Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.

I saw that quote on a daily email I receive today and it just totally applies to my life right now. I like to think I'm a pretty good person most of the time, and I have my bad days just like everyone else, but during this past year off, I spent a lot of time working on me. I lost 15 pounds which puts me at my "perfect weight" or so says my bmi. So now I can fit easily into all my jeans from college (yay for not having to spend money on new jeans, again). I also worked on the mental and spiritual side of me. I'm not as spiritual as the rest of my family, and that's cool. I've always believed that you do what works for you. This past year I made it a habit that before I go to sleep every night I tell God 5 things that made me smile or made me feel good today and I thank him for that opportunity, and then I'll offer up any concerns on my mind. It's helped a lot with the other aspect I worked on this past year, which was the mental side. Now, I don't think I was a pessimistic person, but I could be cynical at times. Especially working in the restaurant industry it's hard not to be pessimistic b/c, at least at my store, everyone was very down and they voiced it loudly. I made it a point to start trying to be optimistic, in hopes that it would just become habit. And I am proud to say, that it finally has.

I, being the smart one that I am, dropped my iphone (that i've had less than 6 months) in some water yesterday. Accidentally obviously. It worked fine for a couple hours, and then it just froze. OK, that sucks. That's my life line. I don't have a land line, and I can't be on FB 24/7 if someone needs me. Luckily, my roommate happened to be home when this happened, and she had an old phone that I could use until I got a new one. So, the optimist in me said, at least I have a phone that I can text and call on, everything else is superfluous. :-D Go me! And also, I can still get on the internet b/c my number has an unlimited data plan, so I will still be able to do somethings online. I went to the AT&T store today and talked over some different options, and now I have a decision to make, but I think, I can take some time to make it. And also, my iphone has decided to work today, so fingers crossed, it's drying out with little to no damage (I did have my otterbox cover on it).

Ok, so as far as law school goes. I think I mentioned that last week was crazy week. We had our first memo due on Thursday and I had about a bazillion meetings to go to. The week ended with a bang though. One of my sorority sisters (my twin actually) is moving from North Carolina to Las Vegas and she stopped off Friday night in Memphis, so Friday night I drove up to meet her and we had dinner, and then went out for some fun. :) Then Saturday Ole Miss had a home football game against Fresno State (which we won), and it was a night game, so we spent the afternoon in the Grove hanging out. For those of you who don't know, you dress up to go to the football games here. I mean dresses and everything. Sunday was a day to relax, do homework, watch football, and clean. And after all of this was done, my boyfriend came over and we watched Sweet Home Alabama (I love that movie).

So this week, not as crazy. And, our writing teacher pushed back the due date for our second memo 24 hours. Now it's not due until Wednesday! Sweet, b/c I just did it this afternoon. Now I can edit it tomorrow. :) This weekend is Ole Miss's last home game until the end of October, so that'll be fun. And, last but not least, fall finally arrived last night!!!!!!! I am so excited about this fact. Can you tell?

one month in

Well, things are still going good down here in MS. I feel like the weather hasn't realized that it is now officially fall and that it should now be getting cooler, or at least staying out of the 90s, but no. There seem to be other plans in the works.

School is going well. I have my first writing assignment due this Thursday. It's the Discussion Section of a Memo, which basically means I have to write about two pages of what a the rule we're applying is, explain said rule, and then analyze all the arguments either side could make in their favor. I finished my draft of it today, and am taking it in tomorrow to get looked over. So that's due on Thursday, and then 5 days later (the following Tuesday), I have another Discussion Section due on an even longer problem. *sigh* I know this is probably going to be my most important class, but I liked not really having homework the first month of classes. :) The good thing (I guess it's good) is that Legal Research and Writing both end on Nov. 15, before Thanksgiving. :-D My other classes are going well too. Moving right along. In Contracts we're learning about Restitution, in property we're learning about Fee Simple Defensible, and estates in general (in other words, when you make your will, please please please use exact legal terms so there is no confusion as to your intent). In Torts we're covering negligence still and have moved onto slip and fall cases and res ipsa loquitur (home school people... what does that mean???). I'm curious how someone doesn't see an over-sized arm chair coming out a window at them. Lol. And Civil Procedure is all about Personal Jurisdiction currently. I'm learning a ton, if you couldn't tell! :)

Other things going on.... It's football season!!!! September has 3 home games in a row, so I'm super excited for Saturdays in September. Generally on Friday nights I'll go out with a bunch of law school friends, and then Saturday is the game, generally with the same group, and then Saturday night we go out again. Sunday becomes our day of "rest"/do homework!!! :) This past weekend one of my really good friends Jessie came up and saw me along with her five year old daughter. We had a blast, and got a little sunburned while we were at it. It was very amusing because Zoe (5 year old) was flirting with all the guys at one of the tents. It was so cute, and reminded Jessie and I that it's a good thing we have a Marine, Army Ranger, and Police Officer as her "uncles".

This week is going to be pretty long because of all the stuff that needs to get done, but I'm looking forward to the night game on Saturday, which equals sleeping in!!!! :-D What a concept.

3 weeks in

Wow. These past few weeks have really flown by. I'm finishing up my third week here at Ole Miss, and having a blast. Other than the craziness last week (car breaking down, and getting freaked out while I was home by myself) all has been pretty awesome. My classes are fairly interesting. Property Law is by far my favorite. I think it's because I just get the subject matter, and so it's easy, and therefore I enjoy it a lot more. Civil Procedure puts me to sleep. Torts is pretty interesting. I have mixed feelings about Contracts. The prof is pretty cool (today he illustrated one of the cases by climbing up on top of the podium and jumping off while having us all bang our books on the table) but his teaching style is a little strange to me, so that's kind of hard. Then I also have Legal Writing and Research. Those are two separate classes, and Research only meets every other week, so that's nice. I don't know what I think about those classes yet other than the profs are pretty cool. All in all though, school is school. I go to class, I take notes, I come home and read for four hours taking more notes, and generally by 6 I'm done for the evening, which makes it a lot easier to treat like a job (which was one of the biggest pieces of advice that I got).

I have made several friends, and we go out on a weekly basis to the Square (kind of like Beale St, except a square :-D). We have our general haunts already. We're trying to get a weekly trivia team going. We did our first week last week, but this week got cancelled b/c no one did anything over Labor Day Weekend. We've also already had our first Law School party, which was fun. And of course, our first football game was last weekend. We lost in double overtime, but it was a good game. Before the game everyone goes and tailgates in the grove, and it is a massive affair. I had a blast! I cannot wait to do it again next weekend! Tonight, I am going to a concert. I am making my little sister wildly jealous and going to see Luke Bryan. I am really looking forward to that. I have also started an experiment this week, which will hopefully continue, and that is getting up a half hour earlier and going running/walking before I head to school. So far so good. :)

That's a quick synopsis of my life currently. It's still perfect, and I still wouldn't change a single thing. I am happier than I think I have been in ages. I walk around with a big smile on my face. I think I must look ridiculous sometimes, but I don't care.