I've been accepted to three schools so far: Kent, DePaul, and Loyola (all in Chicago).  Kent and DePaul both offered me what I consider an obscene amount of money...which was totally unexpected!   Loyola doesn't award any money until March.  DePaul sent me a free T-shirt, so you know...I've got a new front runner!  Just kidding.

I'm gonna be in Chicago for the last two weekends in January to do visits.  I'm really excited to do official visits because my decision is a total toss up at this point.  I wasn't expecting any money, and when I got the first offer, I thought...well, my mind is made up.  And then the next offer came with a similar amount and I thought, oh crap.  I actually get to make a decision for myself instead of letting my bank account do it for me!

Good things on the horizon.

I have to review my admissions essays just a couple hundred more times, and I'll be ready to apply to law schools. I'm so tired of filling in blanks about my work experience and extracurriculars (which don't really matter to me anymore, seeing as how they are all two or more years old). I've requested interviews and visits. I attended the LSAC Law School Forum in Chicago.  I'm ready. Let's do this!!

Every day this week, I've left school just past contract time and headed straight for, well, Panera twice, Starbucks once, and the Espresso Gallery once, as well.

It isn't that I have an addiction for expensive coffee drinks.  I've been studying.  I take the LSAT in 9 days and I'm still too weak in the logic games.  So, I decided to hold myself to a strict study schedule.  But that doesn't mean that I have to sit the two hours each day without a little liquid comfort, right?  Oh, wait, that sounds like I've been drinking alcohol! I haven't, I swear!

Anyway, after these few sessions, I can already tell I'm much stronger in the logic games!  I no longer break into a cold sweat when I hit a road block. I know how to work through it.  I'm really hoping this weekend's practice test will show the difference this studying has made.

I'm so nervous about the test, but I'm also terribly excited.  This test makes my law school hopes seem real.  Afterwards, I'll have a pretty good idea of where I might get in.  It is slowly seeming less like an "Oh, I wish I could go to law school" and more like an "I'm going."


Switching gears, I wanted to share some lyrics from a hymn we sang this Sunday in church.  It really spoke to me.  It makes me wonder about what "me" I'm hiding and what fears I refuse to get over.

"The Summons"

Will you love the "you" you hide if I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?
Will you use the faith you've found to reshape the world around,
through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?