Best Summer Ever: Weeks 1 & 2

I sort of stumbled into summer, and it was messy…

My civil procedure exam variance smudged the line between spring semester and the first week of summer. The finals period ended on Friday the 15th but I had my last exam on Monday the 18th. I moved some more things into the apartment Monday and Tuesday, and spent the rest of the week working 10 hour days.

The rest of that week went like this: walk dog, iron, work for 10 hours, walk dog again, bed.

I also picked up my petition packet that Friday.¹

Last Sunday I moved the rest of my things out of the gamma house, which created an organizational nightmare – boxes and shitkram cluttered my apartment – even the dog gave me the “this is some bullshit” look… so I spent the beginning of week 2 cleaning and unpacking. The rest of the week consisted of work, hanging out ² with friends, and ignoring the periodic bitch-slaps from the petition-monkey latched to my back.

Two of my coworkers – Cheryl³ and Nadine – have kept tabs on my non-progress on the petition. Cheryl is mortified and amused. Nadine takes a more gung-ho approach since she is also petitioning at her law school:
Nadine: “I don’t understand those people who pick up petition packets and don’t finish them. I mean, there’s no such thing as not getting it done – even if I have to pull a few all-nighters – it will get done. It just has to.”
Amen.

I decided today that finishing the petition is a win-win situation because I’ll either get on a journal or have the satisfaction of showing out by completing the petition. So I spent today outlining my note. I will write it tomorrow. The petition is due Friday, and summer classes start tomorrow.⁴ We’ll see how this goes…

¹ For my non law school readers: The “petition” is an application for a law journal. The petition consists of a citation exercise, a personal statement, and a paper based on the 200-odd pages of reading in the petition packet.
²Hanging out? Well… Gibs and I saw “Drag me to hell” – which was hilarious. It’s a slapstick horror movie that includes a cursing goat and a fight scene with a one-eyed gypsy granny…I also spent some time at Yogi and Nicola’s house. Nicola is obsessed with my dog despite the chase he gave to one of her cats. We spent Saturday night watching Quarantine and neglecting the Jamaican-jerk wings that Yogi ordered.
³ One of the nice things about having a blog is that I get to pick the pseudonyms. And yes, I’m naming the girls after the members of Girls Aloud.
⁴ Classes start tomorrow and I still do not have my refund check. Do you hear me UMN? Do you? We’ll see if the bookstore will let me put my book fees on my student account. Otherwise, my answer if I get called on will be “Poverty Pass!” since I refuse to put books on a credit card…