Final final was yesterday morning. Instead of an exam, our family law teacher (a practicing attorney -- which always makes me wonder, how long must they practice before they get good at it?) had us prepare a paper which documented our position on a topic and then supported our thesis with existing case and statutory law. On finals day, we had to present our arguments to the class.

I argued that a national standard for surrogacy contracts should be adopted. In order to get at the snack foods arranged beside my desk (we had a classroom potluck in addition to the speeches), I offered to go first. So I rambled and babbled for the alloted 7 minutes. I admit to being somewhat unprepared although I am usually confident that I can speak extemporaneously about my beliefs. The instructor jotted notes and afterward I finished, he commented, "You used an interesting term of art in your speech: why did you call surrogates and donors, 'units'?"

"Er....I've been watching too much Star Trek," I said. "You know us carbon-based life forms!"

Doh!

Still, he gave me 17 out of 20 points, and my paper got 90 of 100, so I appear set to get an A in that class. Not sure how I did in civil procedure, where we had an actual test. Writing I got a low B (and that still steams me) and Astronomy I think I have a high B.

Tonight Rob and I are going to his company holiday party. Rob is at this moment at Best Buy where he is probably making the mistake of purchasing an X-box for himself for Christmas.