And then there was 1...Or will it be 2?

So I have officially completed the first 2 years of law school. Whew...that was fun :) I technically have 1 year left and then next July I will sit for and hopefully pass the Bar Examine! However, with all that has been going on with my Law School's accreditation, I have looked into and applied to transfer to other Law Schools. My list of schools is not long, but it is geographically diverse. My top 3 choices are in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Michigan. The major issue with my attempt to transfer this late in the game is that most schools will require I take at least 1 semester of units over again if not my entire 2 L year. I know everyone thinks law school gets easier as you go along, but trust me 2L year has been (and probably will be) the WORST year of my life! (k so maybe that is a tad dramatic . . . but you get the point.) I am still figuring out my life and what I should do. Thank you to all of my friends for the texts, phone calls and support. I appreciate your support more than you'll ever know! I have a lot going for me as far as staying goes, I was nominated and elected as SBA President for next year, I am the Technical Editor of a Law Journal, I am close to family and know the system and love the schedule of classes I have for next year. However, I have this nagging feeling regarding what my future holds if I graduate from a school that was stripped of its ABA approval while I was a student. I did receive good news this week that regardless of what happens, I will be able to sit for the Utah Bar, but is that too little too late?! On a brighter note, I am heading up to Fresno tomorrow after work for the weekend, and I have never been more excited to see fields, cows, and foothills then I am right now!

Well....This is Not Looking Good

Mid-Dead Week leading up to finals, and Boom....This happens!

I am trying to not think too much about it and to focus on my finals, but I would be lying if I said that I am not freaking out! I am not sure what I am going to do yet, but I may get the "great" experience of transferring mid law school career or transferring as a 1L and having to repeat this entire year of classes. I am really happing not to have to do the latter. As much as I love law school I do not enjoy Con Law, and Biz Orgs enough to have to relive them over again!

Please know that I love all of you, and once this craziness is all over I will look forward to hanging out, laughing, and catching up on all ya'lls lives!

<3 You!

Delirious

delirious |diˈli(ə)rēəs|
adjective
in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication* and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.
*AKA Lack of Sleep

So I would first like to point out that I modified the definition above. (No need for legal action on "stealing" the definition.)
Attention Blogging friends and family... Law School will do crazy things to a person like make them change their facebook status from "in a relationship" to "engaged" and then decide to post a picture of a nice shiny diamond ring.



Alas I am not engaged, and if I was I would have called you Mom :) Rest assured I will for sure make up for this debacle in the future and that when I really do get engaged I will have a notary public attest to it as a witness! For now I am engaged to Finals, and the "joy" they bring into my life cannot be put into words! I look forward to December 15th when I will be done with my last final and 1/2 way through this law school adventure! Also as soon as I reactivate my facebook from this finals hiatus I have imposed on myself I will fix all the problems that I have created :) Until then...I am sorry for getting all your hopes up!!!!
Love you all & as soon as this finals craziness is over maybe we can hang out! Or at least I will return some phone calls!

Melissa

Public Service Announcement

This public service announcement is brought to you courtesy of all law students, people who are stressed, and heck just about any person who is normal...

When you are verifying a person's identity for a purchase and ask to see their drivers license, it is not appropriate to do a double take and then say..."You look much happier in your picture."
There could be a number of reasons why the person looks happier in the drivers license picture, for example...
1. It could have been a nice July day in Fresno close to that persons birthday and all they had on their mind was hanging out with their family.
2. Now that person could be hundreds of miles away from that family and have just spent 8 plus hours on a Saturday at the library reading Constitutional Law and not having a clue what it means.
3. That person might be having to show their drivers license because their credit card number somehow has been hijacked and their account is frozen pending an investigation into $105 being charged at a Walmart in Texas.
4. That person just wasn't in the mood to smile, or was thinking about all the things on her to do list.
5. Heck, Insert anything here, it is just not a good idea to EVER say this!

Thank you again on behalf of all normal/stressed/emotionally unstable people of the world.
My name is Melissa...and I support this message.

Someday...

