That's it

I'm done. After a solid 11 hours of outlining yesterday leading into my four-hour contracts exam today, my last final is behind me. I must say, I do enjoy law school though. Even the tests are interesting. A couple people looked at me really strangely when I expressed that my torts exam was fun, so I held my tongue today, but at least I'm not dreading any of the future semesters. Of course, I have no idea what my grades will be, but there's nothing I can do about it now. So I'll watch some movies on my computer while bouncing cashews off my mouth to find in a month or so. (I did find the wasabi pea that went missing so long ago. It was under a laundry basket.) I also went shopping for the first time this month, so I have fruit and cashews. I didn't buy anything else, since I'll be back home and mooching in a couple days, but after eating only oatmeal for the past week (with an exception of a free bagel last Thursday and some pasta Monday), I'm more than satisfied with any flavor whatsoever. My cashews even say they're from Cedar Rapids, IA! I'm enthusiastic about everything. Don't worry; it won't last.

I don't really have anything to report from my hermitage. I've read over 2,000 pages of legal text in the past week preparing, and while it wasn't the worst experience of my life (because like I said, at least it's interesting), I don't think there's much that bears repeating. I'm also not allowed to share exam contents, so I can't really go into much at all about the last week. Except I played some handball on Thursday and Sunday. I might play tonight, but I'm feeling a bit too lazy to bike to downtown St. Paul (mostly because of the ride back in the dark). I set up a final match with Matt Hiber tomorrow in any event, so I'll be leaving Minnesota on a solid note.

I am playing in my first magic the gathering tournament in a long time on Saturday. I have no expectations as to my ability, but just being in that environment again will be quite an experience, I'm sure.

I forgot my tea in my bottle rack outside today. The bottle seems to have survived the freezing, but it was unfortunate in that I didn't have my tea during the test, and in that I still don' t have my tea on account of it being solid.

The maximum word count for my Constitutional law class was 2,500 words, which I hit almost exactly. I spent a decent amount of time thinking through the various aspects and paring down what I wanted to say, and I turned it in with three minutes remaining. I got lucky the printers I went to were working, since otherwise I probably wouldn't have made the 8-hour deadline. Then in my 4-hour torts exam I hit just over 4,500 words. I sort of petered off after three hours, since I wasn't desperately typing any more. But it turns out that's a solid 11 pages single spaced (18 double), so not too shabby. I don't know what I wrote today, since it was divided into sections, but I'd guess around 3,000. Again, it was more a matter of coming up with something to say for the last hour than than it was hurrying to finish in the allotted time, so either I'm doing something wrong or I'm doing alright.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I have some cashews to track down. And some cars to watch explode. And some magic to think about. Thanks for reading!