First Days
Almost done with orientation, tonight is the last night. There has been some good information sprinkled in, but I think I am done with "yes it is as hard as you fear it is, but it's worth it" pep talks. Is that really supposed to be a"pep" talk? I haven't slept more than average of 5 hours a night since orientation started. I am borderline delirious, I can't slept whenever I do something new, I get too nervous and anxious. So I am kind of thinking trial lawyer is out, I would never sleep the nights before going to court. I would just babble incoherently at the court.
Computer training was excruciating, I spent the last half of it helping the person next to me. Really? you could have just mailed me the log-ins and instructions. I think computer trainings should be sectioned out by skill level.
I don't mean to sound negative b/c I am excited. I am just tried and feeling a little overwhelmed I just counted the pages of reading I have next week. 103 with a writing assignment and that's the "light first week".
I am also a little annoyed at how many people keep saying "you should really try to limit your work hours or just not work". WHAT? what is the point of an evening program then? I have to believe an employer who looks at a resume that has nothing on it except for p/t law school and maybe some volunteering, is going to notice. I think it looks kind of lazy. I heard that from someone last night, who would come to school everyday at noon and just study until class? What are you going to tell people in an interview? "Like Dude I got to sleep in and be in the top 5% ".
Also the reality of how little I am going to see my monkey is hitting me, making me a little sad, but I glad I am here. I won't be the mom who always wondered "what if I went to law school"...
Yeah... "it sucks" is about as much of a pep talk as former law students/current law students can generally muster. You'll be fine though. Try to enjoy it as much as possible, and work smarter, not harder. You'll soon find that you can skim that 103 pages pretty quickly, and life won't be so bad.
Good luck! Enjoy your semester!
Proto Attorney said...
August 14, 2009 5:40 AM
I start orientation next week. I'm not part time, but we need an extra $500 a month to be comfy and I'm thinking of finding a PT job to see us through. We'll see how it goes . . .
(my real blog is at http://www.spaces.msn.com/gilliangaladriel, FYI.
G Love said...
August 14, 2009 7:27 PM
Thank you! Proto
and
G Love - Good luck next week, congrats!
lawmom said...
August 16, 2009 6:26 PM
Oh man...not looking forward to orientation...
Just Trying said...
August 17, 2009 8:14 AM