Lately I have been thinking a lot about things I wish I could be doing instead of law school. So in an effort to remember them when this experience finally ends, and also to take a break from the endless homework that somehow seems to be doubling I thought I would write a blog. So with no further delay here is my list of things I look forward to doing someday!
1. I can Sleep without wondering if I can afford to spend the time sleeping instead of reading.
2. I will be a friend who is not such a loser, who won't forget birthdays, who will be able to talk on the phone without having to leave the library, and who will actually be able to attend important events and milestones in my friends lives.
3. I will be able to take a vacation, and visit my family and not have to make a list of all the books I need to bring home with me.
4. I will be able to date, and not pay for it for the rest of the week
5. I will be able to show my appreciation for the love and support my friends and family have shown me, especially for putting up with my wackness and loserness.
6. Blog more often (I am going to work on this one in the present because I think it will be therapeutic for me. I might suck for ya'll but I will be more peaceful. :) Please refer back to #5)
7. I can go see a movie in a movie theater with a good friend.
8. I will build "the wall" back up and not be so emotional.
9. I will get to sleep in on the weekends.
10. I will be a lawyer and this will all be worth it!
Until then... Thank you to my friends and family for putting up with me, for being patient, and for your love! I am sorry for being a loser and missing important events and not returning phone calls and text messages, and for not being there for you when you need me! I love you all and I promise SOMEDAY I will make up for all of it!

I Concur!

Finals time is here again! Yeehaw :) Enjoy this list, but then take the LSAT and go to lawschool! Heck If I can do this anyone can do this :)

Update

So I realized today that it has been A LONG TIME since the last blog and so much has happened! I survived round 1 of law school finals and did decent! There is always room for improvement and this semester is a whole new ball game! I spent Christmas break at home in Fresno with the family and made a very quick but amazing trip to Utah! School has started back up and I am one week away from Spring Break, which also signals the half way point of this semester which is nuts!!!!! It seems like it goes fast when I want it to go slow and vise versa. I am loving the experience (even though I sometimes don't portray that in texts and phone calls!) Oh and exciting news of the last few days is that I have been approved for the externship with Judge Davis at the Courthouse, so it looks like I will be back in Provo for a few months come June! Other than that I will continue my residence at the ULV Library with my casebooks, and supplements! Whoever invented the Examples and Explanations deserves a cookie! :)

AHHHHHHHHHH

So Today at 5pm Pacific Standard Time I will begin my first Law School Final in Torts! But ready or not, here it comes! I wrote a little poem in honor of the event.
Roses are red, violets blue, law school finals make me wonder about swine flu! :) Yeah as you can see my creative juices are GONE! :) hahaha I will have a better poem once December 18th rolls around and I am on "vacation" until the 11th of January!!!!!

25 Random Facts

1. I was born and raised in Central California. Atwater, Merced, and Fresno
2. My first airplane ride was when I was a sophmore in High School and I went to Provo to visit Debbie, Karl and Lisa.
3. I lived in Hawaii from August 2001-May 2002 while I attended Hawaii Pacific University and miss a lot about living there!
4. I have run 3 5Ks races and am looking forward to doing more.
5. I served a mission in the Indiana Indianapolis Mission and loved ever minute of it!
6. I love brushing my teeth
7. I was sent home for 6 weeks from Indiana on Medical Leave and returned less a galbladder.
8. I have an abnormal addicition to Chips and Salsa
9. I love Disneyland and would love to work there!
10. I have worked at the Courthouse since July 2007.
11. I have worked at both the American Fork and Provo Courthouses.
12. I really did consider not going back to Provo when the opportunity was given but have not regreted my decision at all.
13. I am going to Law School in August 2009 but have no clue where yet.
14. I applied to 15 different law schools in 8 different States.
15. My favorite colors are orange, yellow, and purple.
16. My jeep isn't 4 wheel drive and I have been mocked recently for this reason.
17. I enjoy talking with a Minnesotan Accent. Don't ya Know
18. Mario Kart Wii rocks my world.
19. I bake when I get stressed, however I don't eat the stuff I bake.
20. I like scrapbooking and am finishing my mission pics.
21. I would love to figure out how to digital scrapbook.
22. I have always wanted to be a Lawyer, I debated a few times, but the desire has never gone away.
23. I love making flowcharts, and to do lists. I find satisfaction in crossing stuff off my list as I finish them.
24. I have a phobia of rollerskating and refuse to do it. Thanks to a tragic incident in 3rd grade skate party.
25. I gave up caffeine and Soda in general for Lent last year! (Yeah I know I'm not Catholic just decided it was a good time to do it). ;)

ABC's About Me!!!!

