Getting over it
Can’t sleep. I’m totally exhausted but this new medication is working on my brain and i can almost feel it tingling so I got back out of bed, took a shower and came downstairs to watch TV. Anyway, I was thinking and here’s the thing. I’ve only taken four classes so far. We’re ranked against the 2008 entering class so our competition hasn’t even arrived yet! I just need to try to get this illness under control so I can buckle down and do well during this spring, summer and fall so that by the time rankings come out next spring, I am in a much better spot than I am right now. And I found out that there are at least two journals with no grade minimums for the write on competition so I can bust my ass to try to win a spot on those (and kill myself trying to keep the spot if I get it!). 
Thanks for listening. I’m a “sweat the small stuff”, control freak kind of girl so you’ll probably see the prior post repeated again several times before I graduate. 
January 9th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Umm, yeah! That’s why we have blogs. Wait til you see my post when my 4 credit bus. ass. grade comes in. She has threatened to FAIL four people. Terrified I am one of them, definitely not gonna be above the curve anyway, and with the Family Law and . . .
you get it? You wouldn’t be a law student if you weren’t a sweat the small stuff kind of person.
Plus you work in an environment where the prestige/high grade/journal thing is so reinforced that its hard to see there are other ways to be successful (and I don’t mean in a public interest-doing good, felling-good way. I know you’re goals). I know, I suffer from the same kind of tunnell-vision-grade-blinders.
I don’t know the answers, but I am searching with you, and we’re smart, creative wimmins. We’ll work it out.
Feel free to copy and paste this comment on my blog during my next freak out. **hugs**
January 9th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Is there a reason you want to be on a journal? I was on a journal (not “the” law journal) in LS, and in the end (1) I don’t think it did anything for me in terms of helping me find a job since most places only cared if it was “the” law journal and (2) it actually took up a LOT of time. I definitely learned more bluebooking doing journal than any or my legal writing classes, if that’s what you’re looking for, but I would almost say that you should just dedicate that time to your classes instead.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Hey — not like you to NOT post for several days in a row without warning. Not that we, as your auidience, are starved for your attention… just worried about ya. Hope all is well.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
PT-LawMom, where are you? You should relax, enjoy any time you get off, and not worry about your readers… but we miss you! You’re usually so diligent about posting, so I hope everything is okay with you. If you need anything, if there’s anything I can do to help, let me know! My e-mail is ka4037 at yahoo.
p.s. - I bake a really mean chocolate chip cookie. If you’re desperate, send me your info and I’ll send you some in the mail.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Don’t do journal! It’s not fun, the people who do it are toolbags, and it’s only marginally helpful! I mean - if you want to work at a huge firm, it’s helpful, but if your plan is to han gup your shingle or work at a smaller firm, don’t do it! (Did I mention the people who do it are big toolbags? Avoiding them should be reason enough to avoid it! At all costs!!!)