SCHOOL IS OUT!!!!!

Well today was the last day of class for me. It is bittersweet. On one hand I am estatic to spend more time with my family and to be able to have my nights and weekends back. On the other hand I am going to miss a fair number of my classmates.

We were supposed to go out for beer and pizza again tonight like we did for last night, but I guess somehow the destination got changed to the Powerhouse Pub. Not really my scene so I decided not to go, one of the other professors I was looking forward to seeing was also not going to make it. He said if it was for beer and pizza at the place down the street he was game, but didn’t feel like driving all the way out to Folsom. I definitely agreed, not sure how it got changed to all the way out in Folsom. However last night was great. My debate went off well, I feel that I could have done a lot better but my head was not in the game. There was some personal stuff that came up earlier in the day so that sort of hampered things. However the professor said everyone did well and he expected nothing less from our group. Both he and our Criminal Law professor told us that our group has been one of the smartest groups overall to go through the program.

Our group did phenomenally well, because there is usually a 60 to 70 percent washout rate. I think we lost less than 10 percent of the original group which is probably something that has never happened before. I felt very privileged to have gone through the program with such bright students. It certainly enhanced to the program when pretty much everyone is on the same page and asking intelligent questions and adding to the discussion instead of taking away from it all.

I even got a second award last night for the best writer in our advanced legal writing class, and was even given a present with the award. It was a legal dictionary and thesaurus. I love dictionaries and Thesauruses, so it will get put to good use. I thought for sure my friend Betty would have gotten the award, so I was shocked again when I got it. A bunch of the students were giving me a good natured ribbing and were saying things like “I thought that there was a one award per student rule”, and “better watch yourself in the parking lot.”

Afterwards the class all went out for pizza with the professor and beer if we wanted to buy it ourselves. I just had soda of course. Not that I am opposed to drinking but it seems the older I get the less of a desire I have to partake of the Guardian Mead. It was really great because I spent pretty much the whole night talking to our professor about photography. He is a pretty avid photographer and so I loved just picking his brain over the subject as I am getting back into it. In fact I am looking forward to taking a photography class this fall. Anyways we were the last ones to leave the Pizza Parlor; in fact they were probably getting ready to kick us out. He told me to keep in touch which I will certainly do. In fact I am really hoping to go out and take pictures with him sometime.

So what to do now it seems. Well I am definitely going to make my health a priority. I am going to start getting back into shape starters. I am going to start riding bicycles again. I am going to get my road bike tuned up and start riding with a few friends which will be great. Another thing is I am going to start doing some photography stuff as I had mentioned previously. However the one thing that will take priority over all of this, and will also be integrated into everything I mentioned earlier is I am going to be spending more time with my family. I am going to be able to spend way more time with my son which means a lot to me. I have been loving wrestling with my son lately and he gets so psyched up when I start playing with him.

Another thing I will be doing is our entire class was asked if we would individually mentor future students going through the paralegal program, so I will be gladly partaking in that. I am really hoping some day to be able to TA and then maybe teach if possible. I know that several of our professors were former students so it is possible. Well I am done for now till next time.