This Time Last Year...

Great news: 

Less class! Torts was cancelled yesterday and today and Legal writing was cancelled yesterday and again tomorrow. What does this mean for a young, vibrant, and free-spirited law student? More time to do work!! Wooo Hoo!

In between breaks of reading about sexual offenses and trying to understand what removal and remand is, I took some reflection time. Boy, some things are vastly different than this time last year. 

First, schools:

Fall 2007: Senior at Roger Williams in the middle all New England.

Fall 2008: I am a 1L (cool term for first year law student) at  The Dickinson School of Law at The Pennsylvania State University in the middle of PA.

The difference between the two are vast. State College  becomes the 3rd largest PA city on game days- then it is a cool town nestled in farm country. PSU hosts over 40,000 students. RWU: 4,000. I have over 120 people in my class at PSU. RWU: Between 3-20.

I get lost more here because of the size difference. I am not saying bigger is better- although thanks to my program I do feel most of the time not like a number. I don't think it would have been a good idea for me to come here 5 years ago as an undecided.

Second, work:

Last year at this time I had 4 jobs. Currently: I have 0. None. Zip. No income. In fact it is against the American Bar Association for me to work. Seriously. I could get kicked out for getting a part time job. No wonder lawyers cost so much: they are living on loans.

Although I have classes here (only four), I spend most of my time reading and preparing for class- which is definitely different from RWU. But, fortunately, I like my work, which I take to be a good sign.

Third, relationships:

Oddly enough, not much has changed. The quality of my  friendships remain strong, even though the I don't see them as much as I would like. I miss Starbucks dates.

But being close to home, I have been able to go up to Scranton and see my family. I get to see my niece and nephew more regularly. I like not to be forgotten!

Also, I miss my boyfriend. But it helps that we are both so busy and we kind race through our work so we could spend a few weekends together. Also helps I am luring him to the dark side of how wonderful PA is... hehehe...

Fourth, health:

Last year at this time I was my couch potato self. I would exercise irregularly. Eat a lot of the healthy things. Enjoy all the good college food.

This year: I am down 30 pounds, managed my portion sizes, and run regularly. Heck, I even finished a Half Marathon. 

Conclusion:

Things are moving to the better. Pretty content with the way life is going- now I just need to work on my writing. Then I would be happy as a peach!