And just like that....

...only one year remains. Yes, the second year of law school is over already. I took my last final today. Miraculously, I survived the semester. You may have noticed the three month gap between the last post and this one, well a lot happened. First of all, I finished my note. That got a huge monkey off of my back. Then I did something that I highly recommend to no one--plan on getting married during the semester and then have it all fall apart before your eyes. Without all the details, I was two days away from a wedding and it came crashing down. Suddenly, my world was upsided down. I had to drag myself to school. If it weren't for the support of my family and some really great people at school, I would have dropped this semester and possibly law school for good. Fortunately, they convinced me to stick it out. I found out that the school offers some great, free pyschiatric and psychological services as part of our tuition. I'll admit that they played a part in getting me through it too. It wasn't just that I was upset about my life, but I would barely be able to deal with the fact that my marriage didn't happen and then I'd go and sit through a couple hours of talking about divorce mediation. Or, I'd go in and listen about how couples left stuff for each other in their wills. It's done though. Grades are still a little ways out and I'm sure I didn't do much to help my GPA this semester, but at least I didn't drop any classes. The moral of the story is that you should be careful about what extracurricular activities you do during the year.

Another great tip--do some volunteer or unpaid internships during the school year, thanks to that, I have a job for the summer. I'll only get paid if the whole work study thing works out, but at least I have something to say when people ask what I'm doing this summer. Plus, it's another line on the resume!

I'm excited that I only have one year left. It's kinda hard to believe. It doesn't seem like that much time has gone by and I'm really two thirds done! (Actually though, the last two months have seemed like an eternity.) So, life is fairly decent for me and while I don't feel quite the relief I did at the end of first year, there is definitely something special about being where I am at now. Good luck to all of you moving upward and onward... I feel for you.