So I finished the second of two finals today! I was so happy I ran around willy nilly like McCauley Culkin’s character when he realized his parents are gone in Home Alone. Ah the exuberance of 10 year olds. And law students.

So what did I do then, you ask? I cleaned the house. For two hours. We could eat on the floor.

I then had a nice workout (first in weeks). I saw a beautiful double rainbow over the I-5 bridge on my way to the gym. This isn’t it (I didn’t have the camera sadly), but it’s not too different:

Right now I’m sitting in Britta and Kevin’s kitchen, watching Cedar make spaghetti and meatballs. And, the best thing, THE BEST THING, is that I don’t have to read, study, think about reading or studying, or procrastinate while not reading or studying. Life is definitely good.

I realized something during my Transmission of Wealth final today. I actually enjoyed taking the final. That is definitely a first. And it certifies me as a geek. A trusts and estates geek sure, but a geek nonetheless. Other law school exam reactions rank from “Ow, my brain” to “I just got run through a meat grinder” to “Perhaps I’ll move to Australia.” But my reaction to this test suggests I should talk to some more estate planning lawyers about their jobs.

It is now Saturday (I’m finishing this blog entry a few days later). Cedar and I had a great Saturday morning. We read in bed, ate some breakfast, putzed around on the computers, hung some pictures (finally! We’ve had about 15 framed pictures and pieces of art to hang up sitting on the floor in a pile for 6 months), ate some lunch. Cedar’s playing tennis now. He’s playing indoors with Jason since it has been raining all day. I can hear the rain on the roof, it’s nice.

On Wednesday after I finished my finals, and after we ate spaghetti and meatballs, we watched Garden State. It was a good movie, quite enjoyable. I thought the characters were refreshingly real, especially Natalie Portman’s character, Sam.

Yesterday I invited friends to go on a bike ride to Golden Gardens park to see the sunset. Wolfe, Christa, Cedar and I rode on the Burke Gilman trail, and things were going swimmingly until I took quite a spill trying to cross some rail road tracks in the pavement. My bike tire slipped on the metal track, then caught abruptly on the pavement, and since I was going fast I totally lost the front wheel and went flying to the right and up. I landed on my butt and then my head snapped down and the back of my helmet cracked on the pavement. So I’ve got a very sore bum and a light headache. Somewhat coincidentally a guy on a road bike did the exact same thing about 5 minutes after I did while I was recovering on the side of the road. I emailed the city and told them they have a dangerous condition there.

So now it is spring break and I’m going to jury duty on Monday! Yay (sarcasm). But after that I’m going to do some job work, then Cedar and I will take a three day weekend down to Oregon. Maybe we’ll go to the Oregon coast.

Next quarter my classes probably are: Business Organizations, Access to Justice Seminar, Death and Gift Taxation, and the Refugee and Immigrant Advocacy Clinic (RIAC). I’ve been doing the clinic this whole school year as it is a year long thing. RIAC is a part of the Northwest Justice Project.

Cedar’s Aunt Cayla reminded me that public service can be very rewarding (something I didn’t mention as a benefit in my last post). She is right, and RIAC is the reason I know that. I’ve been helping low-income immigrants and refugees get and maintain their benefits, get their citizenship, and find low-income housing, among other things. I have real clients and I talk with them and help make their lives a little easier. It’s been a great experience, and very rewarding.

In other really fun news, Cedar’s Mom opened a restaurant in Lewisburg, WV. Here are a couple pictures:

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I think it is really beautiful, I could live there (more pictures here). and Destiny tells us it’s going gangbusters. I feel so proud to have such an entrepreneur in the family.

Well, I’m about finished blabbing on here. Happy Saturday!

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