It seems I've settled back into a fairly decent routine of posting, so I guess I will look forward to keeping that going no? For some strange reason, I feel like this last week really was just a wrap up to the week before with a few new plot twist.
As now mentioned in multiple post the 1L moot court has been dominating my life the last few weeks and it finally came to a close. Unfortunately, that ending occurred on Monday rather then on Friday as I hoped. Either way with a bit of introspection and a good ole fashion "suck it up" talk from my father and some ice-cream bought by Lena, I am quite proud of how my team and I did. We finished tied for 17th in the class and having nothing to be ashamed of. We also got the benefit of a more normal then usual week then everyone else who was still in the competition. Since we didn't win it all, I'm glad we lost on Monday.
In our last match, on Monday night, we went up again against a team from our section, Mr. Holland and Mr. Kraft. We all did a good job, but I feel like I probably cost my team a shot at winning. I made two or three critical speaking errors that I just don't know if we could have recovered from. For example, I was arguing the standard of review, Abuse of Discretion, for the petitioner and mistakenly made a comment that the respondent should make. The judges picked up the comment and ran with it a bit making me do a bit of verbal acrobatics but I don't know if I made up for my mistake. Once again, I'm proud of how we did. Hopefully, I will get to do this again in the future.
Coed soccer also came to an end last week as well. We finally played a team that was just simply better then we were. Besides two small incidents, we lost with grace and I think we mostly had a pretty good time. Unfortunately, there were no goals for myself but that is okay. I really enjoyed playing and I kinda wish the season was longer, but I'm also glad it is over so I can get focused on the things that I'm really paying all this tuition money for.
Also on the docket last week was the Norman Oklahoma Institute Dance. The dance was interesting. There were a lot of people and the decorations looked fantastic. The big problem with the dance is that the people putting it on tried to control/force the dance a little bit too much, and as such a few things they tried to do didn't work that well. Overall, it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed attending it. I always enjoy a good opportunity to show off my Waltz and hang out with my bro's!
After the dance I rushed home and went to bed(at 1ish) and then woke up at 5am. I had been planning on driving out to Stillwater the night of the dance but I stayed till the end so I decided to drive out in the morning instead. I left for Stillwater at about 6am and arrived at around 730am. I knew my presence that early would not be too appreciated so instead of driving straight to Natalie and Jacob's, I made a deter to daylight donuts in Stillwater. I brought Natalie and Jacob donuts and when I woke them up they didn't seem as unpleasant as they would have otherwise been. We went and had lunch with Nanna and also got to go watch Oklahoma State's spring game which was a lot of fun as well. I always enjoy staying with those two.
Yesterday, church was about par for the course. The speakers in sacrament were excellent and priesthood was just as good. I can't comment on Sunday School though as I got pulled into the Ward Clerk's office and we spent the entire time talking about certain things. Sunday night I went over to Tyler Thorntons apartment and a group of guys and myself played phase 10 and discussed important ward matters. It should be noted, for the record, that I won the game.
Today has been pretty vanilla and there isn't much to report. I did the opportunity to go to FHE tonight which I haven't been to in awhile and it was actually a lot of fun.
When I was attending the University of Utah the first year I lived at home and commuted to campus each day. Now, I'm not unique in that aspect as a majority of students at the U commute daily, but I did commute from Stansbury which is a bit further then most came from. I also, because of my naivety, signed up for 7:30 classes every morning. What meant I would wake up about 5:50am every day get ready and get dressed and leave the house at 6:20-6:30am. I would arrive at campus about 7:10-7:15am and would then walk to class. To complement this hellish schedule, for awhile I was working full time for Discover Financial Services. So when classes were over at 2:30pm, I would hope in the car and drive to work and work until 11:00pm. Then I would finally make the drive home arriving shortly before midnight and crash and then the process would start again.
To be honest, there are mornings when I would "wake up" in class and not know how I had got to class. I remember one morning in particular that as I was driving across I-80 going to school that I reasoned that I could close my eyes for a brief moment and I would be okay. Looking back on those times it scares me to think how easily I could have killed myself, or worse someone else. I remember that the only thing that kept me sane through my schedule was the long drive home.
You see, when I drove home at nights, I would be able to think, reflect, and sing. I would think about the day behind, the day ahead, and the day current while singing along to either the radio or one of three cd's I owned at the time. I had forgotten how much I love to just think and drive until Saturday morning somewhere between Guthrie and Stillwater. I guess ultimately when you are in a car driving on a mostly empty interstate singing along with radio you can let your guard down and enjoy life. I also believe that my best solutions to my biggest problems have come from the cockpit of a car. I will be without a vehicle for two straight years, but I'm sure I can cope and find other mechanism for thinking time.
One Love
ps. Finals start two weeks from Tuesday the 20th
pss. I report to the MTC in 58 days.
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