Cite Checking

I am pretty sure this is a form of hazing for law students.  This is for people who write or grade on to law review.  You sit in a room (with no windows) on your computer verifying 1) the place where they claim this info came from is correct 2) the citation form they used is correct and 3) their grammar is all correct.  I have spent about 5 hours on this so far and done a total of 11 cites.  I have to do 45.  That leaves 34 more and I am averaging about one every 1/2 hour.  That means 17 hours.  Fortunately, this will not be the case.  My first cite was to a 1930's handwritten census (that was cited incorrectly).  The census was 1,160 pages.  I had to verifying the man's name was somewhere on that census and get the page number because the writer was lazy.  Since the document is handwritten (IN CURSIVE), I couldn't do a simple document search of the microfilm because the computer would not recognize the cursive.  Worst thing I have ever done in my life.  This means I spent 2 of those 5 hours on one cite.  1 of those 5 hours I spent searching for a 1964 Virginia state session law.  So, 2 hours were spent doing 9 cites.  If I don't get anymore craziness, I could be done in as little as 7 hours!  Ugh.

Why is Law Review good again?

The Adventures of Callie and Leo

Today started out a good day, I slept in until 8:30 (unheard of when you have a "plump" dog that likes to eat by 7), had some strawberries for breakfast, it was all good.  I let the pups out to play for a little bit at about 10 so I could get some work done without Callie laying on my keyboard.  I went to let them in at 10:30 and THEY WEREN'T THERE.  The gate was open,dogs where gone.  In my panic I took off, barefoot, around the neighborhood.

I couldn't find them.  I called Joe, crying hysterically and he came home to drive around with me looking for them.  They were no where to be found.  There were people out EVERYWHERE, I KNEW someone had to have taken them,  I called the pound, the shelter, animal control, posted on FB, posted on craigslist and went to make flyers.  I come home from picking up the flyers, and I see Callie in the garden of a neighbor 4 houses down.  She was soaking wet, but I got her home.  Elated to have found her, I was POSITIVE Leo was nearby, so I went back out and pounded the pavement.  Couldn't find him.  I get back home and started to bandage my now blistered feet.  I look up, and there is Leo coming up the front steps!  He was bone dry.

I'll never really know what adventures they had today, but I can speculate:

Callie: Look, Leo, I figured out how to open the gate, FREEDOM!!!!
Leo: Callie!  There could be dangers out there!  Where are you going!
Callie:  The pond where the girl takes us on walks!  We can chase ducks and catch fish.
Leo: Fish and ducks?  I'm in then.
Callie and Leo get to the pond, chase a few ducks, splash around a few fish when something catches Leo's eye, the forest area the girl never lets them play in!
Leo:  Callie, let's go explore.  I bet there are evil squirrels in there for us to attack.

Callie readily agrees and they darted into the woods.  They frolicked, played, caught 0 squirrels, but TWO grasshoppers.  Leo decided it was time to head back home.  They got to the door, but no one was home.  Just then, the best thing ever drives by, a dump truck!  Leo and Callie run and chase the truck, playing/eating the scraps that fall behind.  Suddenly, something catches Callie's eye and she runs for it.  By the time Leo turns around, she is gone.

Leo, distraught to have lost his little sister begins to look for her.  She's not at the pond, nor in the woods, or even in the cool backyard with the fence blown down.  Leo decides to head home without her.  Leo gets home and there is the girl!  Not only is the girl home, but Callie is too!

The adventure is over, so both pups decide to relive it by taking a nap!  Goodnight!

School Days

I am so ready for school to start back!  I hear the second year is so much more fun.  I have also heard it is easier, but I don't know how that will be.  I am taking 16 hours, on the American Indian Law Review and am a mentor to the 1L class.  I am pretty excited about being a mentor.  I LOVED ours.  I hope I get a section of 1Ls like my section was.  They were like my little family.

Before school starts (and on the first day!) I have a few interviews for next summer.  I am pretty excited about this.  Last year, I didn't get any on campus interviews (paid internships).  This year, I am getting interviews at some of the top firms in Oklahoma!  My rank at school went up a good 20 spots after last semester and I am just hoping to keep it there.

Joe and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on July 31.  We went to Mahogany's, the place we went when we got engaged.  We drank a giant bottle of champagne and ate tons of food and dessert.

I wore white in honor of the wedding:

That was Saturday night (the night before our anniversary) so we could recover.  Sunday night dinner we spent with Linn and Wes, who we also spent our second date with.  They were our bartenders at outback!  They said they wanted to treat us because we treated them to dinner at the wedding.  Unfortunately, I have no pictures of that night.  After dinner, we went and played pool.  I only got one ball in, the 8 ball, at the wrong time.  Poor Joe.  I was definitely a handicap.

We forgot to eat our cake, so I made Joe do it Monday night:

Joe said it tasted awful.  I didn't think it was too bad, maybe a little frost bitten.  Joe said that's because I am a fat kid trapped in a skinny girl's body.  My love for cake knows no bounds.

So, I am officially starting my second year of marriage and school.  Never been more ready!