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ozarkhack wrote:I'll play. My dance card's pretty full:

Last day work is on Monday. Then 5 days visiting parents/family, followed by 4-day drive w/fiance across country.

Then ~2.5 weeks of apartment/house hunting, running, pool lounging and reading and moving into new apartment/house. Followed by 1 week backpacking in the Sierras, followed by hiking/buddy's wedding in the Rockies the weekend before class starts.

After 7 years of never being off work for more than 1 week at a time, I'm actually more excited about the next 1.5 months than I am about going to law school.

deegee22 wrote:Working up until a couple weeks before day 1 (haven't decided exactly when yet).
Reading a lot (trying to improve my speed).
Learning to sail/windsurf.
Drinking .
Golfing/tennis a few times a week.
Relaxing every chance I get.

I think that about sums it up; looking forward to an awesome second half of summer.

animalcrkrs wrote:I worked until 5 days before orientation. It SUCKED. Getting paid all that time did NOT make up for it.
If you can, go on a vacation. Somewhere. Even for like 5 days. First semester 1L is a long and harrowing road.

slider wrote:

animalcrkrs wrote:I worked until 5 days before orientation. It SUCKED. Getting paid all that time did NOT make up for it.
If you can, go on a vacation. Somewhere. Even for like 5 days. First semester 1L is a long and harrowing road.

I am now regretting my decision to work until 5 days prior to orientation.... sigh.

slider wrote:

animalcrkrs wrote:I worked until 5 days before orientation. It SUCKED. Getting paid all that time did NOT make up for it.
If you can, go on a vacation. Somewhere. Even for like 5 days. First semester 1L is a long and harrowing road.

I am now regretting my decision to work until 5 days prior to orientation.... sigh.

Stanford4Me wrote:I picked up photography as a hobby...just ordered a camera about an hour ago. Will be working through august to pay of credit card(s) and save money for school. Playing PS3 (MW2), reading, and catching up on TV shows I never had time to watch during the school year.

Stanford4Me wrote:I picked up photography as a hobby...just ordered a camera about an hour ago. Will be working through august to pay of credit card(s) and save money for school. Playing PS3 (MW2), reading, and catching up on TV shows I never had time to watch during the school year.

trialjunky wrote: expensive hobby! I paint and I'm trying to get out 1 a week before all the art in me is sucked out of my soul leaving an empty lawyer husk

georgetown.hopeful wrote: oh yeah and reading One L (probably a bad idea but my mom's attorney sent it home with her when she found out i was going to law school)
...wondering if i should know something about these "student guide books" the author mentions...

Alyssa wrote:I'm finishing up OneL right now. It's interesting just to see the level of stress people have gone through. Plus, I love reading about the way things were decades ago, including things we won't have to worry about (like writing exams on a portable typewriter).

Turrow doesn't really mention the specific supplements. You should probably wait until classes start to find the right supplements for each class/professor. I read Law School Confidential and there are some suggestions in there as well.

I'll start on GTM next week and then will listen to the audio CD's for LEEWS. Both of these will have to be reviewed again after school starts.