World Wide Woman

My first semester of law school has been tough!! The crazy amount of pages that I have had to read this semester will never be forgotten...and will definitely NOT be missed. Finals is over tomorrow and I couldn't be happier. As finals week comes to an end, so does the time I have with someone very special. In 6 days, New York City loses a priceless gem.

I lose a young woman who has inspired me to go BIG or go home...After taking a three hour final herself, she turned around and helped me prepare for my final...in a bar...with flashcards and top notch beer.  I began law school with so much anxiety and she has been my Xanex. My Tylenol. My Advil. 

Talk about a blessing in disguise. 

I am amazed at how much she has accomplished && the creative path she has taken to get here. Her stories. Her memories. Her experiences. Since knowing her, I feel a little more confident. A little more determined. A little more encouraged.

And a little heart broken that she must return to her home school...to inspire other students. I really wish New York City could keep her...if only for another day.

for school.

for life.

for love.

Only she will understand.

Dancing with November

It has been a long time since I've blogged so it feels weird talking to everyone and no one at the same time. 

Law school had proven to be quite the uphill battle. I wanted to be in law school...and begin the start of my real life for what felt like an eternity.  And let me say, it has been so far it has been some ride. 
The schoolwork seems unrealistically demanding and everyone yet no one at all seems to understand the demands of law school....except other grad or professional students.

Here is a piece that I wrote to describe the thousands of thoughts and emotions I have been experiencing in November.


Dancing with November
Hello November,
I am feeling the pressure of mile-high expectations
that exist and float over my head...
reminding me of everyone
to which my success belongs to
Can I exchange this for something along the lines of a 
" Super confident and honest attorney at law" attitude
I also want to return the
"Feeling dependent on support from everyone 
and anyone who can help..." that I had in  a size 4 please?
It's did not really compliment my
"adding to the flexible identity
of all Hershey's milk chocolate
& dark chocolate queens and kings of our era
& the generation after our era" 
persona that I have been working on
If you do not have that, well do you have a
 'an unanticipated friendship that seemed to be the support I need" in a size 5
Hmmm, well
 I will just go next door where they laugh and 
 draw pictures with their words 
I do not really want to hear that life could be worse
and yes, you could keep that
"25 page paper due in a few days
while 
simulataneously having to write reflection papers 
for random classes on identical days"
I may not have to edit books for my professor
who travels abroad
I would actually just prefer to stay home &
 drink peppermint tea &
eat granola bars
with nuts that I am allergic to...
and talk about our family and our goals
But I know the truth behind life
there most likely will not be any clear winners...
there most likely will not be many clear losers...
I guess there most likely will be
just mere puppeteers 
dragging us along to the beat of someone else's drum. 
I don't want that slice of reality, it is too cold for the winter.
I'd rather just take that slice of chicken-barbecue pizza.
and hey,
thanks for the heads-up November.
I'll remember to dress warmer next month.


Some people will get it, while others will not. That is the beauty of friendship!
                             ~November 30, 2013~