Ok so we officially have about 2 weeks left of classes, ahhhh its kinda crazy. I have entirely too much work to do AND I have been working as hard as I am capable of all semester. But hopefully it will all pay off. I'm going home next Tuesday for Thanksgiving Break. I can't wait!! I am working a couple days at my dad's store so i'll be able to make a little money which is always good. We are having 2 thanksgiving dinners and one luncheon for my church- so plenty of ham and turkey. The hardest thing at this time of the semester is making yourself focus on work when you are just really tired of looking at cases. I put up Christmas decorations already (since I won't be at home for Thanksgiving or Christmas I figured it would be ok to have them up a little early) so that made me anticipate December 15th when my exams are over and I get to go home even more! Anyway, its a crazy time of the semester so I'm going to be extremely busy and I will let you know how everything turns out...

So it has been a while since I have posted but I have been extremely busy. I went home twice in the past three weekends and the weekend in between I went to a drag race (it got postponed from the first weekend that I mentioned in my last post). That was so much fun! Your heart is pounding the whole time as the cars speed down the track and they are going so fast they shake the bleachers. Its crazy but totally fun and exciting. Then going home was awesome too. I just needed some time away from here and time to spend with my parents and my brothers. But NOW it is time to get down to business. I have been pretty much keeping up with all my assignments this semester but I am having a little bit of a tough time doing extra stuff to get ready for finals. Also I have this stuff I'm supposed to work on for the Commonwealth's Attorney at home and it is supposed to be done by Thanksgiving but I have been so busy that I haven't gotten a chance to work on it hardly any. So my plan is to spend this weekend working on homework and outlines and by next Friday hopefully have 5 working outlines up-to-date. THEN after that I want to work on the stuff for the Attorney and keep my outlines up to date and try to just keep up with class and what not. Hopefully that will allow me time to review everything and start studying for finals soon. They are coming...we have about 5 weeks left of classes then I have a week off before my first exam. Which is cool, EXCEPT for the fact that I have all five of my exams in ONE week. That is kind of scary!!! AHHHHH. Ok so i'm justifiably stressed out at this point. But I'm just praying for guidance and support, stamina, and focus for the next month and a half so I know everything will be OK!

I'm going home!!! I am not homesick or anything but I just can't wait to go home and i'm leaving tomorrow as soon as Crim Law is over. I have lots of stuff planned for this weekend. First, on Friday I am going to my highschool's homecoming game. It is my 5th year homecoming reunion (although I didn't graduate until the spring of 02 of course, but 5th year since my senior homecoming). So I figured I'd go, see who I see, talk to old teachers and what not. Then Saturday I'm going to the Toroco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals at the Virginia Motorsports Park. My daddy has been drag racing forever but recently got out of it for a while (he bought a harley instead) but this is the big guys. John Force and the big boys of NHRA are coming back to our track for the first time in a few years and I can't wait!! Then I'm just going to be hanging out with my family for the rest of the weekend. I may have mentioned before that I'm from a really small town. Well it only has about 1800 people in the town itself (the county is bigger of course). We know everyone and everyone knows everyone's business. But thats the life of a small town and I love it. It doesn't help for my family that my dad owns the most popular convenience store in town and since we don't have any fast food stores (I'm serious, not even a McDonalds) and we sell awesome hotdogs, we are VERY busy and everyone definately knows us. I can't wait to get out of law school, find an awesome job someone at some great law firm, practicing some type of law (as you can tell I don't know exactly what I want to do or where I'm going to be) and THEN settle down in my town! I was born and raised there and want to raise my kids there too. We are generally a safe town. Not to mention pretty much my whole family and all my friends are from there. Oh yeah its also Autumn Days weekend this weekend. They block off main street and have all kinds of fun stuff set up for kids to do (big kids too of course). I haven't been in a few years so I might just have to put in an appearance. Although I have tons of work I could and should be getting done this weekend, I think my weekend will most likely be spent relaxing with my family and enjoying small town life!

Well it is about a 1/3 of the way through the semester now and I'm definately feeling the stress. I spend 9 hours a day at school, not all in class of course- some if it I am working. I like being a GA because I am getting to know the professors really well. I can't wait for this weekend so I can try to do some catching up, getting ahead, and relaxing. Although I love it here are Regent, I just can't wait for May 2008 when I graduate. Or I guess I should really say a couple months after that when I have PASSED the bar! But until them I'm just going to keep on working hard and enjoying the weekends!

So the first semester of my 2L year is underway. It is definately different than the first. I have tons of reading, way more than last year and I'm working on campus as a GA for one of the law faculty secretaries. She keeps me very busy as well. So far I can't decide which one of my classes is my favorite this year since they are still getting started and we haven't really gotten into the good stuff yet. I think i'm most interest in Business Associations because I want to practice business/corporate law. I'm also really busy working on researching law firms and trying to apply for summer associate positions for next summer. WOW- what a stressful process.

I'll Keep you posted!