almost done? really???

So I'm sitting here and its the first week of May and I'm asking myself where the hell did my first year of law school go?!

It seems like it wasn't so long ago that I was posting about my first day of class, the first time I got called on, and the schedule I fell into (and soon fell out of) at the beginning of this whole experience. And now I suddenly have almost an entire academic year under my belt??

Have I learned anything? I suppose so. I've learned that law school is a lot like high school. I've learned that I hate Contracts class just as much as I expected I would. I've learned that some girls get all gussied up for class, and that I'll never be one of those girls, and that thats ok. I've (I think) learned when to speak up and when to keep my mouth shut. I've learned that the cases they mention on Law and Order are real (at least some of them). I've learned that good friends and a couple glasses of merlot will make most sticky situations tolerable, and many of them even funny. I've learned that sometimes the best gift you can get from someone is a fantastic outline. And wine is a close second. I've learned that coffee is as necessary as water and that the daily coffee break is even more valuable.

Two more years of this.... and then they expect me to go out into the world and be a lawyer??? THAT is what I have a hard time comprehending.

One final and two classes done. Four more to go. And then, 1L year will draw to a close. Crazy...