Law school = good food

The orientation festivities came to an end today. It was (mostly) interesting- and (hopefully) useful...I will say they fed us well. (and of course it is all veg-friendly, home-grown, and tasty- PLUS they have even given us (yummy) VT beer at most evening events)
I had some great moments with future professors. One of the highlights of the week was talking to the Sup. Ct. Justice in Montpelier on Wed. (field trip) in the house chamber... I was recognized, stood, took my mike- and fired my question. What a rush!
Here are some pics of the week...
Caleb and I in one of my classes (too bad you cannot see the huge windows at the front of the room- great view!)
Chloe at the park (sans moi) This is the park at their school- practically across the street-or down the hill- from us
The fam at tonight's bar-b-que...TONS of grilled veggies, ribs, chicken, etc. Plus- more corn and other cruditéÃSs. Of course, freshVTt cheese and organic crackers- don't forget the beer (see photo) but the best part was the hand-dipped, home-made, farm fresh, all-natural (fromVT) ice-cream bars. Yum-eee. (clearly, Mark was upset by Liam's mess, but maybe he was just jealous)
BTW,
I found a great study spot today in the library. I finished all of my reading and notes for the first two days of school this afternoon- mostly. I skipped the hike up Kent's ledge w/ the dean, but I only have 18 more pages of Civ Pro to read and I am ready to start school. It has taken me about 4 hours total to prepare to walk in the door the 1st day. I told my kids tonight (who say they miss me already) to start writing me letters if they have something they want to talk to me about, because I don't know when I will see them. (and they may forget what they wanted to say by the time they see me again) Of course I will see them daily, but our time of just hanging out, chatting, playing games, reading together, etc. - will be very limited. Nevertheless, they (Caleb and Chloe) told me that they were so glad I decided to go to law school and they love it here. Caleb even asked Chloe if she would move back to OK if she could- and she said , "No way!"
Well, I am going to try to play around some more w/ my new Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis accounts. It's Friday night, baby!
Love,
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XooxO
PS tomorrow we are taking the kids up to Ben and Jerry's... more yum.