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!!!!!

Law School Update

Oh my goodness! I can not believe that I am already more than half way through the first semester of law school! I am happy to report that I am not crying as often as I did at the beginning and I have learned that although this is hard I can do it! As for the bad news, well let's just say it is a good thing I have thick hair so I can compensate for the loss ;) I am managing to stay afloat and even have made time for social events! I really miss Utah and wish I was there at least once a day, but I know that Law School is only temporary! There is a quote that says "Law School is a marathon not a sprint, so pace yourself!" I am not going to lie I used to hate this quote and still am not as fond of it as others, but it is true! I wish law school was only like a 5k but alas three years equals 26.2 miles! ;) So... I figured that I would post a few pictures of the fun times that are law school students outside of the classroom and library! I should add the disclaimer that yes there is alcohol, but no I am not drinking it :) So enjoy these pictures and expect an update in the near future of some family and friend visits to the law school hermit (me)

I can Relax now For a Minute

Oh man so the LSAT is officially over and out of my life forever! I will NEVER take it again! I can finally breathe and not think about having to sit through another 4 hours! Now if only I was completley done with the entire process. I am frantically trying to finish all my applications and write a personal statement that will wow the admissions committees at about 10 different schools! I really hope that I did better this time around and I am trying to stay optimistic that I will get accepted to law school somewhere in the United States Of America! As of now I am really hoping for UNLV, University of Arizona, Utah, or one of the many So Cal schools I am applying to! So that will be my life for the next week or so. I have one week left in Provo at the courthouse and then I will be starting my long trek up to American Fork! YIKES!!! I am still not sure about this but I am going to "buck up" as Debbie reminded me to do this morning and get er done!

Graduation!!!

Alright it is official I have graduated from college! I am not sure it has really hit me yet! It probably won't until Fall when I don't go back to classes! These are some of the pictures from graduation! We got lucky and all the kids woke up right before the picture time! We waited in the stinking tunnells for ever before we started the processional!
Mom and Dad!! Thank you so much for everything!
This is Amy, Sandy(one of our professors) and me at the post graduation Business School reception! I loved the fact that Sandy's gown was red and orange! We get stuck with crappy black and she gets to look nice and colorful!

True Wolverine!

So my friend Natalie from church and I talked on Sunday about how she wanted to get together and take pictures because we are both graduating. So this afternoon we met and she helped to fulfil a goal that I have had since I started at UVSC. I got to ride the Wolverine! Oh man was it fun! It was so much fun that I made Marissa join in the event! I just may get some more of my friends to do it again tomorrow!

Good News!

So awhile back I had this huge presentation that was freaking me out and I did not know how I did! Well I am happy to report that I got a 39 out of 40! Yes!! I guess my teacher did not want to give me a 100% for the class so I am getting a 99%! Yeah I can live with that! This news made me even more dedicated to finishing this paper that I am working on that is due by Midnight! I know I can do it! Only 4 more single spaced pages! Then I am all done! Oh man maybe I should have gotten some Vault tonight!

That time of the year!

Finals are almost here, I know because this afternoon the eye twitching started and I am pretty sure I cleaned out my hairbrush 3 times this week! Good thing I have a lot of hair otherwise I would be concerned with balding. I am going to really try and be better about going to bed earlier! It is one of my goals to be in bed asleep by 1am! I have done decent so far, but I can and will do better!

Issues

I can not believe that this semester is almost over! I am having serious issues figuring out what I am going to do this summer and next fall and basically what I am going to do in the future! All that I know as of now is that I am graduating on the 27th and I am freaking out!! I swear the next person who asks what I am going to do with my life is going to regret it. Everytime I answer the question I freak out a little bit more. I think from now on I am just going to make up a random story! It is going to be classic!

Oh No She did Not just say that!

Today in Ethics the teacher (aka jackass) was dancing around being well just being him. That led to a guy in the class questioning why he chose the seat that allowed him to see the entire dance. Then some how jackass brings up that it is because he wanted to look at his butt, this was bad enough but then some girl in the class blurted out "YOU DO HAVE A NICE BUTT" what the?? We all had to check with each other to confirm that we actually heard what we thought we had! Hey whatever floats your boat! Pretty sure she is going to get an A!

IT IS OVER! FINALLY

Alright so I am still not the brightest crayon in the box! I retook the astronomy midterm yesterday and failed even more than I did the first time! Well this afternoon I figured I should go take the final so that I would know what to expect and study so I could retake it on Friday. In order to pass the class you are required to score a 50% on the final! Easy right?? WRONG! I was freaking out called mom for encouragement the entire way from UVSC to BYU while I ate way too many M&M's hoping that if they really do help, I would be better off. I even went and took it with a check in my pocket to write for my retake fee! As I was taking the final I was freaking out that I was not going to remember all the stuff for my cram session I was planning for tonight! Well when I got the grade report back I was pleasently suprised to have scored a 51%! I was so happy that the guy in the office was convinced I had gotten an A! When I informed him I actually got a D- he just smiled and probably thought I was retarded! Well he is kinda right I am retarded, but not too retarded to earn a 66% for the class which breaks down to a C!!! Yeah I am smart enough to pass! Now I can focus on all my other classes and start thinking about the LSAT!

I am Dumber than Before!

Went and retook the first Midterm for Astronomy. Yep I went from a 48% to a 40% I did not know it was humanly possible to take almost the exact same test, and score 8% lower the second time around! Wow I really am DUMB!

Award Dinner and Dad makes a visit!

Tonight was the Award Banquet for the Business School. Dad was so great and drove into town for the night to go with me! I am so lucky to have such a nice Dad that would drive 24 hours total for an hour dinner! I am glad he came though! He got to meet some of my professors and I got to spend some time with him! The award dinner was pretty fun, we had dinner and got our awards, took some pictures and it was done! Thanks to Marissa and my Daddy for going with me and putting up with the Salmon! I know it is both of their Favorites!

It is an Honor!

The other night Dad called and said that they had received a letter from my school about some award that I was going to receive. I was kinda shocked by it and really still do not know what to think about the award. As part of being the "outstanding student" I have been invited to sit on the platform during Graduation ceremonies. I was really sad, because I want to walk with my friends for graduation and have the fun times of being with my "groupies". I went by the Dean's office today and I am pretty sure the secretary thinks I am retarded. She just kept saying what an honor it was for a person to receive this award, and how one day I will realize how important this honor is! Yeah Whatever, me and Important do not go in the same paragraph!