My second post! Within the month! I hope you all are very impressed with me....

So I survived my first week of law school. It was a little overwhelming, and I'm definitely a bit mentally worn out, but overall I enjoyed it! I can tell the work will be time consuming, but it's fun and creative work - at least in terms of the way you have to think. No passive speed reading allowed here! You have to focus, concentrate, analyze, question, and eventually realize you don't know anything and there are no right answers. Sounds awesome, right?!

We'll see if I'm still so cheery about it a few months in :)

 I sometimes feel like I'm Marshall from How I Met Your Mother

(cbs)

The most interesting case so far?
One in which we determined why cannibalism at sea is, in fact, MURDER!
Who knew? 



One exciting thing I discovered about living in LA:
DIDDY RIESE!
It's an amazing cookie shop in Westwood where you can design your own ice cream cookie sandwich. Thus:

So. Much. Awesomeness. (for $1.75!!)

For my first Diddy Riese sandwich, I chose a chocolate chocolate chip cookie (that's right - TWO chocolates), an m&m cookie, and rocky road ice cream. As it turns out, I vastly overestimated my sugar tolerance.
So for anyone who'll be lucky enough to get one of these delicious noms soon, here is my advice: when getting chocolate ice cream, stick with non-chocolate based cookies....or else you'll end up in a sugar coma....just saying.

First Days in LA!

I figured since I would have way too much time on my hands while going to law school, I should write a blog with all my free time!
Actually, I just wanted a way for all my friends from Oklahoma and Texas to be able to keep up with my adventures while I'm 'suffering' though 80 degree august heat here in Los Angeles :) 
I'm sure I'll have about three posts on here, and then I'll totally forget all about it. I don't really have any experience maintaining a blog...but oh well! Here goes nothing:

First adventure: the trip! 

You may note that I wear this hat often. Don't hate! #America'sTeam

I am a very serious driver. 

(Who's trying to keep a straight face while mom takes my picture!)

 

There are many many miles between Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA, and I'm not going to lie - mom was the driver for the majority of those miles! But I helped out too, and aside from a brief detour to the Grand Canyon....

It was almost too breathtaking to appreciate after 15 hours of driving!

....we made it with no problems all the way to sunny Los Angeles! Everyone here was freaking out about the heat wave that brought the temperature up to NINETY DEGREES by midday. Mom and I, having escaped the 107 degree heat, loved the weather!

I would have to say, after being here for a week and a half, that the weather is still my favorite thing so far about Los Angeles. 

So in the process of getting ready for law school orientation, mom and I had to:

Enjoy a few hours at the beach (rough life, I know!), and...

Ignore the photo quality - the air was just really blurry at BB&B ;)

...discover an escalator that transports shopping carts at Bed Bath & Beyond!

It was awesome.

So long story short, after much travel and much preparation, I have moved into my beensy studio apartment and am ready for Law School! Well, as ready as I think I can reasonably be.

Law School officially starts tomorrow, and I'm sure I'll have many Legally Blonde moments to let y'all know about soon :)