Making Lemonade

My 2L year of law school has been challenging and a bit frustrating at times. I feel like I've done nothing but complain for 4 months. But I'm really trying to have a good attitude and enjoy whatI do.

Coming back from break was going to be stressful because I was planning on moving apartments. I had stored all of my stuff in a friend's apartment for the break and I was going to come in Sunday night, load up my car and move. Of course, my plane was delayed an hour and it took forever to get the baggage and every single person flew into Salt Lake City at the same time so it was slow going. I get back to my apartment and my car is frozen shut and I don't know if it even works because the keyless entry didn't unlock it, indicating that even though I bought a new battery for my car just before break to prevent this from happening, it is probably dead; there is probably some electrical problem with my car which is going to be more expensive. I have to still figure out all of that.

I crash on a friend's couch for the night and contemplate my options. On Monday, I have this huge paper due (that I'd been procrastinating) and not a lot of time to find someone to donate their time and car to me and help me move and finish the paper. I decided to ask for favors anyway and I successfully moved and finished the paper by 8:30 pm. (I ended up sleeping from 9:30 pm to 6:30 am). Things are looking a lot better today. I have a lot of work to do, but it's manageable.

Today, I'm whittling down my "to-do" list, and I think by tomorrow, I'll feel like I'm ready for the semester to begin. At least it's the beginning of the semester and I don't have a ton of work to do. :)

On an unrelated note, these are the types of emails we get at the law school. It just cracks me up.