It's a rollercoaster ride....

Life is like a rollercoaster. There are ups and downs. It comes at you fast and can seem out of control. You only hope that at the end of the ride, when you pull into the station, your final words aren’t, “That’s it?”

A lot of life happens in a short time. This is especially true in the day-to-day grind of law school. Whether at the top or the bottom of the law school rollercoaster, there is little time to do more than scream, hold on, and prepare for the next turn.

That’s what my life has felt like these past few weeks. On November 1 I received a letter from my firm of choice informing me that I was not their candidate of choice for the summer 2008 internship position. Boy, was I bummed about that. But, for better or worse, there wasn’t a whole lot of time to drown my sorrows.

And, at the snap of a finger, three more weeks have passed, and we are facing a long-overdue Thanksgiving break. Afterward, there will be one more week of classes, followed by final exams, and then this semester is over.

I will readily admit that I feel woefully unprepared for exams. I hope that if I devote myself to relentless studying during Thanksgiving break that I will not get thrown out of the rollercoaster car when we snap around the next curve . . . but I know it’s going to be a bumpy ride.