Rolling with the Punches

So this past weekend was an interesting one for sure. Friday night I went to work at five, and as the night progressed my back became a little sore, but nothing too unusual. About nine that night I got a horrible back spasm. Basically my back tightened up in one spot and what felt like electric shocks shot up and down my back. I couldn't move for about two minutes. I ended up having to leave work early. Although I was able to move after a few minutes, I was in pain for about an hour. I got home, got in the shower to let the heat relax my back.

When I got out, I checked my email, and I had received my LSAT score while I was at work. I didn't think I was going to get it until Monday. So I tentatively opened my email, and my jaw dropped. To top off my most "wonderful" night it turns out I had bombed the LSAT back in September, a 149. The LSAT is based on a score between 120 and 180. The first time I took the LSAT I got a 158 and was in the 75 percentile. My 149 this time had put me in the 40 percentile. For the top schools I really wanted to get into, a 158 was a stretch, most of the students they let in have scores between 161 on the low end. Needless to say I was devastated.

Over the past year I've adopted a new philosophy. Everything happens for a reason, and there's no use in worrying over things in the past that you can't change. So anytime something bad happens, I give myself about 24 hours to fret and be sad about it, but then I have to move on. Obviously, there is something better out there than what I was expecting. So Saturday I went to work and worked from three til midnight, with nothing big happening. I came home and talked to dad about my options, and started coming up with a new plan. Ok, so Cornell is probably out. I'm still going to apply and they'll either accept me or they won't. I'm going to look at some regional schools not only around here, but also out east where I think I want to end up. I'll keep you updated, but for now I'm just rolling with the punches.

sunrises and migrations

So the past couple weeks I've been getting up at 5:45 twice a week to go lift weights with SBA's swim team. It is always dark when I get up and when I get to the school, but it is light when I leave at 7:15. There's a window in the weight room, and it is nice to look out the window and see light slowly creep across the grounds of SBA. I can see the sky turn pinkish-purpley before it turns blue. I don't know that I've ever seen the sun rise before this past year, and if I have it has never been so often. It is a beautiful sight that's for sure. Of course, after day light savings time goes away in November, that sight will no longer be witnessed by me. However, I will still be able to witness another site that was amused me quite a bit these past few weeks... The great migration.

Everyone else knows it as rush hour, but imagine if someone from 100 years ago saw our rush hour. I think they would think it was a strange migration of metal beasts. :) When I drive home from the school in the mornings, I get off at Canada Rd. and cross the bridge over the highway. If I look to the east I see masses of cars heading towards me, and if I look to the west, there are masses of cars heading away from me. Most of us are in these cars, so the site is not one of awe, but annoyance. If you ever get the chance though, stand somewhere where you can see the highway, and just take in the site. It's one of "wow, look at how many people there are" and "man, I glad I'm not in that migration". I heard someone on the radio the other day say that the only reason there are so many traffic jams is because everyone has to be the same place at the same time. And of course they were right, but I'd never actually thought it out like that.

Anyways. Not much is going on here. I'm working a lot... 5 to 6 days a week usually. I am earning a lot of money though, which is nice. Most of it is being saved, because i don't really have anything to spend it on, which my dad tends to remind me of every once and a while. I am sending out my first five law school applications on Monday: Boston College, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Virginia. I've spent the last week revising and revising and revising my essays for these applications, and looking over the applications making sure everything is filled out and filled out correctly. Monday I get my LSAT score by email, and I am crossing my fingers about that. That day I'll push the send button on the applications and wait six weeks to hear something. Next weekend I am heading to Atlanta for a Law School forum. I'll be able to meet with admissions officers and/or students from over 100 law schools. I also get to see my good friend Stephanie!!! I am pretty excited about it! Anyways. That's all from me. Keep your fingers crossed for my apps please!