Exam time

With less than a week to go before all my exams are over, you may think I've been hunched over my books burning the late night oil trying to cram as much information in my brain as possible... but you'd be mistaken. I strategically planned my semester so that I'd only have two exams at the end of this semester so that I would still have energy left for the bar review course that will be exam review for 2 1/2 months! While I haven't been out late on the town I have been having lots of fun. This weekend's fun included cooking, 2 soccer games (to offset the cooking), and catching up with my good friend Alicia who just got back from Thailand and Japan.

Pad Thai - Yum!

My co-chef and dinner companion

Teddy Bear pancakes!

Twenty-Four

Twenty-four is the number of days left until graduation! I really couldn't be happier not to be a student anymore. But I am savoring the last round of exams. As counterintuitive as that may sound, I only have two so I get to study interesting things every day and still have time for runs, seeing friends, playing soccer and enjoying the spring weather - oh and sleeping in!

And as long as I'm counting down... there are fewer than 24 days until Derek comes home! And that's much bigger news. I can't wait to hear his voice and maybe even see him with my own eyes.

Good luck to everyone else taking exams or with big projects coming together this month (Anahita, that's you)!

School's over!!!

I mean it... school's over... forever! Yesterday was my last day of class for life!* What a relief. For now I don't miss it one bit (though I still have 2 exams and the bar ahead of me; maybe I'll get nostalgic after that). So here's the quick run down of the high points of law & grad school.

Attending he Elliott School of International Affairs - where it all started...

Having amazing professors like Mary Cheh

Watching Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Roberts judge our student moot court competition

Seeing Al Gore speak about his documentary

The law school - where everything ended (well, where it will end after the bar class)

*Note, last time I said this I was wrong and maybe I am again...

Spring has arrived!

Despite the fact that April always signals the arrival of final exams, I love the spring in DC because of the cherry blossoms. On Saturday, the weather was great so I decided to run down to the Jefferson Memorial to see the trees and they were incredible! I've lived here four years but I'm still amazed by how beautiful those trees are - like thick snow in the middle of spring. But as I was running I kept jumping over barriers to avoid the crowds of people there taking pictures and I inadvertently ended up running behind a stage where Japanese dancers were performing!!! I'm not sure I added much to the performance but at least I thought it was funny... and probably at least a few of the thousands of people on the other side got a laugh out of it.

In other good news, I just finished a presentation that was the last thing I have to do for my master's degree.... ever!