A Thought of One's Own

The cold weather seems to have well and truly arrived now, and my immediate response to it is to build a nest of blankets and spend days with books and pajamas. But the cold weather can only mean one thing, and that's the start of a new term at the good old university. And that means several things.

The first and most worrying is the mock exam paper waiting for me that I just don't seem to be able to convince my brain that it wants to revise for. Luckily, real exams are still some time away so panic mode hasn't quite set in. But more distantly loom days and night of intense study, caffeine galore, and the inevitable tutorials, which either go so well, or so so badly.

Then there's the looming prospect of working on two separate editorial boards in addition to my ordinary (heavy) workload. Although it seems like madness, building up things like this is just the only way to build up a strong application for training contracts, so its commitment full speed ahead for me at the moment. It does mean the building of skills that others won't necessarily have, and demands time planning, which all employers love, so we have to embrace the madness, and engage in the tightest of scheduling.

So with law streaming in and out of my mind at the speed of light, the prospect of packing my belongings for another year of learning, socialising and experiencing life as a law student looms.