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1- Yesterday I recieved one of my Philosophy papers back from Dr. Barad...It was so "outstanding" that she asked to keep it as a model for other students! Not the first time this has happened to me (Dr. Rashid, Dr. Van Sickel, Dr. Maule, etc) but it still feels great!

2- Today I was notified that I was accepted to the fellowship I applied for! Go me! Great addition to the resume on top of getting 500 dollars for doing it!

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5 classes
20 hrs of work each week
homework
isu democrats
other orgs
applying for fellowship
fellowship
applying for internship
applying for internship scholarship
finding an apt in Indy
finding rings
finding lsat course
reg for lsat course
reg for lsat
next spring:
1 class
20 hrs of work a week
300 hr internship
taking lsat course
taking lsat in june

busy enough? yep.

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well the semester has started and per usual, i am SUPER busy. i can't imagine what my life would be like if i hadn't cut some things out ie convention, teaching assistant, etc. i had to decline 2 more job offers as a tutor and as a mentor.

right now, all my time is taken up by classes, work (2 jobs), isu democrats, applying for an internship in the spring, and applying for a fellowship for this fall. on top of, i still need to study for the LSAT and finish my applications/etc for law school.

i have to get the fellowship stuff done first, then scholarship and internship stuff, THEN i have to actually do class, work, isu dems, fellowship, and in october - december find 1) apartments in Indy, 2) engagement rings, 3) register for the lsat for next June, and 4) find and register for a more extensive lsat course. and, again, this is all on top of studying for the lsat, finishing applications/etc, and whatever else is going on in my life!

no time! i'm going to make sure i don't get so stressed again though.

then in the spring, it's 1 class, work (still 2 jobs), internship, and all law school/LSAT related things (ie LSAT, studying, finding and doing an LSAT course, etc).

BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY. i'd like to see anyone else handle my life. ha. good luck w/ that. i'm pretty amazing!!!

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so everything is really good! i'm happy, i'm confident again about myself, who i am, and life plans; everything is planned out great! it feels good not to be so stressed anymore and to be able to enjoy the wonderful life that i have!!! it feels soooo good to feel this way again...this summer i had way too much stress going on. mi gorgeous novio and i are celebrating our anniversary in a few days and in about six months we'll be engaged officially (we're already "un-officially" engaged :D)!!! it's just so great to have such an amazing, bright future ahead of us.

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continuing to make some life plan changes...nothing too major. doing an internship next spring, finishing up my last course in the spring, going to take an extensive lsat course towards the end of the spring semester, taking the lsat in june, moving to indy w/ mi gorgeous novio in late july/early august, applying to law school, getting a job until i start law school the following fall. good plan. happy with it. nothing is too stressful because of how i planned everything out. i wanted to make sure i wasn't moving, taking the lsat course, graduating, getting a new job or taking an internship all at the same time and then taking the june lsat right after or during while all of it was happening. but now everything is able to get done and in their own time 'slots'. i feel good. i feel like everything is finally back on track.

good

i am good again. i have destressed my life. not being a ta this semester, cutting down on my extracirricular activities, and not going to the convention. all of which were causing me way too much stress and anxiety. i feel good now. i feel like i can do and be successful all the rest of the areas in my life. classes, coursework, work, 1 or 2 groups, the lsat, and applying to law school. on top of which i have to figure out what i'm doing the second semester (whether internship or find an off campus job or ?), find an apartment in indy, figure out what i'm doing in case i dont get in, if i do get in, figuring out financial aid, etc etc etc. so i still have a lot on my plate. but now it's do-able. i fill like i can handle everything and be successful in it all. i feel good.

stress

well it's july 18 and summer is almost over. stress is pretty much been how my summer has gone. missing brian tons (though he still makes everything amazing, always calls every night, always comes down early when he can, etc), didn't do as well on the lsat the first time because i stressed myself out about it way way way way way too much, taking it again in oct, life transition next yr from college student to either law student (which would be great) or have to work in the real world for one year and then attend law school the year after that (which wouldn't be all that fun but sometimes you can't get life perfectly planned/worked out like you exactly want it), moving next yr to Indy, lots to do in the next few months, have to look at apartments in indy, finish law school apps, continue studying for the lsat, take the lsat, deal with whether or not I get into Indy this year, keep remembering that if I dont get in this yr, im taking the lsat again and again until i get the score i need to get in or ill apply to val or john marshall or some other law school (@ least i know i can get into law school, that's not the issue...the issue is whether i can get into my top choice: indy, and like i said even if it doesnt happen this yr it will the next or the next yr because this is something i absolutely know i can do, the absolute only reason i messed up in june is because I stressed myself out too much and it is NOT because it's not something i can do which does make me feel a lot better), and of course trying to get out of the democratic convention and also if so, possibly having to deal with my parents (oh what fun). however, i'm an adult, i've been through many many different situations before and i know i am stressed, i need to address it immediately and clear out stress from my life, destress myself, work on handling stress better, and keep pushing forward with brian right by my side through all of it. i know i can do this and everything else i want to accomplish. its just a rough time but ill get through it. to destress myself, im working on not going to the convention and either not being a ta for sept or the entire semester. w/ those two big stressers gone, i feel that i will be much happier, much less stressed, and much better able to handle everything else that goes on in my life like working, class, activities, applying to law school, and the lsat.