Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the day! I spend all day in the kitchen creating. I love creating...especially pie. mmmm

We are having my in-laws and a grandmother in from out of town. They drove. Love it! They are awesome. I am blessed beyond measure to have such a great extended family.

May the Lord bless you and keep you safe.
May the elastic in your pants hold up.
May the wind not break in your direction.
May the cranberries overflow from your cup.

More on Law School

I have read so many great blog posts about law school. I feel slightly obligated to post about my experience to hopefully help others. I also want to.

I am not a traditional student. I am in my early 30s preparing for law school. I am a mom to an older child. I am a reservist wife.

What does this tell you?

1. I will not be leaving the local area.
2. I am going into law school with a pretty solid head on my shoulders.
3. I do not party. I enjoy being in bed by 9am. Seriously.

I have not seen blogs for law students that match this type of criteria. I guess that makes me unique in the law student blogging sphere. I am okay with that. At least I will not be emphasizing the same thing over and over online.

Ok. So I applied to my two law school picks. Absolutely crazy to think that I have officially applied to law school. Even more amazing is that I have actually gotten a call from one. It is the harder one to get into. I was offered a spot in their Fall 1L class. I know. I should be more excited. I thought I would be until I went to an open house at the other one. I actually really liked it. As a non-traditional student, it felt right.

I spent some time talking to God about it. I want to go where He thinks I should go. I told Him it would make it a lot easier if the other school wait-listed me or just denied me. That is now that happened though. I got a call really fast with a positive answer. So far law school has gone nothing like I expected. That became really overwhelming to me this past week. I ended up having a mild stress attack.

Now, I am waiting on a call from the other school. So far not a peep. I got an email with my log in information for their status checker service. That is all. B (hubby) and I were joking about how funny it would be if I got a denial from them. That would be a clear answer! I seriously do not know what God is doing but I know it will be good. He is good. I am learning to give the stress to Him and rest in His peace.

Inevitably, people want to know LSAT scores. Mine was definitely not fantastic. It was good. It was really good for me. I got a 154. My first practice test was a 147. I was very proud since that was completely cold. I did not study and did not look at a test question. After 3 months of Kaplan classes and about $1000 (after discounts for Pre-Law Club membership and attending their practice test), I only raised my score to a 154. I literally improved on my Logical Reasoning zero percent. I did much better on Logical Games and Reading Comprehension. My highest score in the class was a 151 so, after a root canal and that high score, I was happy with my 154.

More on law school later. Hopefully, I will have an answer from the other school.

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Updates and so much more...

My last post was in May around finals. I did not fully understand what the next six months would have in store for me. Here is a general breakdown:

18 credit hours during the regular summer session (6 classes) + 3 credit hour August intercession (1 class) = 21 credit hours (7 classes) from Spring to Fall semester

Spirit breaking pain in my skull for weeks culminating in severe localized pain in my jaw. Result: cracked a secondary root in a tooth that lived in a spot that hides in a regular x-ray.

LSAT (the test to get into law school) a week after my emergency root canal from the previous event.

Fall semester with a few surprises. The most shocking was an advisor gave wrong information causing me to have to adjust my schedule a week into classes. I am a creature of habit. It took a while to recover.

4 out of 5 classes requiring large group projects...OMG

Law school applications submitted to my two picks.

Friends moved back from up north. Basically, their living arrangement did not work out so we invited them to stay with us while she waits for her husband to sell their house and come down.

Are you tired yet? I am.

It has been a crazy six months. Honestly, I would not change it. They have been incredibly stressful and fulfilling. I have cried. I have laughed. I have been completely wiped out and full of energy. I love life with all of its complexities.

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Crazy Week Update

My mom was down visiting for a couple of days so I was held up by that. We had a nice visit. Now it is back to the ol' grind for me.

So what is going on here?

Degree Candidacy...patiently waiting for an email to tell me I can enroll in classes. I have to stay close to my ipad, near internet, and be ready at a moments notice to enroll so I get my classes. It is an unbelievably frustrating process.

I recommend...

1. Allow students to enroll.
2. If they do not pass pre-requisite classes, the system should drop them out of the class.

OR

Allow students to apply for early decision based on GPA and current grades in required classes.

Back to email watching for now...

fin

Welcome to the Jungle!

Introducing my garden.

Yeah, I am aware there is grass and weeds in it. It's all natural. I pull those puppies by hand. It's finals week, hence the weeds. I suspect there will be more later too.


So relax if your garden has weeds, or produced only one tomato all summer, or you let it go a little wild. My house has dirt too. Maybe I'll show you that another day.

Seriously though, your garden should not stress you out. It is a garden, not your career.

Why I Garden


I started gardening because Jordan Ruben told me to in The Maker's Diet. Technically, he said to participate in an activity that exposes you to dirt basically because there is good stuff in it. I listened. I acted. I got nasty dirty. I loved it.

My top reasons to garden:

1. Relieves Stress - Get a little mad, frustrated, or out right furious? Go grab some tools or your bare hands and start yanking those puppies out of your garden. It feels pretty good.

2. Quiet Time - J does not come out to my raised beds. If he does, I put him to work pulling weeds. He does not come back.

3. Teaches You and Your Family About the Earth - There is something special about gardening that puts you in touch with your hippie side. I love bringing my family out to the garden to nibble on the garden while we check on it. One of my greatest joys is feeding my husband fresh veggies from my garden.

4. Teaches You About God - You cannot get much closer to God then basking in the glow of His creation. I like to sit on the bench out there and listen to creation praise Him. "It is good."

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Introducing "The Boy"


This is J. He's my boy. He loves God. He loves us. He's an all around good kid. What more could a mom ask for?

Oh...he just got a euro mullet. More on J and the adventures of the euro mullet later.

fin

Update to Format!


I changed the text font. I finally got off my ipad and onto my pc. The blog looked horrible so I changed. Thoughts?