Sunday, March 27, 2011

US v. Ripley Part 1

This appellate brief has pretty much consumed my life this past week and weekend. But it's done. I got it knocked down from just over 17 pages to right at 15. I got all the cites and capitalizations and little grammar errors fixed (I hope). The formatting is done on everything. And I sent a copy to my professor and the person I'm doing my oral arguments against. All I have to do now is print it out, get it bound, and turn it in by 5pm on Wednesday. If feels so good to be almost done with it. I am very proud. I think oral arguments will be fun as well. As long as I don't choke that is.

I wish I could say I could take breather, but it's the second half of the semester, and while in undergrad that basically means you can check out, in law school it means, let's fire it up baby. So while I'm turning in my appellate brief this week, I'm also turning in a homework assignment at the end of the week, writing a paper due on Monday, "preparing" for my Research final next friday, attending various meetings this week, beginning my flash cards for my finals, looking for an apartment, registering for classes this friday, and on top of all of this I have my regular reading. I wanted to do this, right?

On the bright side, this week I officially booked my flight for England!!! I leave on June 21 and come back on August 9. I'm spending the first few days with my grandparents and then I'll head to Cambridge and spend 6 weeks in school (it'll be fun though) and then I'll have about 4 days for a mini vacation to somewhere. Then schools tarts back about 2.5 weeks after I get back. At this point I'm just trying to figure out what the first half of the summer looks like. Cross your fingers that I get this internship I'm waiting to hear from. That's about it for me. Have a good week!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Spring Break 2011

So obviously, I didn't write this past week because I was in Georgia on spring break. :) This past week was awesome! The weather was amazing and seeing friends who I haven't seen in a year or more was so much fun. SO I left last Friday, on the 11th and headed to Atlanta. I met up with my friend Kellie and her boyfriend Dylan, and spent the weekend with them. Friday we didn't do much, just stayed in, talked and watched movies. We went to Centennial Park and walked around Downtown ATL on Saturday. That night we went out to a local bar and chilled.

Sunday morning I left and headed to Eatonton, GA, about an hour south of ATL to go to Kevin's house for a few days. I met his parents, grandparents, and one of his uncles. It's kind of cool that his family lives so close to each other. Monday he took me to Athens, GA, which is east of ATL and home to the University of Georgia where he did his undergrad. That campus was HUGE!!! But it was absolutely beautiful. It was a lot of fun.

Tuesday Kevin and I headed to Savannah, GA to see my friends Rachel and TJ. They have a 7 mo. old son named Jax. This was the first time I got to meet him. He is so cute, but was teething so wasn't exactly happy a lot of the time. TJ's brother Riley was also in town, so they had a full house. TJ is a Ranger in the army and so they live on base. So in their 2 bedroom 1 bathroom house they had 5 adults, one baby, and two dogs for 3 days. :) It was so much fun though. Rachel, Riley, Jax, Kevin, and I all went to the beach (TJ had to work). It was pretty windy, but still nice. That night Rachel and I left the boys at home and went to this place called Lulu's Chocolate bar in downtown Savannah. It was chocolate heaven! Thursday was St. Patrick's Day, and Savannah has the second largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in the US. And let me tell you, it was long. 2.5 hours and it was still going! But we all saw TJ march by, and besides being long, the parade was pretty good, and the weather was amazing!!! That night after Jax went to bed we played Scattegories.

Friday morning Kevin and I got up pretty early for Spring Break (like 7:15) so we could hit the road before 8. Kevin had an interview at 1 that afternoon so we had to get back. However, because we got back to his house so early I had a lot of time to kill before I had to be back up in ATL to meet my other friend Stephanie. So I decided to take a side trip to Peachtree City, GA, which is just south of ATL and visit Phi Mu headquarters (my sorority's headquarters). It was awesome! I got a tour of the facility and got to go into the museum. After that I headed up to meet Stephanie. We chilled that night, got ice cream, watched movies, and crashed early.

Saturday we did some antique shopping in the morning, and then met Kevin for lunch (he went back to Oxford on Saturday). Kellie and Dylan also joined us. I was hoping Kellie and Stephanie would hit it off since they live within 15 minutes of each other and were both looking for some more friends. I think they did. :) That afternoon Stephanie and I headed to a thrift store shopping district. That night we met up with Kellie and Dylan and hit up a local bar. It was called Johnnie MacCracken's Celtic Irish Pub. It was interesting, but not necessarily a place I would go on a regular basis.

Sunday morning I had to leave. :( So I got up and headed out around 9:30 and drove back to Oxford. I got in around 2, and have basically been getting ready for the week since. I got some homework done, did my laundry, and have been watching Harry Potter (I swear these Harry Potter weekends happen like once a month). I don't have Contracts at all this week, so that frees up some time on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning which will be helpful b/c I still have some work to do on my Appellate brief which is due in a week. I also hope to book my flight to England for the summer and to find out for sure if I got the internship I interviewed for before spring break. And if all that isn't enough, I need to go look at an apartment that I think will be where I live for the next two years. Crazy.

This spring break was well needed, and it came at a great time. I am so happy I got to see all my friends, and hang out with Kevin for most of it. Definitely one of my top spring breaks. :) Oh and just because I'm awesome. I stayed $30 under my SB budget!!! :-D

Monday, March 7, 2011

3 more days, 3 more days....

Spring Break 2011 begins at 2:01 pm Thursday afternoon!!! I am so excited! I am so ready for a break! I'm going to Georgia for the week to see some college friends and a high school friend. I'll also be meeting Kevin's parents somewhere in there. It'll be a fun 9 days. :-D

SO not much went on this past week. Just taking it day to day. My friend Robyn and her boyfriend Josh came down and visited on Saturday. It was fun having them in town, I just wish it had been rainy and cold. We ate out for lunch and dinner, and then I took them to a party w/ a bunch of my law school friends. They had fun and I had fun having them here.

This coming week is also a pretty chill week for me. I'm actually going home tomorrow afternoon for the night. I need to get a suitcase for spring break, and I have an interview Wednesday morning in Hernando, MS which is about half way b/t Memphis and Oxford. So cross your fingers and wish me luck on that. :)

Section has it really tough this week because they are the only class with a midterm, and it'll be a tough one for them. They've all been studying since Saturday afternoon pretty much (including Kevin unfortunately). So while Section 2 and 3 take it relatively easy (this is law school after all), Section 1 is very busy. But everyone is looking forward to spring break that's for sure!