Bar review continues and it's much more intense than I had anticipated. At least this early in the game. It feels much like finals in the sense that all I want to do is study and even breaking for working out (yeah, like that happens very often anymore) and eating is a huge chore and a pain in the ass. In fact, I've become increasingly annoyed that I even have to eat. Shouldn't someone have invented something to remedy this? Like those little "meal" capsules in the 80's cartoons?
Anyway, bar review aside, my anxiety levels have remained at an all time high. I shouldn't be this stressed. I mean, all I have to do is go to class and study for the bar. Okay, that and about a million other things including figuring out my loan repayment stuff, getting health insurance, worrying about Grandpa, and attending a million weekend social commitments! All of which are fun happy occasions -- they just make it hard to get caught up/ keep up with basic household things, like sleep.
As for Grandpa, he's set to be discharged any day now once his "levels" are regulated -- whatever that means. The tear in his aorta is too big for them to do a non-invasive surgery so the doctors are sending him home to strengthen his heart. The open-heart surgery is set for 2 weeks from now. Grandpa's in good spirits, and I feel very optimistic about it. And I don't feel optimistic about anything really. So I also take that as a good sign. And that was the last of the good news from yesterday.
The rest of this post includes work-related good news. This is not meant to rub it in any of my law school colleagues' faces or anything like that. If you don't want to read about good news or any news with my job then you should probably stop reading. I feel badly (much like survivor guilt) but I can't keep apologizing, you know. So, I'm not saying anything to brag. It's just an important part of my life. So there. Enough of that.
Anyway, during bar review class yesterday, I got a very unexpected and very exciting email from my firm with my start date:
I'M STARTING OCTOBER 18!!!!
I hadn't thought they would let us know when we were starting before July. Upon rereading info on our extranet, it said June but I was still excited and surprised. This date works perfectly. I mean, really, I couldn't have picked a more perfect start date. I'm done with the adjunct instructor gig I'm doing at the law school on August 20, then moving to Boston w/ E. That gives me almost 2 full months off to do things like set up our homestead, visit my bros in Cali, go to Grenada with E for his conference, and, most importantly, attend my cousin's 2-day Indian-American wedding without having to ask for any days off (because my start date is the Monday after the wedding). This also works out well in terms of finances too because I now don't have to stretch out my bar stipend/ loan for 2 extra months. I'm very happy with my good fortune. For whatever reason, the Universe tends to shine favorably on my professional endeavors.
Also, in other good news, I am able to take the bar exam in NYC! This is very good news because I was nervous about having to take the exam in a strange city. Although NYC is more expensive, I at least know the city (relatively) and have people in town that I can celebrate with after the exam is done. Hard to believe it's only 54 days away. That just makes me feel ill. Now, I will attempt to go to sleep without dreaming of torts. Last night was unsuccessful in that regard.
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