Celebrating almost a decade of reflecting on an annual basis!
Here we go...
January: Recovered from the trauma of receiving the worst grades I've ever gotten from an institution and suddenly wondering if school was right for me, if I should just give up again... But kept on keepin' on and applied to almost every single thing that came across my inbox and more. Also recovered from speaking with my "counselor" about my options (given the very low levels of enthusiasm on said counselor's part...). Overall, also rough because I was explicitly told that law school isn't about learning, but about a militant pursuit of knowing the format and the rules and the template. Never a fun thing to hear when you're drowning in loans to make something of yourself.
February: Fairly quiet, so far as I can remember... Valentine's Day dramatics accompanied by a good dinner at Le Diplomat. Rocky points throughout, but nothing awful. Leap Year, aka Maria's true birthday, which I didn't end up being able to go back for. EJF Auction (so scared of having to plan the 2017 one...) Also on Leap Day, received one of the best phone calls I have ever gotten. <3 nbsp="" p="">
March: Barrister's Ball, New Orleans service trip, speed-writing briefs for moot court, discovering the good parts of being a law student/aspiring lawyer again. Trying to keep afloat and reconcile my immense fear of failure and innate anxieties with the need to continue to watch a lot of TV.
April: Balayaged my hair, ran the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in awful, winter-level weather... Decided I probably will never have a good weather day for any DC race, between hurricanes, wind, and freezing temps. Started brief week, which was awful and required a lot of effort and printing and highlighting the same things over and over again.
May: Finals part 2! Realized how much weight I had gained... Oops. Champagne toast, study group love, drinking finale. Surviving. At the end of the month, went to orientation in sunny CA, loved every moment. Had an amazing, unforgettable time.
June: Started working for real, remembering how to network and get to know people, getting a taste for real work and how it all goes, living in Boston and learning to love the city that I never stopped comparing to NY... but once I let that go, it was smooth sailing. Brexit! Also, discovered the megaformer workouts and my core was forever changed.
July: Continued to work, July 4th in Boston, hanging out and enjoying the last few weeks of fun and food and booze and networking.
August: Preparing to go back to school and interview with a bunch of strangers who probably already made their judgments based on certain numbers and names on your resume, but trying to convince them you were either great or affirming their belief that you were. Starting to get back into the drift of things, going back and forth and earning Amtrak rewards.
September: Feeling like a sophomore, taking on too many things, externing, getting to know my culture and heritage better. Hitting VIB Rouge.
October: Birthday!!!! Wahooooo. And my first time wearing a completely non-slutty Halloween costume and only going out one night basically.
November: The month when it all changed. Dealing with it. Trying to learn Tax as quickly as possible. Thanksgiving. Angry t-shirts. Relishing in not having to write a memo for 10 days. But also sad because this time I didn't go to Spain...
December: Finals, learning to ski, procrastinating a paper, going to Boston for one night on NYE, eating more, Austin trip with bae, celebrating and reflecting on the year that passed.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Belated Year in Review: 2015
This is later than usual, so I'll dive right in.
January:
Still working and living in NYC--weird because it was the first year I had to take a limited number of days off for the holidays and work around the scheduling. I worked on New Year's Eve, and worked from home on the 1st. Went to Alex's for pizza on the first day of the new year with a Veneiro's cheesecake. Bought the Air Emirates deal to Milan. Winter restaurant week! Admitted students receptions, free pens, intimidation, excitement. FAFSA again... Booooo.
February:
Oh man. The worst boozy brunch experience happened--the infamous Sunday of Maria's birthday (which I believe was actually in March...) First Valentine's Day with Alex, who gave me a box of CVS chocolates because I requested it, even though he was going to get me Godiva. Still amazing. Very nice time. Very cold outside.
March:
Went to Europe!!! Milan->Madrid->Milan. Great times abound. Hung out with Landi and his friends in Madrid, lazed about, and confirmed that Spain is my soulmate country. Bought my first grown-up purse in Milan. Alex got his big boy watch. Celebrated St. Patrick's Day mostly sober, for the first time in many years. Or probably closer to it than I was any year in college. Started planning on attending law school. Began training for the half marathon. Friends visited.
April:
More anticipation for everything ahead. Continued training--actually got very fast for a bit. Missed Marathon Monday--commiserated briefly with fellow BC grads about how sad it was that we were not in Boston getting wasted or running or running wasted. Visited DC and saw GULC. Ate and ran. Enjoyed having money to spend.
May:
Hyannis half marathon! Jim Kelley, I think? Lovely Memorial Day weekend with the girls right before moving out of my first apartment. Committed to Georgetown. Braced myself for two months of commuting.