This is an email that has been sent around at work recently so I decided if I was going to do it I might as well include it on the good old blog! Plus Debbie has been bugging me about the fact I have not been updating so tonight is going to be update the blog night!!!
A is for age: 26 Years, 9 Months and 8 days (give or take a day or so)
B is for beer of choice: Apple Beer all the way!
C is for career right now: Deputy Court Clerk (but not one with seniority)
D is for your dog's name: No way NO PETS but the Family dog is Sandy (I think)
E is for essential item you use everyday: Toothpaste, I love brushing
F is for favorite TV shows at the moment: Grey's Anatomy, American Idol, Survivor
G is for favorite game: Four Square ;)
H is for birth Home town: Merced, California
I is for instruments you play: Ummm I played Clarinet in elementary school, and I can play A LITTLE piano
J is for favorite juice: Pineapple
K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: That is for me to know and no one to find out
L is for the last place you ate: Hummmm.... Well I didnt get to leave for lunch today but we had Quiznos delivered.
M is for marriage: I hope it happens some day
N is for your full name: Melissa Marie Noyes
O is for overnight hospital stay: Yes, when I had my appendix out. Took a few days to decided what the doctors wanted to do.
P is for people you were with today/recently: Megan and the peeps in American Fork
Q is for recent quote: "It's the fun-ship the fun-ship, the Mother Lovin' Fun-Ship!"
R is for Biggest Regret: Volunterring to move work locations and not seeing how things would have panned out.
S is for status: Chipper
T is for time you woke up today: 6:30 a.m. wish tomorrow would be the same but gotta be at work at 7am so have to leave at 6:30ish.
U is for underwear:Ummm... yeah I wear them
V is for vegetable that you love:ALMOST everything (No onions, tomatoes, bellpeppers, lima beans, avocados, ok so there is more than I thought!)
W is for worst habit: Biting my nails, recently cusing I am trying to stop!
X is for x-rays you've had: My wrist twice, ankle once, thumb once. Think that is all
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Brocolli soup from Quiznos YUMMM!!!
Z is for zodiac sign: Leo
OK DEBBIE ONE UPDATE DOWN A FEW MORE TO GO

You Have Got to Be Joking!

So today I decided that instead of driving down to Provo for church I would just go with Rachel to her singles ward up here in American Fork! Oh I am so happy I did because I am now so happy and thankful for my singles ward! First off it just didn't feel the same and then it happened! The second speaker was supposed to speak about President Monson's talk from April Conference! Instead she got up and said that she didn't have anything to add and that we should all go home and read it! Then the whopper of the day, she stated that when asked to speak she said NO because (and I quote) "I am only going to be in this ward for 2 more weeks and well I don't see the point in you getting to know me or me getting to know you and honestly I have never felt comfortable in this ward!!! I always felt like it was a popularity contest and fashion show each week, so I encourage you to read the talk!" Yep then she shared her testimony and sat down grabed her scriptures and got up and walked out! It was Awarkward! I was just happy I wasn't in the ward, because they were all pretty upset by the thing! So yes I am so happy that I get to go back to my ward next sunday! Don't know if I could handle more than One week in that ward!

Random Happenings

1. Marela was my assistant Cookie maker! She did a great job dumping the stuff in! Sugar Free Oatmeal Craisin Cookies rock my world!

2. The highlight of a recent supermarket run was the pink butterfly cart. The picture would be better probably if I hadn't just run the cart into the curb while Tiffy was trying to get a picture! Marela is super sensitive about people laughing at her, even when they aren't.

3. The T-Shirt, everyone at work has been discussing this shirt since I got home. One of the funny old men at work wears it everyso often and I was lucky enough that he wore it while I was here!

4. The return of the Purse Man. He came around again selling his purses but this time he hung around for a long time! Mom had to run to the bank to get cash so he stuck around and visited, I was baking some cookies that afternoon and he kept following me around. It got to the point were some of my friends at work tried to convince us that we would make a cute couple! HELL NO!!! He is a nice guy but NO!!! I actually think he thought it was a great idea because when I said, I was going back to Utah and long distance relationships are not for me he grilled me about it! hahaha oh heck!!

