Legally not blonde...

Amazingly enough, I survived my first week of substantial classes at law school (substantial means basically any class about the law [procedure is included in this group], so torts, contracts, criminal, etc.). For the first time in my life, I actually bought into the "you're worthless and will fail" bit a little. It's the same typical scare tactic, but since, other than CivPro, this is a beast that I've never really encountered before (because I wasn't a prelaw major in undergrad). I'm keeping my head above water, but, as the saying goes, I haven't made the subject matter my bitch, yet. Don't get me wrong, I have always loved and will always love the whole "hit the ground running" way of teaching, but I have never felt so at a disadvantage before. Here's to hoping that everything gets easier as I transition back into being a student and get more of a hang of what's really going on. I've been carving out little niches of free time here and there that doesn't match the normal "cram until all the work is done and then have a huge chunk of free time" study plan that most have, so my social life has been a bit shot thus far, but I've gotta do what's right for me to keep myself sane.

As to my location, I'm in FOC at a rather large state university, which means that there are plenty of dive bars and coffee shops to go to when I want to escape my place (which is a godsend), in addition to the requisite Urban Outfitters. Unfortunately, this also means no serious urban element and right now I'm missing the hustle and bustle of city life. Catching up on NYC Prep, a guilty pleasure, hasn't helped any. Counting down the days until winter break and going home to an urban element (unless I can convince other out-of-state students to get together with me and do a road trip to a major city, like Chicago, which is the closest large city).