January 2011
22 posts
I can’t believe PC is over. IT’S OVER. IT’S OVER! I’m so happy. SO happy. Sometimes you anticipate something so much and you long for it so much you think it’ll never come and then it comes and then….you’re almost let down by how much you’ve built up the moment to be.
Well PC being over is nothing like that. I wanted so badly for it to end. Now...
almost there
I have taken two of three finals now. The first was on Thursday. A performance final for client counseling where I met with a mock-client for a first meeting. The interview was videotaped and turned in for grading. I got a little nervous but no sweat compared to other exams!
Today was the PC III final. I mostly studied material I learned in PC III. BAD CHOICE. The professors warned the exam would...
wednesday
Yesterday was the last day of the practice court program. It was an exceedingly beautiful and exciting day. It felt like graduation, in a way. Powell gave the class a hearty talk on “life as a lawyer”. The first issue he addressed was dealing with the stress of practicing law, and not turning to alcohol when the weight becomes too heavy. The fact that this was addressed first on his...
on fullness
I wish that I could describe the gratitude I have been feeling lately.
On Saturday I spent the morning sleeping in and spent the rest of the day being lazy. Then I had dinner and beer with Karen. On Sunday Pastor Hatton went back to preaching Galatians and I had delicious bbq for lunch—brisket and sausage with potato salad, onions, pickles and white bread. That evening I met with my small...
MY HEART WILL GO ON.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, IT’S OVER. I get to have my life back. It still seems unreal even as I type this…that I don’t have to prepare anything for a fake trial ever again.
Big Trial. Just before giving the jury the charge, Katie found an error so we fixed it by hand. I finally summoned the courage to take a picture.
After the jury was released to deliberate, we watched youtube...
This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
Day 3 of 4 of Big Trial. The marathon is drawing to a close. The ∏s have rested.
WatchOkay, this is lovely. So lovely it makes me angry.
Andrew Bird with Priscilla Ahn, covering Cass McCombs.
Check out the rest of The Voice Project covers and what they’re all about.
{via Friends With Both Arms}
rainy weekend
On Friday I went to Girls Night at Joanna’s house. We ate brownie sundaes and drank wine and played “What’s yours like?” Two of the girls are nurses so I heard a lot about all the people they’ve encountered whose minds are not intact and I felt a lot of sadness for these people as I laughed along. What is it like to live in your own version of reality…which is...
“What you do every day matters more
than what you do once in a while.”
in re: plea
I know that many of my friends at home know now, but if you have not heard the joyous news, my PC Partner is back! I was so thrilled when I checked my phone in Scientific Evidence yesterday and got a missed call from her! I nearly started crying as I talked to her in the hallway then all throughout Family Law.
On Wednesday evening Clay and I prayed that God would meet her every need, and for her...
plea
One day at a time, one step in front of the other. Today is the only January 12, 2011 that I will ever get and that breaks my heart and makes me want to tell everyone that I love them. Because I do.
Or maybe I am feeling very sensitive because Sherry ran away. Sherry is my PC partner. We’ve done three mini-trials together, sat beside each other in PC I, II, and III and took advanced trial...
dallas county court
I just registered for spring quarter. My last quarter of law school. FREAK. OUT. I am signed up for White Collar Crime, Criminal Practice and Procedure, Separation of Church and State, Non-Profit Orgs, Arbitration and Employment Relations. Who’s excited?! I AM! This is a new dawn.
I’ve never had a “worst” time in my life. Life seemed to get better year after year. I was...
the farm
Yesterday I went to the World Hunger Farm to learn about gardening in Central Texas. I learned about soil. There are several different types ranging from sandy soil to clay soil. Then we learned about fertilizer and when to sprinkle the nitrous variety and when to sprinkle the phosphorous variety. We rotated in three groups learning how to till, hoe and plant. First we planted kale...
prayer
God is faithful and He is good, all the time.
I am thankful for times, such as these, when I am made aware, of my lack of control.
It is then that I realize I am stilled by His peace. I am stilled by His love. Still I bear His image. Still I wait.
I am perfectly sustained, perfectly fulfilled.
And nothing can separate me from this love, not even death.
Let not this heart ache be wasted, but...
My computer’s speakers have stopped working. I’ve consequently been living without music or voices or sound while at home. It nearly drove me mad, so I rented a laptop from school. Today I watched “Garden State” and have been listening to music non-stop. Ah. I also started writing notes of encouragement. It’s one of my new years resolution to write more of them.
On...
end of 2010
So, it’s 2011.
The year ended with mornings at Starbucks trying to get work done, and conversations with old friends—Michelle and Eddie. Our conversations revolved around who was dating who and who was no longer dating who. It is that season in our lives, I suppose.
New Years Eve was awesome. I went to Lucky Strike with Jenny, Sharon and Patty. We drank, we bowled, we danced, and I...
“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions...”
– Lamentations 3:22-24