Laura over at WonL just wrote a goodbye letter. It makes me feel quite sad. I will hold out hope that she will start up elsewhere, and that she'll let me follow her - the sadness isn't just about her. It's because, well, I know a lot of the blogs I've been reading are going to do the same. I am going to do the same. I just don't know how yet. I am CERTAIN that I will be here through the bar exam. But then what? Do I leave my archives up? Do I change my name? Do I let everyone who reads this follow me to that?
I think I have to be more selective than that. Which sucks. Because I like my daily hits. I'll have to start building a whole new readership.
What kind of readership? Mommy readership? I'm not sure I'm Mommy-ish enough for that. I read this thing on Alpha moms v. Slacker Moms ... I know for a FACT that I am a slacker mom (defined as those who forget to hand in field trip permission slips and occasionally forget when it's there turn to bring the damned orange slices). I don't think slacker-moms get to have Mommy blogs. [Ooh! Maybe that's my calling! Starting the new wave of slacker-mom blogs. I bet we all work.]
And - it's super sad because it means law school is ending. IT was fun to come across a blogging world of people in law school. I mean, it is a pretty damned unique experience, and having those who understand to rant toward probably helped Beloved to survive the experience.
I like law school.
Which may explain why I'm taking 7 hours to finish this last take home, when it should have taken 3. I just don't want it to end.
I decided today that it's likely that I will cry at graduation. And then I started to think about how dumb that will look. This old woman, old enough to be everyone's mother (okay, okay, so that's not true --- but maybe too old to be an older sister? No. Not really. I could be the older sister) sobbing like a baby.
I am happy, too, of course.
But right now, I'm more sad. Perhaps if I go and focus on the international law regime's effectiveness or ineffectiveness in protecting the environment I'll feel less sad.
Or more sad.
Damn. I need to shut up so I can write a real goodbye letter later, and not have it be all repetitive and boring.
And so I can write my fucking take home exam!!! (900 words to go!!)Labels: emotions, exams, law school, starting over |
Congrats on graduation - I cried through most of mine and no one seemed to notice, so it's okay. I'll be sticking around through the bar, then deciding whether I want to start a whole new blog, too. But for now - yay! We did it!