Realization – the stark contrast between my law school gear and my summer gear. I was walking to my car yesterday, enjoying the sunshine and wondering what to make for dinner when I realized how bogged down I was NOT. I had a small messenger-style bag slung across my body. It had my empty lunch bag, wallet, cell phone, a few files with my resume and networking contact info and other minor essentials in it. It was light weight! During the school year I am in constant contact with my rolling backpack. It goes everywhere with me – work, school, home. It contains everything my messenger bag would carry, plus the law-student’s lifeline: my laptop. (Oh, I can fit a book or two in there, as well.) It always feels heavy and is somewhat of a burden to travel with – but still – it’s saving grace is it’s ability to carry my laptop.

I love my laptop. It is not the most expensive, fancy, particularly large or small, exceptionally fast or slow, but it is mine and it works perfectly for my needs.

My laptop. Hard to believe that for the entire school year barely a day goes by that I do not open it (except family days, generally Sundays, and Saturday, too, depending on my schedule.) Now, I’ve not seen my dear friend since May 10th when I took my last final. No, not quite true – I had to open it since then to delete the finals that we are only allowed to keep a few days – long enough for the school to contact us in case there was a problem printing out the final from the disk handed in. Still….I see it all the time, and then, BOOM – stuck away in the garage until the end of August. Maybe I should be nicer to it.