I’m cracking down for a crazy month.  Finals, of course, are my primary concern right now, but that’s certainly not the end of it.

Thursday is our last day of classes!  Yay! However, I’m trying to finish all my outlines by Thursday afternoon.  Now for many people that wouldn’t be that difficult to accomplish, as they have updated their outlines consistently throughout the semester.  Since my work ethic has been broken for most of the past few months, I have a lot of work to do.  I spent 10 hours studying Saturday, 7 hours Sunday, and will be spending about 10 today.  The next 4 days will be loooooong.

Come Thursday, the urge to celebrate will kick in full force.  However, I must practice moderation because I’m leaving on Friday to go down to Boston to say goodbye to my sister.  She’s going to be working in Guatemala with the PeaceCorps for the next two years.  We haven’t exactly gotten along for the past, oh, 10 years or so, but I really hope to make things right this time.  I’m really excited because she lived in Boston for 2 years and we’re going to have an amazing time!

So then I come back on Sunday, perhaps hungover, likely broke, and definitely sad, to start studying for good.  I don’t have my first final until Thursday, but I would like to do quite a few practice exams.

Thursday is not only the day of my Constitutional Law final; it’s also my birthday.  24.  Big deal.  I’m not at all excited about this.  First of all, I will be typing about the First Amendment for 3 hours straight.  Also, none of my friends are going to want to do anything.  But I’m mostly not excited because when I was a kid, 24 always seemed like ‘real adult’ age.  I used to think 21-23 years was still young adulthood, but 24 was certainly full-fledged adulthood.  Woman.  Grown-up.  Adult.  Yuck!  I feel like I should at least have a serious boyfriend, let alone kids, a full career, and a house….. At least it’s one of my classmate’s birthday as well, and my little sister and I share the same day.  She’ll be turning 21, so I’m sure she’ll be having a great time!

Finals then continue until the 9th when my take-home is due.  But no, the craziness does not stop there.  I have to move into a new apartment here and close out my current apartment.  The only thing is that the old tenant for my new place will still be there, trying to get his stuff out.  It’s gonna be difficult to not get in his way.

Then I have to figure out how the heck I’m gonna get home.  I was originally going to drive out with a housemate who would then fly home from Montana, but that fell through.  I could just go by myself, but I’m sincerely worried about it.  I really don’t want to get a flat tire at 10 o’clock at night, looking for a hotel in the middle of Indiana.  I have a friend who’s going to Seattle, and we could caravan, be he doesn’t have to be there until May 27th.  I’m not sure that I can wait that long.

Once I get home, I start my summer job.  I am sooooooooo excited about it, but pretty nervous as well.  I’ll be working with a small firm back home.  It should be great.  I love summer back home.

Amidst all this, I am going to try to write on to Law Review.  They recommend putting in 80 hours.  The final paper would have to be in the mail by May 28th, so I’d be working on it heavily between finals and then.

Then, once I’ve finished finals, once I’ve moved, once Iv’e miraculously gotten home, once I’ve become comfortable in my new job, once I’ve sent in my law review packet…….

I can finally relax!!!