Law school: first impressions

I have to be honest. I really wasn't sure what to expect from law school. I suppose I had a few ideas, but those were mostly based on TV shows and other "reliable" sources. I figured most people would be bright, and that the Type-A personalities would be over-represented. So far, it's been, well, almost blissful.

A month in, and I've yet to see the cut-throat, I'd-sell-my-own-mother-for-an-A kind of behavior that everyone warned me about. Everyone has been really great- friendly, fun, inclusive, and helpful. I'm not saying that this couldn't change in the next three years, but I've been so impressed. I really feel like I'm in with a great bunch.

The classes have been great too. Even the so-called "boring" ones like Constitutional Law. Every day I pick up the paper and there are 20 stories relevant to something I'm learning right now. I am finding it so interesting. So, as for my first impressions: I'm loving it!

There's still no place like home!

I was just sitting down to write a quick bit on how good it is to be home, and then I read my last post, saying just that. But now that I'm here and writing, I'm gonna do it anyway. I just hope I'm not violating some kind of unspoken blog rule wherein you can't post the same content in two consecutive blogs. Anyway...

It's so good to be home! Every morning I wake up and watch the sun rise in this glorious, vast Alberta sky, and it makes me happy. Caroline drives me in to the train every morning, and I can't get over the view. Sun-drenched pastures, golden wheat fields, and snow-capped mountains off in the distance. As I tell Caroline every day (yes, she's sick of hearing it): This is truly one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.

I feel so much happier than I did in that other place I've been living for the past year. I half-jokingly told Caroline when we came home that Korea would henceforth be called "The-Place-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named". Anyway, it's so great to be in a place where I can talk to everyone (and I do!) I talk to waitresses, train conductors, store clerks, and random people I meet. Caroline is wondering who this new talkative guy is.

I feel like I could go on and on about how beautiful Alberta is, but I think it will suffice to say that there's no place like home.