Second off, happy 32nd birthday to me. It's been a day of shopping with Priya and getting ready to head out of town tomorrow. I bought a cheap Dell laptop today that I'm hoping gets (me) through law school in one piece.
What a summer I've had so far. Fresh Prince would be proud. I gave myself a little more than six weeks between quitting my job and starting law school at Emory in August, and we are at roughly the halfway point. My last day at work was July 2nd, which feels like eons ago now; my first day of law school orientation is August 19th. What a treat, to give myself a proper summer vacation. Here's what I've been doing:
- Roadtripped to Michigan with vargo to visit his hometown, see Detroit, and relax at his aunt/uncle's lake home in northern Michigan.
- Flew to Boston to drink beer, watch baseball, and catch up with Tyler, Brian, and Miguel.
- For the past two weeks now, I've been farting around at home and it has been great. I have:
- gone to bed early and awoken early
- watched a movie a day
- hiked 13 up-and-down miles near Amicalola Falls with Kevin Lynch
- tried my hand at tennis with vargo (difficult - helps to start young, something neither of us did)
- read This is Your Brain on Music, Columbine, and am halfway through A Civil Action
- spent a day with Robert
- watched entirely too much of the Tour de France (next year is going to be nuts when Lance and Contador are on different teams)
- took care of some household projects, like emptying the buffet and flipping it over to dislodge the item preventing the opening of a drawer
- helped Kevin build a compost bin with vargo, and mowed his backyard (since I have no lawn to mow, friends sometime benefit from my pent-up homeowner energy)
- grew a beard (started well before quitting my job, actually)
- finished Season 4 of The Wire and started Season 5
- trained to volunteer at a cat adoption center (two hours of playing with kittens goes by very fast). To start, I'll be doing two hours every other week.
- tested a couple of bicycle routes to Emory
- attended a Gwinnett Braves AAA minor league baseball game
- and of course supported Priya's bid to pass the Bar exam by holding down the homestead and offering shoulder massages. (update: Priya is DONE!! Hard to believe her three year indoctrination to the law has come to a close.)
