I had 3 zits pop out on my face today. They are all from Fed Courts. I'm sure of it. Nothing else is stressing me out -- just Fed Courts.

I also got another new suit in the mail. I like it a lot. It was another from Ann Taylor. I'm loving Ann Taylor. She's my best friend. J.Crew however - NOT my best friend. J. is a creep. I hate him/her.

This evening, I stayed at school very late (for me -- 7:50 p.m.) and worked through an old Fed Courts exam with a friend. We read the question, and thought, "oh, fuck." all the claims! and all the causes of action! and we found ourselves asking weird questions - questions we felt we shouldn't have 6 days before the exam. like, "well, why is this a 1983 claim instead of a Bivens claim?" and "if you can only get prospective injunctive relief against a state official .... can you get attorney's fees? [b/c we figured atty's fees was the reason for the 1983 instead of Bivens .... but then thought - WAIT!!!]" We really thought we should know these things. I am going to talk to my professor tomorrow. Then, I will know these things. I also, while sitting there with my friend, ordered Chemerinsky's Federal Jurisdiction book from Amazon. I paid for overnight shipping. I will have it tomorrow. I will then have clarity. She has it - and I used it constantly this evening - it just worked to clear the fog during those times that we were reading our notes and then squinching our noses up asking "huh? what?"

I had been quite nervous about the fact that I find myself not caring too very much about my Employment Law exam. Fed Courts is on Monday a.m. from 9-1, and then I will start looking at Employment Law - and that exam is on Wednesday from 9-12. Maybe not enough time? I did not know. The class has seemed so NOT challenging, and has required so very little of me - other than going to class, listening to all the very interesting and relevant things about minimum wage, and mass dismissals, and wrongful discharge actions, a little Family Medical Leave Act Here, a Little Fair Labor Standards Act there. So I felt adrift about what to expect from the exam. I was slightly nervous b/c the professor has a healthy econ bend, and i hate econ, and it and I get along poorly.

So today, my fears were put to rest. He decided that he's going to do a multiple choice. 30-35 questions. there will be a lot of statutory stuff. We'll need to be familiar with the statutes (I think there's 4, with regulations), and be able to discuss things like who's covered and who's exempt, and what can you really get if people ignore the fact that there's a law, and exploit you even more than the law allows, which is kind of a real lot.

Here's a look at my day tomorrow:

Tomorrow (Weds):

8:30 - Administrative Law
10:00 - Gym
11:30 - Library
12:30 - talk to Fed Courts Professor
12:45 - Finish standing portion of Admin Take Home exam [my group-fellows are doing
the other parts); and, if I have time, Fed Courts Outline
3:00 - Meet with Admin professor and group
3:15 - COnsult with Admin group about finishing take home exam
3:30 - Fed Courts Outline
5:00 - pack up and ride bike home to get Thing One and take her to softball. if game is rained
out, b/c we are having a week of rain, this changes to 6:00 instead of 5:00.
6:30 - dinner with family; laundry; perhaps Family Game Night - if no Softball. If there is
softball, then I'm out until 8:30
8:30 - put kids to bed
9:00 - watch Lost. People got SHOT last week. I can't miss Lost. Fed Courts is
important, but dammit, I have priorities.
10:00 - Outline Fed Courts until sleep hijacks my body

posted by Zuska @ 11:24 PM

2 Comments:

At Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:32:00 AM, E. McPan said…

Wow, Fed Courts gave you zits? How rude! I love Ann Taylor too and I think the sizing at J. Crew is too wonky for me to try via mail. I think J. Crew must be a man.
At Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:30:00 PM, The Marpepps! said…

Yes on the Ann Taylor.

Evidence gave me zits. I understand.