It's time for an update. I've neglected my blog for too long, and I miss it. About once every couple of weeks I've started a new post, only to abandon partly done in the "drafts" section of my blog. Worse yet, my best ideas usually get abandoned in the "drafts" section of my brain, which seems to function best on my 10-minute bus ride back from school, only to be overridden by thoughts like "Do I have time for a snack before crew practice?"
My downfall is my perfectionism. I like to have a nicely wrapped up and edited train of thoughts to present. Usually there's something more pressing or interesting to do than edit myself, and by the time I return to it weeks later, the train has left the station. But tonight I am determined that when I go to bed there will be a blog post here, even if just a stream of consciousness.
I started today at a 6:30 crew practice. Did you know I joined the KU crew team? I can blame or thank one of my law school classmates (who also happens to be an assistant crew coach) for enticing me to join my first team sport since 7th grade volleyball. In case you're wondering, it's going a lot better than 7th grade volleyball. I sometimes need to attend the morning varsity practices, and I actually love the warmup jog in the dark, gliding out on the river while it is still black and murky, watching the sun rise just in time to row back to the dock and drive home for a well-earned shower and breakfast.
Monday's schedule is easiest, with only a two-hour afternoon property class waiting for me... After practice this morning I made myself french toast and set up my books and research materials on my bed. With the number of books and binders and computer parts that I use to research and outline class materials, I usually need a bigger desk than what I have available, so my bed often substitutes. The problem with my bed is... the obvious problem. I powered through an hour of focused work before succumbing to the temptation to nap in the sunny spot that had appeared right where my computer was sitting.
Afternoon brought a 4-hour property class. Our dear professor scheduled a supplementary 2-hour class session today to help us further illuminate the subject of Estates and Future Interests. He gleefully referred to this session as the 32-Annual Property Fest.
To some extent, I think is it is an interesting mental exercise to identify whether a will violates the Rule Against Perpetuities, or whether someone holds land in a Fee Simple Absolute or a Fee Simple Subject to an Shifting Executory Interest... But that is a limited extent. Four hours is a long time to discuss it, and how our professor has survived 32 years teaching it without his brain melting is beyond my comprehension.
Prof. DLT rewarded our patience by buying us pizza. It turns out there is a lot of free pizza involved in law school. Most days there are presentations and guest speakers over the lunch hour, often sponsored by various law school organizations, and the usual gimmick to boost attendance is to offer free food. It's not that I'm complaining about free food, because I would probably attend these lectures anyway, and I'm both hungry and poor all the time these days. But this afternoon I had to catch the bus home, so I grabbed a slice quick and headed out the door.
The bus is a good time of day for me. It forces me to sit still and not do anything for a few minutes. Plus, I like people watching, especially through campus. There are some great fashions going on on college campuses in the Midwest. I wish everyone didn't think it was a good idea to wear leggings as pants, because it's not a style that works for everyone. Every once in a while I see one of my former students... which is weird. I like talking to bus drivers, and interacting with my fellow bus patrons. Like the little girl today who wanted to show me her halloween candy loot, and then kept up a running narration about honey badgers for the remainder of my ride on the bus.
Evenings are for homework and for spending time with CJ and my housemates. Evenings are quiet, and nice. So far, as long as I fit in an hour or two of work after dinner on weeknights, I can keep up in class, although I have suffered through a couple evenings of researching in one room while listening to my friends playing games in the next room. I still would rather spend the evening at home than isolated in the library. I like the homework (for the most part), and I like my friends, and I really like CJ so I'm usually pretty relaxed right about this time of night. And sleepy. And I think this a good place to end this post for today. More organized thoughts soon to come, hopefully. Happy Monday and Happy Halloween everyone!
Monday, October 31, 2011
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