MIA!!!!

I was, I know, a little MIA this past month and a half! Luckily I have returned just in time to disappear again before finals :) So here is what has been going on since my last post in October.

Mounds of research was read and subsequently spit back out into my seminar paper, which was due on October 31st. Along with writing my seminar paper, we had to read two other seminar papers per week and write a short essay on them. My hour long presentation over my seminar paper was on November 5th. Prior to that, I had to write, memorize, and give my closing statement for Trial Practice. I also had to write, memorize, and conduct a cross examination on an expert witness in Trial Practice. Luckily I gained an hour on November 2nd, which I totally wrote into my calendar! November 4th was spent voting :) Around that time I started preparing for the grand finale of Trial Practice... the TRIAL!! Our documents were due for our Trial on November 6th. To top it all off, I took my Licensed Legal Intern's exam on November 7th, which meant studying for that while writing my paper, preparing my presentation, and preparing for my closing statement and cross examination... phew! (I passed with flying colors, btw!) November 8,9,10 were friend's birthdays. Around this time I was writing my direct examination, cross examination, and voir dire for the trial. I also reviewed my partner's examination questions, which takes some time. November 13th we had our Preliminary Hearing Conference for our trial. November 15th I had an Ambassadors event, and then met with my trial partners to go over everything. November 16th was spent memorizing my voir dire for the trial and meeting with our "witnesses" to make sure they new everything they needed to know. The morning of November 17th I had to get my composite picture taken for the school. In the afternoon I was sworn in to become a LLI, and I spent the evening going over my trial stuff. Our trial was the next day, on November 18th. We got a hung jury, which is great for us since we were the defense! November 22 was another friend's birthday, and by this time, I had helped four friends out my being jurors for their trials (they too are in Trial Practice). Along with all this, I worked, kept up with my studies in my other classes, slept (a few hours a night at some points), and managed to eat, do laundry, and clean... I know there are much harder jobs out there, like being a parent, but gosh darnit.. I'm tired!

Compared to my last month and a half, finals are looking like a breeze at this point! You may be wondering how I remember all of this. Because I'm a nerd and I wrote EVERYTHING down. I had so much going on I was afraid I would forget something!