My week began with registering for new classes. I don’t know
how other schools do it, but here at the Marshall Wythe Law School, initial registration
lasts about a minute. Imagine 200+ students all anxiously refreshing the
registration website just before 8:00 in the morning, then frantically typing
in class ID numbers in hopes of claiming a seat in the most popular courses
before they’re filled up.
It’s a little ridiculous and more stressful than the
situation warrants.
It was, however, nicer this year than last year. As a rising
3L, I was part of the first skirmish for classes (the 2Ls get to scrounge for
what’s left the next day) and I only ended up on one wait list. First pick for
the graduating class is some consolation for having less than 60 seconds to
register.
Spring seems to have happened just as suddenly as
registration this year. One day, the trees in general were still a collection
of late winter brown sticks. The next day, there were little leaves poking out
everywhere and the predominant landscape color was green. The trees still have a
lot of growing to do before they completely obscure the view, but spring is in
full flow.
The other indication of spring is the birds. I woke up the
other day to a bird outside my window doing a pretty good impression of an
alarm clock (in my mind, it was MY alarm clock – it might have been a
mockingbird).
In other good news, my to do list for the rest of the
semester now fits on one Post-it note. That is an unduly simplified image of
the amount of work I have left, but it feels good to see it all in one compact
list.
Four more weeks and then it will be summer. Whew.
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