Legally Brunette

Saturday was – by all accounts – a very good day. I went down to school and signed up for my parking pass, bought some books, and got my student ID. Thankfully, the lines for all three of these things were minimal at best. I was done by noon – but not before spending obscene amounts of money on required books and study materials. I also picked up a little mini-Black’s Law Dictionary, which will live in my bookbag for emergency use. (I still prefer the lovely big one that a fellow law geek gifted me with last spring! *smooches*)

I’m still both amused and annoyed that during *six hours* of orientation, they couldn’t be bothered to tell us the more practical aspects of being new students.  We had to figure out things like parking passes, email addresses, student ID’s, and the like on our own.  I certainly understand the concept of being adults and being able to figure out all that yourself – but really, it would have taken them 10 minutes to say “You need to go here for ID’s, here for parking, and do this for your email address.”  Seriously.

On the plus side, we got our Lexis and Westlaw accounts on Thursday.  Oh, sweet, sweet Westlaw.  Total, 100% full access to Westlaw.  I’ve died and gone to legal geek heaven.  It’s sweet, sweet heaven.  Seriously.  I can’t even begin to tell you how totally awesome it is. *happy swoon*

I spent Saturday afternoon with friends and their 4 month old baby – which was beyond lovely. It’s been eons since I’ve had the chance to just hang out with folks, and we had a wonderful time just hanging out and chatting. I got to sample some of my friend’s wonderful home-baked bread, which is always a treat.  I figured it was worth my while I catch up with friends while I can, because Lord knows my time is going to be severely limited here very, very soon.

Went home, picked up the hubby, and had sushi for dinner. Cheap-ish sushi = love. We saw Blades of Glory at the dollar theatre, which was just beyond funny. That was the best $3 I have spent in AGES. We just *cackled* through the whole thing. I’m sure it helps that we both enjoy watching competitive figure skating, and I will admit that I have a weakness for Will Ferrell movies. I almost feel dirty saying that, but it’s true.

In a “it’s a small world” moment, we ran into friends in the parking lot – turns out they saw the same movie, and were sitting three rows behind us. Too funny. We hung out in the parking lot and chatted while we waited for the crowds to disperse. That particular parking lot is not set up well, so it’s easier just to wait for everyone to leave before trying to fight your way out.

Sunday was first batch of homework for school. I’ve already found something that works well for me – I read the chapter from start to finish, and then go through it again, fashioning a rough outline and making notes on the cases. We’ll see if I’m able to keep this up through the semester – it’s a bit time consuming, but it helps me to type things out to get them into my head.  I need to get a better setup at home for study – I really wish I had room in “my room” for a desk.  I might have to take out the rocking chair I have in there and put a desk in instead, but it would be super-cramped.  I really do need a permanant place to spread all my stuff out, though.

Tonight is our first “official” class.  I’m looking forward to starting – we have Torts, CivPro and Legal Reasoning this semester.  I can already tell that CivPro is going to bore me to tears, but Torts is always interesting.  Legal Reasoning is nice, since it’s all writing assignments instead of a midterm/final exam, so that should be a relatively easy boost to the GPA.  Hopefully.