live as if this is all there is…

So it’s been quite a while since I’ve writing a real blog posting here, but that goes without saying. Let’s get to business.

First off, I completed my second year of law school. Yep, I survived finals and am pretty satisfied with the grades I’ve gotten so far (except one, but what can you do), I should be getting my last grade, in Property, tomorrow. So I’m a rising 3L, and will start my final year at the end of August. I’m taking two classes this summer to lighten my load for the fall, which are Tuesday & Thursday, 6-10 PM.

I also have two internships this summer. I’m clerking for a judge in New Jersey and will be also working for a city agency in NYC, if they ever finish processing my paperwork (don’t get me started). I started the clerkship this past Monday and my judge is awesome. The senior clerks are very nice and have really helped in getting me accustomed to the work and life in chambers in general.

I have very few complaints about life outside of law school. My summer has gotten off to a good start, and I look froward to catching up with friends, enjoying summer nights in New York City, and doing a lot of kayaking. I didn’t get to kayak as much as I wanted to last summer, so I’m going to try my best to make up for that this summer. Nothing like being out on the water, feeling the burn in your arms!

I haven’t talked about it much, but my current relationship is doing good and gets better every day. I never came up with a name for him on my blog, so I think I’m just going to continue refering to him as “The Mister.” As I mentioned a while back, he’s in dental school, which makes it nice because he’s just as busy, if not busier, as I am with everything. He also motivates me to be a better student and to gain as much knowledge and practical experience about the law as possible. We’re going back to WA at the end of August, I can’t wait!

My relationship with my parents is also good and although we still have differences in how we view the world and how we choose to live life, I am happy that they are in my life. They’ve met the Mister and like him a lot, probably as much as they could like the non-Muslim boyfriend of their daughter. We actually visited last Sunday and brought Boston Market for dinner and everyone had a really nice time. I know that there may be some challenges in the future, but for now I’m just enjoying it!

In more exciting news, I’m making the move to NYC and saying farewell to New Jersey! It’s been a long time coming, and I’m really excited about the prospect, although I’ve pretty much been living in the city for the past two months already. I’ll always love and appreciate NJ, but there’s something about living in NYC that is so amazing. Yeah, rent is outrageous, and it’s noisy and smelly and dirty, but it’s still amazing. It also makes commuting to school soo much easier!

I know it’s a short post, but that’s all I have for now. Rather than bloviate about how I’m going to post ASAP and devote all my attention to this blog, I’m just going to say that I’m thankful for all the readers that I do have. I know the theme may have gotten stale (faith v. love), and I’m thinking of addressing that in the near future. Keep your eyes open though, there should be some much better content on this thing throughout the summer!

Cheers, lovelies!