Memories

Before I left Utah I had the chance to spend some time at Jun, Emily, and Rashae's and they shared a few Youtube gems with me! Whenever I get sad and down I watch these and I remember all the laughs when I saw it! So I thought I would share them! Here ya go!

Good Times

I really should be sleeping right now but I was flipping through the channels and was suprised to see that Dirty Jobs was on TV. Kimmy and Michelle introduced me to this little Gem awhile back and I love it! It helps that the host is nice to look at! Today was an alright day, I am still trying to adjust to being home, and dealing with everything. It is going to be an interesting month that is for sure! Sadly today was Wednesday which means I should have been enjoying waffles, but after a little midafternoon mocking about waffles and blogs I gave up trying to get my family to enjoy the fun and greatness that is waffles! They have no idea what they are missing out on!

Random Thoughts

1. Why is it that our softball team keeps getting our butts kicked?? And why do I continue to have to play?

2. The combination of chocolate and peanut butter is fantastic no matter the form.

3. I am rethinking the whole LSAT thing! I am really not smart enough for this stuff!

4. My blister is getting better from the 5K.

5. I am excited to see my family but I am dreading the 12 hour drive to Fresno!

6. I can not believe I had to break a hoodie back out this afternoon! It was cold!

7. I really enjoy crystal light on the go packs! So convinent and so tasty.

8. Manti tomorrow I am so excited!

9. I need to get my tickets to go to Seattle in July! Little People Convention here I come!

10. The tshirt made for softball says BABES right across the chest! Oh heck if only the number on the back could have been 1 2!

11. IKEA opens tomorrow and I will not be there! The reason is so worth it though!

12. Scrapbooking needs to be started back up, I am no where near where I want to be!

13. I get to go to the MTC next week, really hope it is not as dusty as it was last time I was there! Can't handle the dust in my eyes!

14. Still can not get over the freshly squeezed tshirt from Ward Prayer! I don't think I would have the self esteem to wear it EVER!

15. There has been a lot of talk about how important self esteem is lately! I am taking it as a sign I need to increase mine!

Umm... Yeah!

We came across this a few weeks ago! It makes me want to go floss! I kinda like my teeth!

Holy White Trash Palooza

Romina demanded that this make it on the blog, and well I couldn't say no! So umm... yeah it is INTERESTING! I am at a loss for words!

http://glumbert.com/media/baby

Oh To Be Young Again!!

Tonight when I got home from looking at the stars Romina and Claudia were watching Youtube videos. Next thing you know we are watching old school cartoons from when we were kids! Oh so much fun! How I miss the days of Popples, Gummy Bears, Fraggle Rock and well the list is way too long! There was even an glimpse of an episode of Small Wonder! Oh the Memories! So in honor of my Roomates I have included a video of one of my favorites!

Humm... I wonder?

Do classrooms make people sleepy? Lately in a few of my classes at school people have been catching up on their sleep! It always seems to be the same kids, and I am pretty sure one of them snores in class at least once a week. Today in Sunday School I looked over to notice that a few people were "resting their eyes". Which led me to ponder the idea that being in a classroom automatically brings on the desire to sleep? I may have to ask the snorer in my class, that is if he stays awake long enough for me to talk to him.

Almost Spring Break!!

Tomorrow is the official start of my "Spring Break"! I am in the process of finishing a paper that I have had all week to do, but procrastinated until now! Yep procrastination is my middle name! As soon as the paper is done I am off to bed! I am sad to say that Spring Break this year will consist of me doing Astronomy and trying to complete it by the end of spring break! I am sad that I don't get to go home, or heck anywhere for that matter! I am thinking of making a trip to Alpine and sleeping in my basement suite! We shall see! Gotta call for reservations! ;) Here are the Goals (dreams) for Spring Break!! They are in no particular order!
1. Rearrange and Clean my room!
2. Do at least all 9 of the speedback assignments for Astronomy and study for mid-term!
3. Go to the gym everyday or at least go running outside
4. Watch the Holiday DVD as much as possible!
5. Sleep In!! No setting alarm!
6. Go to the park and swing!
7. Scrapbook at least a few pages (5 or more)
8. Get a pedicure
9. Clean out my closets -->(in room and Kitchen!)
10. HAVE FUN!!!!
Anyone wanting to participate in the goals (dreams) are welcome and invited! ;)
Oh one more: Go to the temple!!!