decided to start a blog. Our schedules are so crazy lately with me in law school and Boyd working so much that we have been keeping late hours. It is hard for us to keep up with our family members and friends and for them to keep up with us, so voila--a blog. I call it "my" blog because I have a feeling that I will be doing most of the blogging, when I have time that is, but I will write about us, so it is also our blog. I thought it would also be fun to have this to look back on to see how much we've grown and matured as we continue to grow together in our marriage, that is if we keep up with it like we should...no guarantees.

So check back often and enjoy!