How it All Began

Welcome one, welcome all, to the blog that will probably use more parentheses than any other blog you've ever read (I'm completely serious here. I go off on tangents so easily and so quickly it's not even funny -- although it is a little distracting. But see? It's not even a whole paragraph in and it's happening. Sometimes I get so off topic I have a tangent within a tangent; those will be represented by brackets, aka []. If I counted accurately I think there's two in this post alone... I'm sorry in advance that I have the attention span of a dog. Don't say I didn't warn you.)

I'm a 24 year old college graduate who happens to find herself in the terrifyingly exciting position of getting ready to start law school in about 5 months (which I know sounds like a lot, but trust me, it's not. It's not a lot)!

If I'd been clever and thinking ahead, I would have started this blog 5-6 months ago, when I first started considering law as a career and studying for the LSAT; then this blog would really follow my journey more accurately from beginning to end. Unfortunately,

     a) I didn't think about it
     b) The motivation didn't exist
     c) There was always the possibility that I wouldn't actually
        get accepted into any of the schools that I applied to, and
        that would have been a super awkward blog post to have
        to write

However, now that the idea has created itself in my mind and AND I'm sure that I'm actually going, this seems like a good idea. Besides, there's really nothing stopping me from going back and adding an LSAT post. Or a "How to apply for school" post. (Aside from the motivation and time that is -- and those really are the kickers.)

Anyway, the whole reason I started this blog (aside from the hope that somehow it will become famous and people will start sponsoring me asking me to advertise on my blog and then I won't even have to work because I can just blog all day and still make money [and really, isn't that the dream of most bloggers?]) is to be a resource for future law students who desperately need information about school and what to do and how to survive, not to mention trying to figure out if it's even the life you want. If this sounds like you at all, then know that this blog (and the admittedly terrified author) is totally here for you! Also this blog exists because I'm absolutely positive that some days I'll just need to let off some steam, and this seems like a good venue for that. (I'll also be fully utilizing my amazing and incredible sisters to let off steam, but eventually even they -- tireless as they are -- get tired of listening to me complain.)

When I applied for schools (which is a whole other post entirely), I was convinced that I wouldn't get in anywhere, so I applied to six, just to be on the safe side. Unfortunately (and fortunately, all at the same time), shortly afterwards (and by shortly I mean two months of waiting and I was DYING the entire time) I had a life-changing decision to make and six different ways it could go. For me, it ultimately came down to a combination of price, quality of education, location, and job placement and I decided to attend Brigham Young University (BYU).

You might know BYU as "that Mormon school" (which it totally is) and you might be thinking to yourself that I'm "one of those Mormons" (which I totally am). I'll never shy away from the fact that I'm Mormon, because not only am I incredibly proud of it, I think that the religion/law and ethics conundrum might be interesting for some of you to read (I know it'll definitely be interesting for me to live...), but neither will I ever shove my religion in your face. You believe what you believe, I'll believe what I'll believe, and we'll probably always be friends.

Religion aside, BYU is a top 50 school for law and has a few incredible programs, not to mention it's anywhere from a 30 minute to 5 hour vicinity to 6 different sets of my family, and Sunday dinners with the family are always a plus (although several people have assured me that once I start law school I'll be far too busy and overwhelmed to worry about trifling things like food and family).

I'm so excited to start this journey and I'm even more excited to have you all with me every crazy, little step of the way! I've thought and thought about how to end each post (you know, my classic signature that 50 years from now people will still be talking about [after my blog takes off of course]) and finally I decided to follow in the fantastic steps of Marshall from "How I Met Your Mother" (because I love that show so much more than I should) and pay some homage to that great, fictional man.

You've been lawyered. (I know, it needs some work. I'll get there -- promise.)