One more three-hour exam, tonight, and I am done with 1L. Wow. My first year of law school is almost done. It went by quickly, it really did. Someday, perhaps I will have the brainpower to contemplate the experience. Today is not that day. I don’t know when I have ever felt this exhausted. I was really tired after my partner’s 37-hour labor, followed by a C-section, followed by me becoming the primary (and somewhat clueless) caregiver since my partner was hooked up to tubes and such, followed by our baby’s 4-day stay in the NICU. I barely got any sleep for those 6 days. That was exhausting physically and emotionally. This is mentally exhaustion, which I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before. If I step back and look at it, it is sort of interesting: interesting in that floaty, what-was-that-I-just-took sort of way. In fact, if I think about it more than a few seconds, it puts a little smile on my face.
OK, that’s it. I’m out. Got nothing else but the hope that all I’ve learned in Contracts is stored in my brain and will surface when it is needed tonight.
Insider advice and insights to help you decide if you should pursue a higher degree while raising children, and tips for being successful if you're already on that path, from a woman who graduated from law school in her early 40's while working full-time and helping raise two young children. While most of the blog posts were originally written several years ago, they have recently been sorted for the most relevant materials, and new content is being added.