Sooooo tired!
I got home after a long day at work and a very rare but nasty yelling-at by one of my partners IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE HALLWAY! 
And I swear to God, I didn’t even do anything! It was a miscommunication (his fault!) and he just flipped out. Have I mentioned that I really, really, REALLY want that paralegal position?? Pray for me, send good wishes, pin a voodoo doll — just send some luck my way! (After I recovered from the hell that was my morning, I took 2 minutes to go downstairs and get a lottery ticket so I’ll take luck just for that! Then I could attend law school full time and have only that to get stressed over.)
Anyway, that episode really dragged me down and then he made me work through lunch and stay a half-hour late. I barely made it to Pumpkinhead’s school on time. Actually, I made it at 6:35 so I had to pay $5 for each minute I was late.
My point? I am tired. Sooooo tired. I drank a VENTI Nonfat Sugar-Free Cinnamon Dolce latte on the way home and I still feel like a mack truck hit me. I have Law in a Flash cards laid out in front of me and I Just Can’t Look At Them! I was up at 4 a.m. so maybe I just need to go to bed now and wake up early. Thank the Lord, I have the entire day off tomorrow before my four-hour exam in the evening. I can’t even think straight to figure out what I will do tomorrow. The only thing I know for sure is that the darn housecleaner comes tomorrow so I have to “clean for the cleaner.” On the plus side, hair and makeup aren’t standing in my way. I think I’ll sleep now, get up at 4 to study and then take Pumpkinhead to school as early as possible!!! 
Wish me luck on my Contracts exam! Any tips or awesome charts/mnemonics/random tips to send my way? Send ‘em to PTLawMom at gmail dot com. It’s closed book and my professor is a bit of a sadist because she went to an Ivy League school and, therefore, has to torture her students like she was tortured! So obviously I need all the help I can get!!!
December 11th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Here is my study tip, but it only works if you are an auditory learner, as I am. Read your final outline or your summary of what you need to remember while listening to music (something with a quick tempo and lyrics you know); your brain (if it works like mine) will associate the information with the song that is playing. Then while you’re in the exam, you play back the song in your head, and whatever you were reading will come back with it. I admit it’s a little unorthodox, but I found I aced exams while humming “Pour Some Sugar on Me.”
December 11th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I have no contracts advice for you, but a little story that might cheer you up. Before I made it to law school I was a legal secretary for ten years. I worked for partners in large NY law firms and HATED EVERY MOMENT of it. From 2002-2005 I worked for two particularly heinous partners, a man and a woman. At the time I was working full time during the day and going to school full time at night (getting my undergrad degree at the age of 30). To make it to class at all, I ABSOLUTELY had to leave work on time. The male partner looked down his nose at secretaries and hated the fact that I was getting an education, so he used to pull little tricks to prevent me from getting out of work on time.
When I found out I’d gotten into law school in January of 2005, he made some disparaging remark about U-Wisconsin, despite the fact that it’s a top-tier law school. I seriously wanted to smack him. I planned to work until August of 2005, when I left for law school, but he made my life a living hell every single day.
One day in March he and the female partner (also a raging bitch) called me into his office and complained that I had an attitude now that I’d been admitted to law school. Give me a break. I looked him right in the eye and said, “I don’t like you. I never have liked you. I think you’re a small and insecure person and you’ve done everything you can to make my life as difficult as possible while I’ve been in school, despite the fact that I never asked for a single favor. And you’re cheap at Christmas.” And I looked at the female partner and said, “The same goes for you.” They were speechless. It was one of the most satisfying moments of my life.
The next day I gave my notice and happily temped until I went to law school in the fall. The point of this incredibly long-winded story is that one day you too will be able to tell them exactly what you think of them. When you have days like this, keep that in mind.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Good luck on your exam. I think we have a lot of the same courses this semester. I am taking criminal and contracts. Also, constitutional and civil procedure.
Good luck on your exams. It sounds like you are going to be done before me and I am jealous!
December 12th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Good luck!! I found the flash cards very helpful.