As I mentioned, I had a mini-reunion with some college friends the week before last. I was out four nights in a row and subsequently fell behind in torts and contracts. I debated whether I should just try to cram extra hours into the days in order to catch up or else just do my best to stay current and worry about learning joint and several liability when it comes time to cram for exams. I chose the latter. There’s just so much going on right now and before I know it, it’s November 1 and I’ll have to add summer job searching to my never-diminishing plate of obligations. The work just keeps piling on and even though I JUST turned in my first memo assignment, already our second has been assigned. First memo rewrites are due about a week before the second memo (twice the length of the first one) is due. This second (and last) memo is an open universe type memo (outside research required, for the uninitiated) and promises to be a bigger time suck than the last…

But I’ve still made time for fun! Last Thursday there was a joint CLS/NYU Law bar review at a place in Hell’s Kitchen. I had a great time mingling with our Village counterparts. They were really friendly and outgoing. I even met a fellow Wellesley alum; that’s always fun. I think initially the NYU students who showed up vastly outnumbered the CLS students, but things evened out somewhat as the night wore on. To be honest, I didn’t see a whole lot of cross-school intermingling. For my part, I hung out almost exclusively with NYU students until the latter part of the night. But I think that was more the exception than the rule.

The weekend was pretty fun as well. A friend who I haven’t seen in months had a dinner party (I’m such a grown up) at his upper east side apartment Friday and we followed up dinner with drinks at some local bars. And then my parents were in town Saturday and we had a late lunch. The weather was bad, but I gave them a tour of the law school and the (far more impressive) undergraduate campus. At my mom’s insistence, we checked out the cathedral church of St. John the Divine. I walk by that thing all the time and now I understand why the tourists flock there. Inside, it’s absolutely breathtaking. The Brooklyn Philharmonic was in there rehearsing for a free show that was slated for later that night and we got to listen while we roamed in and out of all the little chapels housed inside the cathedral. I highly recommend to anyone visiting NYC just step away from the Empire State Building and make your way uptown to check out the cathedral. Also, the Seinfeld restaurant is just around the block.

In other news, I made a rather significant purchase last weekend. In an effort to stave off law school-induced inertia and to promote healthiness, I bought a treadmill. It cost a crap-ton of money, that’s for sure, but it was far cheaper than a yearly membership to a New York City gym that I’ll probably never visit. (Don’t even bring up the CU gym; it’s NOT an option.) I figure it’s well worth it. It’ll be easy to keep up with and I can even read while walking. I also think that in the next few weeks, I’ll be seriously in need of the extra endorphins. Finals will be here before I know it.

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