Memo is DONE!

I officially handed in my memo this morning at 8:30 AM! Woohooo!! Done and done. Now, only three more classes until a much needed THANKSGIVING BREAK! What are you all doing for thanksgiving? Are you cooking? Heading to a family member's house?

I will be at home in Massachusetts with my parents and grandparents. C is going home to New York to see his family. I can't wait until we can finally spend holidays together, but I guess this just makes us that much more excited to come back to each other on Sunday and start putting up our very first Christmas tree :)

Adventures in Domesticity

Last night I made meat loaf and baked potatoes for dinner, and guess what? They came out SO yummy. I had never tried meat loaf until last night (I know!) because my mom and dad were more into introducing their kids to ethnic cuisine and tended to avoid the American staples. That won't be the case for me. Sure, I still want to learn how to make all the delicious Portuguese, Italian and Lebanese food I tried as a kid, but I love the idea of learning all the American comfort food recipes. Meat loaf, baked mac and cheese, shepherd's pie..all the good stuff!



I got the recipe here, but improvised by adding a little red wine to the meat mixture which kept it nice and moist, and little worcestershire sauce spread over the top with the ketchup.

YUM!

Photo via Tammy'sRecipes.com

New Moon Craze..Minus Me

I know many of you are into the Twilight series, and so are almost all of my friends. People I would never expect to be into it are reading these books and seeing the movies!

Well, I read the first 90 or so pages of Twilight and I thought it was just okay. I put it down and never opened it again. I know, I sound like a book snob but I'm really not. I swear! In middle school and into high school (when I was arguably too old to be reading it) I read the Harry Potter books and loved them. So why can't I get into Twilight?

I feel left out!!! Maybe after a little insight from all of you I will make it my winter break goal to give the series a second chance. Why do you love Twilight?

It's Memo Season!

I apologize for my lack of posts! Unfortunately, it's only going to get worse until the semester draws to a close. My graded memo (actually, first graded law school assignment period) is due on November 24th, so I have been and will be working on nothing but that in the upcoming weeks. It's so important to me that I get an A in Legal Writing, and this memo is my only shot! After the memo, my main focus until Christmas break will be outlining and studying for exams. I promise I'll be back to my blog-happy self on December 23rd, though!

For those of you in law school, how much time did you spend on your first graded memo? By the way, I refer to this assignment as my "graded" memo because we have had other memos due this semester that have basically been trial runs. Anyway, in the past I usually spent about 5-6 hours on research and synthesis of the law. This time around, though, I'm a bit worried because I've already clocked about ten hours of research, reading through cases, outlining my ideas, making handy little synthesis charts to keep all the cases straight, etc. I haven't even written a single word of the memo. I guess I'm wondering, is this a good or bad thing? If it helps, I am dealing with two issues. First, civil liability under Iowa's Dram Shop Act, and second, timely notice requirements for bringing a Dram Shop action. Under these issues, I have a few subheadings to deal with, which I think is the reason my research is taking so long. I feel like I'm on the right track, but there are some over-achievers in my section who already done with their memo. Seriously?! I honestly think the people who have already finished have missed something in an effort to be the first person done. I think I'd rather take longer to complete a better memo.

Ah, I hate the uncertainty of law school!!!