So…I am sitting in my bed. It’s 10 pm on a Monday night. I have just realized that this day blows. It feels like there has been 3 different days in this one day alone. I don’t know why. Law school does funny things to my brain sometimes. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot to look forward to here on out this semester…so instead of thinking about that, I decided I should blog. It’s been too long. I apologize to those that have been waiting and requesting…I just haven’t had it in me. But here I am now! And boy do I have some stories for your entertainment (at least…I hope they entertain you…cuz I laugh about them quite often).
This is my “you know you’ve been in law school too long when….” post.
1. One day last semester I was reading what felt like hundreds of pages for torts. I came along a word I was not familiar with… “destined” …I spent a good 3 minutes trying to decide what “de-styned” meant. I was about to google the definition when it occurred to me that the word was not “de-styned”, it was “destined”. WOW Maren. So glad I didn’t get to the googling of the term. How embarrassing.
2. Around the time my trial brief was due, I often found myself not being able to focus on a single task. One afternoon I got to school and parked in one of the front spots by the school. After ONE CLASS (yes, only about one hour later), I walked out to go home and I could NOT remember where I had parked. I couldn’t think about it clearly, so for some reason I walked myself all the way up the hill to the Kibbie Dome lot (not a terrible walk, but definitely out of the way). Welp, then I realized I had parked right in front that day. What do you do when you realize? There are people around and you have to act like you forgot something, or kinda throw your hands up and do an “oh stupid me” look as you turn around and head back down the hill to your car. Oopsie. How embarrassing.
3. I have one pen that I absolutely love. It’s not special…it’s a free pen from some hotel from my volleyball playing days…but I prefer my notes to be written with it. Well one morning I got to class and had a private panic attack…my pen was gone. Checked my bag, went back down to my desk…no pen. I had to use a stupid pen for notes that day. Middle of my second class, I reach up to tighten my ponytail and guess what I found?! My pen. Used it to put my hair up while reviewing notes before classes that morning. Panicked for nothing. How embarrassing.
4. I was watching an NCAA bball tourney game and one of my friends said it was cool that Virginia had several teams in the tournament. She named a few before I added, “WVU”. Yes, I added West Virginia University to the list of Virginia schools. We just looked at each other for a moment and started laughing. West Virginia happens to be its own state. Good work, Maren. How embarrassing.
5. I wrote “do ‘ nt” in my margins instead of “don’t” (I’ve misplaced apostrophes several times in my notes).
6. I legitimately tried to plug in my computer charger backwards (the side that should be in the outlet into my computer, and the computer plug-in into the outlet). Took me a minute to realize why things weren’t working out.
7. I was editing my appellate brief and I made a correction that I no longer wanted there…guess what I did?! I used white-out to fix it. Yes, I used white-out to fix my fixes. Who does that? HOW….EMBARRASSING.
8. At least I'm not alone. My friend woke up one morning and was barricaded into her bedroom. No recollection of how it happened. This is what happens around the time briefs are due. Also...she was reading through her brief and passed right over an important mistake a few times. Luckily she finally caught it. Instead of "Agent Beckett", she had "Action Beckett" in an important heading. Some things shouldn't be looked over...but often are. Seems fine.