The Fight the Hypo crew has scattered to various places for the holidays. I’m back from the Philadelphia suburbs after a wonderful trip to see my family. Over the last 2-and-a-half weeks since my last final I have completely forgotten about law school, student loans, and Fight the Hypo. Well, except for the day last week when we got our Criminal Procedure grades. (Seriously. Exam was on 12/7 and we had grades within 10 days. Many kudos to our professor on that one.)
Now the wait for our other grades continues. It has always been strange to me that you start a new semester without having any idea how you did in the previous one. You are paying for a new semester without ever getting an ROI on the semester you just paid for. (Or, rather, the semester you just mortgaged your future on.) So, 1Ls out there wondering when you’ll see grades, just let it go. It might be awhile.
The new year brings new possibilities. This next semester sees yours truly with just one class, the 4-credit Commercial Transactions. The rest of my credit load is taken up by Clinic (6 credits) and Law Journal Editing (1 credit). I’ll have time demands from the journal and from my article, on which I’m STILL working, more than a year later.
In terms of resolutions, I’m always one to have delusions of grandeur that fizzle out by March. For this year, it’s simple – lose 20 pounds. Some more regular exercise and a diet plan are all that I’m counting on this. No “exercise every morning for 90 minutes” or “stop eating all sweets for a year” or “cut out all beer from my diet” or whatever other things. 20 pounds in a year through a more active lifestyle and relatively flexible diet plan that is manageable. That won’t get me all the way back to my athletic peak days. For that I’d need to reverse the clock about 12 years and drop 30 pounds. But it will put me pretty close and I’m sure will make me feel a hell of a lot better about myself. I’ll try to blog about this now and then.
In terms of things I’m thankful for:
- My wonderfully patient wife. Mrs. Sherpa is a remarkable woman and person. I was reminded of this during our car ride to Pennsylvania. It’s easy to forget how long it’s been since you really connected with a spouse as you go through law school. I mean really connected. You know, the kind of talks that are difficult and wonderful and joyful and gut wrenching all at the same time. Her schedule and mine have been so hectic this last year that we haven’t really done that much. This Christmas break has been a great time for that.
- Plenty. We have relatively good health, loving families, great friends, a nice home, and stable jobs. It is not lost on us how blessed by abundance we are right now. We only pray that prudence and planning can help us prepare for when the blessings look less like times of plenty and more like times of less – seasons that are no less a blessing, but can be much more difficult to endure.
- My grandparents. I am blessed enough to have three of them still alive. I learn more from them and about them (and, as a result, about myself) every year. I’m thankful for every moment I get to spend with them.
- My summer job. I never reported here that I snagged a Summer Associate position with a firm in the DC area. I’m pretty stoked about it, though have played it down as I figure out scheduling with my current job (to which I intend to return next fall) and to see how things play out with friends who are still looking. We’ll have a few posts about this in the New Year along with some thoughts on spring recruiting and post mortem on fall recruiting.
Anyway, our best to you and yours during this holiday season. We hope that you enjoyed a very merry Christmas and will ring in the new year in true law student style – joined by good friends for more than a few drinks BUT not too much bitching about school.
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