the thin line between optimism and delusion…

Libby and I decided last night that we needed to start improving our lives little steps at a time. After thinking this over, I have a few new thoughts and goals for law school. Here they are:
1. If I have to carry my constitutional law book around, I should at least read it. This is the heaviest book I have ever possessed. The work involved in carrying the book from my locker to the library seems to me enough work for the class every day, but I would like to get something more out of this book than just a bad elbow. I think I can handle con law. I like history. I like law. This shouldn’t be as bad as I am making it. But I haven’t had a history class since my junior year of high school, so I am currently a little lost.
2. I am going to learn that I don’t need to listen to my Business Crimes teacher the first half of class, I need to listen to him the second half of class. The first half he talks about current events. By the time he starts talking about the material we read, I have already tuned out. I mean, the class doesn’t start until 4:30 in the afternoon, what can you do?
3. I am going to remember that my school work is my vocation currently. I can’t be happy unless I am useful, and right now the only way for me to be useful is for me to learn this stuff. Logically, the only way for me to be happy is for me to learn the stuff. I know that there is lots of satisfaction in learning, and I just need to keep that in mind.
4. For the most part, I have a great life. Other than showing up for class and reading a lot (which is one of my favorite things to do anyway), I have no real objectives for the next couple of months. This is a pretty sweet deal and one that I can’t justify complaining about. Plus, I got to spend the summer in Greece, which was worth a lot more than what is being asked of me currently. In addition, I live in a place where fall = football, and this makes me exceptionally happy.
5. I have got to cut down on my caffeine intake. There is very little else to be said about that.
6. As always, time management is a problem, and I need to get a grasp on being a productive individual. This is something that is probably not going to change anytime soon (which is why it is at the bottom of the list), but it is something that should always be on the list.
7. I am going to keep exercising, it is a source of endorphines that I am not able to sacrifice right now to anything, especially not school. On that note, I am going to go run with Cristina.

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I am having difficulty with my picture posting, but hopefully will have it all figured out pretty soon….

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Yesterday it seemed like a good idea to go to target and get a bunch of stuff for my apartment that I needed. I purchased a toaster oven, an ice shaver, an egg crate for my bed, and two new pillows for my bed. I still haven’t removed the toaster oven or the ice shaver from the back of my car, but I did fix my bed. I also did a great deal of laundry yesterday. So when I got in the bed last night, I had a new egg crate, new pillows and clean sheets. It was awesome. But when I woke up this morning at 9:45, I couldn’t convince myself to get out of bed. I was not tired. Even at the time, I was aware that I was not tired. I just didn’t want to get out of my great new bed. I’m telling you, this new pillow I got it amazing, I am pretty picky about pillows sometimes, and I haven’t found a pillow that I was infatuated with in years, but this pillow is just right. It is unbelievable how important good bed stuff is, and how you don’t realize how terrible your current bed stuff is until you get new good stuff. The only drawback is that if it is too good, you are never going to want to get out of bed.
I spent most of this weekend at my apartment by myself. No real reason why I did this, I mean, I went out friday and saturday night, but when I wasn’t out, like during the daylight, I was at my apartment by myself. Oh, and I did go to church on sunday, and of course target. I really had a great time though. I watched some terrible movies, truly terrible ones, but then I also watched some great ones. I think I did nothing this weekend because I know that from now on, there will be something to do every weekend. Next weekend when I wake up on Saturday morning hungover, I won’t be able to lay around and recover from the self induced flu. I will get out of bed, take a shower (hopefully), and get all dressed up for the FIRST FOOTBALL GAME!!! I am so excited. Libby is coming into town, which is awesome, cause I won’t have to call her on Saturday and tell her all about my friday night, because she will have been there and we can discuss it over the tailgate. And my parents are going to be in town, and my brother, and it is going to just be awesome!! Just the smell of bourbon and chicken figures, beer and bar-b-q; it gives me chills. CHILLS!!! (what am I going to wear????!!!)

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I have figured out how to put pictures on the new blog that I started, so if you want to see some of my pictures from this summer, go to http://charlsiekate.blogspot.com/ . I am posting pictures, so more are coming!

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My favorite picture of the summer, sunrise in Syros, complete with Greek man, lighthouse, bird and moon.  

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Kallie and me on the cliff in Santorini after riding donkeys up from the port! 

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