The item I'm calling "my birthday gift" isn't really for me, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it :)

I am so burning out on school. We have three midterms this week, each of them a different style of exam and so it's hard for my mind to switch gears from multiple choice to essay to something between the two. And I must get at least a 3.75 in each class, to maintain a high GPA, which is adding to my stress level. I consider myself fairly intelligent, but I'm plagued by laziness. I would rather read for pleasure than read a textbook (although I did enjoy reading our astronomy text last year). I would rather consider what sorts of events we can run in the little game than do legal research. Maybe I'm not called to this field at all as I thought I was. But I'm sure everyone goes through some angst about what career choices they've made along the way. All my prior jobs I sort of fell into; at least this one is my choice by inclination.

And I've finally found an area that really interests me: employment law. I signed up for the class on a whim, but it's really quite interesting. In May, there's a convention for employment law attorneys in Seattle, and I've volunteered to help at it, so that I can meet more folks in this specialty.

New photos have been added to my photo album.