but i had the best of intentions...

remember back in august, when i laid out all the things i could do now that i was a 3L and i would have all the time in the world?

well, things have not gone so well. as a matter of a fact, i am now freaking out about all of the things that i have to do. car fixed, teeth cleaned, eyes checked, plane reservations booked, christmas plans figured out, etc. etc. etc. and that's not even counting the school-like things. MPRE studied and taken for, paper researched and written, understanding any of what has happened in communications law this semester, worrying if the ABA really enforces the attendance policies for classes as awful as a certain one i am taking, etc. etc. etc. you get my drift.

so in the absence of having volunteered at the SPCA, or done any pro bono work, or eaten healthy food, i would like to congratulate myself on the things i have stuck with.

1. the golf. we have completed our four lessons, and i was planning on playing my first game this week to celebrate, but it seems that i have a fear of actually going out on the course. but i have been very good about going to the driving range, and i am very proud to say that at our final lesson, our instructor was giving us each individual advice about what work needed to be done on our backswing. he looked at me for a minute, nodded his head, and said mine was perfect. yay! perfect! i'm doing my pink clubs proud!! (ok, so there are any number of other things i need to work on, but i'm focusing on the positive here.)
2. the gym. lexi and i have been putting our gym cards to good use and we are still going, three or four times a week. we even moved from the water aerobics to land-based classes. (of course, this was right after i spent $80 on water aerobic suitable swimsuits.) this entailed days worth of pain afterwards for the first couple of weeks, but i think we're even past that for the most part. fall break slowed us down, but now we're back and better than ever. interestingly, i am pretty sure that i am actually gaining weight, but i do feel better than i used to and have more energy and we're now at the point where we really enjoy them. so yay for that. plus, i think that the instructors really appreciate the joie de vivre lexi and i bring with us to the classes.
3. being a generally lazy 3L who doesn't bother going to a 9am class that sucks (ever) and who doesn't stay on top of her work. ok, so i still do the reading, and i go to my other 3 classes, and i haven't yet made it to not worrying about grades and classes, and yes i am panicking about everything that needs to be done....hm, ok, i haven't mastered this one yet.

well two things isn't bad.