June:
Got class schedule--intense stuff. Started looking for books and things to do. Overzealous about adding friends on Facebook... Started commuting again. Blech. Slept in my grandparents room because it was easier. Can't actually remember why. Possibly because my room was a mess as I tried to sift through all the crap I'd collected over the years.
July:
Finished up the clean out process, sold some things on ThredUp, but not really enough... Stopped working, had a happy hour, promised to be back, etc.
August:
Law Preview bootcamp... Blech. But it got me into the mode of studying and dealing with gunners. So there's that. Last month at home meant trying to fit in all the last minute things, spending time with Alex, packing, packing, packing, moving into my dorm. Eating blue crabs in Virginia, making new friends, adjusting to this weird high school+alcohol world. Plus bracing myself for the studying. Scavenger hunt, first week at Gewirz, partying, Bar Review, learning the vocab and the legal jargon, trying to be genuinely interested in legal things outside law school.
September:
Studying. It's always felt like the longest month to me, but this September was fast.
October:
Promising to hunker down. Had a birthday. Alex made me a box. Started lifting.
November:
Went to Spain for Thanksgiving, had memo drama as I struggled to properly submit my memo... Amazing time in Alicante, though. Another confirmation that Spaniards know how to live. Met cool people in Spain, drank too much wine, ate a ton of jamon iberico, ate a ton of everything, really.
December:
omg. Finals finals finals, freaking out, freaking out, drinking weird energy supplements, forgetting how to remember things, eating like crap, spending hours in the library frantically trying to learn everything, study group stress, study groupcest, etc. Christmas at home! Shopping and hanging out with Emily during her first winter break everrrrr.
January:
Still working and living in NYC--weird because it was the first year I had to take a limited number of days off for the holidays and work around the scheduling. I worked on New Year's Eve, and worked from home on the 1st. Went to Alex's for pizza on the first day of the new year with a Veneiro's cheesecake. Bought the Air Emirates deal to Milan. Winter restaurant week! Admitted students receptions, free pens, intimidation, excitement. FAFSA again... Booooo.
February:
Oh man. The worst boozy brunch experience happened--the infamous Sunday of Maria's birthday (which I believe was actually in March...) First Valentine's Day with Alex, who gave me a box of CVS chocolates because I requested it, even though he was going to get me Godiva. Still amazing. Very nice time. Very cold outside.
March:
Went to Europe!!! Milan->Madrid->Milan. Great times abound. Hung out with Landi and his friends in Madrid, lazed about, and confirmed that Spain is my soulmate country. Bought my first grown-up purse in Milan. Alex got his big boy watch. Celebrated St. Patrick's Day mostly sober, for the first time in many years. Or probably closer to it than I was any year in college. Started planning on attending law school. Began training for the half marathon. Friends visited.
April:
More anticipation for everything ahead. Continued training--actually got very fast for a bit. Missed Marathon Monday--commiserated briefly with fellow BC grads about how sad it was that we were not in Boston getting wasted or running or running wasted. Visited DC and saw GULC. Ate and ran. Enjoyed having money to spend.
May:
Hyannis half marathon! Jim Kelley, I think? Lovely Memorial Day weekend with the girls right before moving out of my first apartment. Committed to Georgetown. Braced myself for two months of commuting.
June:
Got class schedule--intense stuff. Started looking for books and things to do. Overzealous about adding friends on Facebook... Started commuting again. Blech. Slept in my grandparents room because it was easier. Can't actually remember why. Possibly because my room was a mess as I tried to sift through all the crap I'd collected over the years.
July:
Finished up the clean out process, sold some things on ThredUp, but not really enough... Stopped working, had a happy hour, promised to be back, etc.
August:
Law Preview bootcamp... Blech. But it got me into the mode of studying and dealing with gunners. So there's that. Last month at home meant trying to fit in all the last minute things, spending time with Alex, packing, packing, packing, moving into my dorm. Eating blue crabs in Virginia, making new friends, adjusting to this weird high school+alcohol world. Plus bracing myself for the studying. Scavenger hunt, first week at Gewirz, partying, Bar Review, learning the vocab and the legal jargon, trying to be genuinely interested in legal things outside law school.
September:
Studying. It's always felt like the longest month to me, but this September was fast.
October:
Promising to hunker down. Had a birthday. Alex made me a box. Started lifting.
November:
Went to Spain for Thanksgiving, had memo drama as I struggled to properly submit my memo... Amazing time in Alicante, though. Another confirmation that Spaniards know how to live. Met cool people in Spain, drank too much wine, ate a ton of jamon iberico, ate a ton of everything, really.
December:
omg. Finals finals finals, freaking out, freaking out, drinking weird energy supplements, forgetting how to remember things, eating like crap, spending hours in the library frantically trying to learn everything, study group stress, study groupcest, etc. Christmas at home! Shopping and hanging out with Emily during her first winter break everrrrr.
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