What have I been listening to?: Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
So many things to talk about, I'll be here till next year! Ha....it's 11:30 p.m. on new years eve.
Firstly, I got my LSAT score. I knew it would be available to check on a Saturday, but I chose to ignore it until the evening, not wanting to ruin my day. I went to the gym with Phil in the morning, and then he was kind enough to invite me to join him and a few of his friends for dinner. When I returned from dinner, I finally opened up my laptop and brought up the LSAC website. Logged in, scrolled down (with very low expectations, you remember)....and froze. And then dropped to my knees. And then jumped up and high kneed all around the apartment, babbling with incoherent joy and rejoicing. I made a couple frantic--and I'm sure, mostly unintelligible--calls. And then...I don't remember what I did. Did I celebrate? I don't remember. Maybe I went out to see a movie, or maybe I stayed in and watched a movie.
Unfortunately, the euphoria of this great news faded with the responsibilities and pressures of finals, and then researching law schools, and then trying to figure out how to begin applying. As soon as one pressure went away, a new one (or two, or three) took its place. This has led to a bit of self awareness for me. I have come to the realization that I constantly create worry for myself. Then every once in a while will have a moment of clarity where I realize everything is great and I'm worrying for no reason at all.
Finals went as they usually do, and I always handle them the same way: I request a full week off from work, dedicate myself to studying and preparing, writing down everything by hand. Then about two days into this I realize it is entirely unnecessary to request a full week off from work and I find myself wishing I was at work making money. Eventually, after hours and hours of writing tirelessly I take my finals and get all A's. This is how finals week always goes for me. Despite having the realization that I don't need to request a full week off from work, I always do it anyways.
So, the semester ended cleanly and within a day River Falls had pretty much cleared out. All of my friends have returned to their respective home towns, but I am remaining here to work. I'm quite pleased by staying here though, and have been enjoying my routine. Because a lot of kids have returned to work over their own winter breaks, hours at work are in high demand. I'm in a good spot, though--not overworked, with plenty of time for other pursuits and leisurely activities. Still going to the gym pretty regularly, and am trying to become a better runner. I've never been much into it because the high impact gives me aggravating shin splints. The last couple times I've run, though, I've worn some tight crew Stance socks that offer some compression and I haven't noticed much pain, so I think that may be the key. I think I will invest in a full shin compression sleeve. I was running on the treadmill the other day and was surprised at how well it seemed to be going. I felt I was keeping a good pace and felt pretty good, and then I realized it was like a ten and a half minute mile.
Christmas Day was lovely. Christmas this year has been a little different because my sister and her boyfriend were on a trip in Texas, and my brother and his girlfriend couldn't make it to town until the 26th due to work. On Christmas Day, I made the drive home and went straight to my grandparent's house. They have a beautiful, well kept home across the road from a lake and surrounded by thick forest. I spent the first half hour after my arrival taking photos around the house. I end up there so infrequently now a days that when I am there, it almost feels like a dream. I can't really explain it.
Returning to this post on January 3rd. We held my family's Christmas/gift exchange on January 1st since my siblings were occupied on Christmas. I got a lot of my family's gifts from Etsy. For my mom, a bunch of lemon scented things--lip balm, bar of soap, body butter. Nice, handmade stuff. I gave my brother a glass ornament that I actually blew* myself.
*I attended a glass blowing event at the university, and by 'blew' I mean I contributed to 5 seconds of blowing through a metal tube and the rest was done by someone else.
I also saw the new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and it was great. I was somewhat uncertain as animated movies are not my first pick when attending the theater, but it was really unique and funny and had a good sound track. I also watched Bird Box last night, which the internet has been annoyingly obsessed with over the past week. It was a thriller, which I love, and was a pretty good movie. It actually made me cry.
2018 was a good year. I think I can say with certainty that I have been my most consistently happy self this last year compared to the rest of my life. And I'm so grateful to be able to say that.
Finals went as they usually do, and I always handle them the same way: I request a full week off from work, dedicate myself to studying and preparing, writing down everything by hand. Then about two days into this I realize it is entirely unnecessary to request a full week off from work and I find myself wishing I was at work making money. Eventually, after hours and hours of writing tirelessly I take my finals and get all A's. This is how finals week always goes for me. Despite having the realization that I don't need to request a full week off from work, I always do it anyways.
So, the semester ended cleanly and within a day River Falls had pretty much cleared out. All of my friends have returned to their respective home towns, but I am remaining here to work. I'm quite pleased by staying here though, and have been enjoying my routine. Because a lot of kids have returned to work over their own winter breaks, hours at work are in high demand. I'm in a good spot, though--not overworked, with plenty of time for other pursuits and leisurely activities. Still going to the gym pretty regularly, and am trying to become a better runner. I've never been much into it because the high impact gives me aggravating shin splints. The last couple times I've run, though, I've worn some tight crew Stance socks that offer some compression and I haven't noticed much pain, so I think that may be the key. I think I will invest in a full shin compression sleeve. I was running on the treadmill the other day and was surprised at how well it seemed to be going. I felt I was keeping a good pace and felt pretty good, and then I realized it was like a ten and a half minute mile.
Christmas Day was lovely. Christmas this year has been a little different because my sister and her boyfriend were on a trip in Texas, and my brother and his girlfriend couldn't make it to town until the 26th due to work. On Christmas Day, I made the drive home and went straight to my grandparent's house. They have a beautiful, well kept home across the road from a lake and surrounded by thick forest. I spent the first half hour after my arrival taking photos around the house. I end up there so infrequently now a days that when I am there, it almost feels like a dream. I can't really explain it.
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| Grandma and Grandpa's House |
Returning to this post on January 3rd. We held my family's Christmas/gift exchange on January 1st since my siblings were occupied on Christmas. I got a lot of my family's gifts from Etsy. For my mom, a bunch of lemon scented things--lip balm, bar of soap, body butter. Nice, handmade stuff. I gave my brother a glass ornament that I actually blew* myself.
*I attended a glass blowing event at the university, and by 'blew' I mean I contributed to 5 seconds of blowing through a metal tube and the rest was done by someone else.
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| Family Christmas gathering upon my sister's return from Texas |
I also saw the new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and it was great. I was somewhat uncertain as animated movies are not my first pick when attending the theater, but it was really unique and funny and had a good sound track. I also watched Bird Box last night, which the internet has been annoyingly obsessed with over the past week. It was a thriller, which I love, and was a pretty good movie. It actually made me cry.
2018 was a good year. I think I can say with certainty that I have been my most consistently happy self this last year compared to the rest of my life. And I'm so grateful to be able to say that.
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