A day late and a dollar short? No. A week late and a few hundred dollars over budget. I now have every book but one. I have taken some time to look through them and it is not what I expected. There is much more explanation than I anticipated, the reading looks easier than I expected, and the books are all bigger than I thought. There is no way it is possible to carry all these books at once and I now see why people discuss rolling bags. I’m still avoiding the rolling bag, anticipating that I will not need to carry all these books on the same day. Plus I have a locker.
Based on a brief overview of the texts, I anticipate that Torts and Criminal Law will be my favorite reading. Legal Skills citations etc. look like things that will come fairly easily to me. There is a lot of discussion about capital letters and italics and order of materials. If it is remotely related to grammar, it should be no problem. In a way, I am disappointed. I had built up these texts in mind. They were full from cover to cover with cases and it was up to me, the law student, to analyze, interpret, and determine exactly what the significance of these cases were and how they combined to explain the law and how it works. Instead, there is a lot of explanation both preceeding and following cases. Or so it seems based on my brief overview. In addition, the table of contents all seem to be pretty well organized by subject material. I will be completing my initial assignments over the next week or so. It should prove interesting. There is no doubt in my mind that I am going to be consumed full time and a half by the work load that law school involves. But whether it is as difficult as people like to believe remains to be seen. I suspect time management is the bigger issue. So…how am I doing on that front?
I had a busy day, beginning at 7 and ending at 9PM. It is now 10 and after this post, I will go to bed. Well, ok. Not exactly. But I am trying to go to bed earlier. 14 hours of pure work, including driving to the law school to get most of my books, cleaning my house, packing, moving several boxes to my new house, unpacking and putting those belongings away in their new locations, taking care of my children, and working for a few hours this evening. It occurs to be that meals are going to require significant amounts of planning, as I am going to be short on both money and time. My solution for today was eating out, and that could get expensive pretty fast. Not to mention unhealthy.
Well, it is time to call it a day. I have a full list of things to do tomorrow, all involving my move. If I have time I will do some law reading tomorrow night. Thanks for reading. I hope you have a lovely day.
