My immediate future, is now officially out of my hands.

Dear God:

Soon I will have my examination

You know how important this exam is to me.

So I am humbly asking your gracious help

And divine assistance.

I pray to you, my dear Jesus

Please never let me panic or get nervous,

Just let me be at ease and give my very best.

Please never let me guess nor rely on pure luck,

But enlighten my mind

and let me think clearly.

Please never let me resort to chances nor to dishonesty,

but let me work to the fullest of my ability.

I pray for your guidance that as I think,

I may find the right solutions,

I may be able to correctly answer the questions,

I may solve those difficult problems.

I may ask, O Lord, Your intercession, that as I write,

I may not be careless or overconfident,

I may not be distracted but be more concentrated,

I may not be in a hurry nor take the exams too lightly.

On Tuesday, O my Jesus, I will take my examinations.

Let me, with your help, give my best effort.

Let me, because of you; receive the best and fruitful results.

AMEN.

10 words I would be happy never to read or hear ever again

1. Adverse Possession

2. Rule Against Perpetuities

3. Anti-lapse

4. Settlor

5. Cy Pres

6. Quasi-community

7. Issue

8. Who owns Blackacre

9. Mortgagor

10. Traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice

Scared

It has finally hit me that I am going to be sitting for the bar exam this coming Tuesday. I saw a prediction of the possible essay questions, and a realization came to my head that it is likely and quite possibly that I might fail. If they administer a Property question focusing on covenants running with the land and equitable servitudes...then I am screwed. Property is my weakest class.

I have this quezy feeling in my stomach and it will not go away.

I've never felt so smart yet so dumb in my life. I have all this information in my head, and yet somehow, this information is not going to be sufficient, to get me through this exam.

I need to shake the feeling off though. I need to build up my confidence by the end of this week.

What am I going to do if I fail? My life is going to continue to be just a myriad of possibilities, until I get through this task.

I better get back to work. Long day, as always.

Insomnia hits before the bar

So it is 2 AM in the morning. Everyone is asleep except for me. Long day or long night...for people like me, there's no distinction really. I have exactly 7 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds....wait that's 30 seconds left, now it is 28....yikes.

My head is clouded with constitutional law concepts and I cannot sleep. I think about the Supremacy Clause violation, State Action Limitation, Contracts Clause...and what was that other part of the Miller test again???Ahhh!!!!

My friend Sherry was in tears today. She's stressed out, annoyed, and most likely going insane as she holds on to her Evidence outline - trying to memorize hearsay and all its exceptions, as if her life depended on it. When your work is paying for you to take the bar...your life is somewhat dependent on the results of this stupid test. She's under a lot of pressure, but who isn't?

I tried to comfort her, calm her down, and reminded her it is just a test....but who am I to say? We have 7 freakin' days!

Thought after thought taunting my soul as this constant study takes its toll. Eating away slowly, now a gaping hole. My mind is going crazy and out of control!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments.

Love is not love which alters when

Alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove,

Oh, No!

It is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wand'ring bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's bark,

Though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Sonnet 116.

Just a little reminder that true love should be constant and strong, love will survive any crisis, and that love, even in the current hustle and bustle of our busy daily lives, still cannot be measured. Happy Valentine's Day!

Angelica Miranda

As Angelica and I were walking out at the library at 11:30 P.M...she pointed out to me that there were only five cars in the library. One belonged to me, and the other was hers. The third car belonged to that guy in the reference desk. The fourth car to that security guard (who kept telling us the library is closing in five minutes, and we kept telling him "yeah, we know"), and the last car belonged to the cleaning lady.

We were the last students that walked out of the library that day...and it felt good.

I am so blessed to have a friend like Angelica. I am always amazed how she can have so many things on her plate and still persevere (a divorce, four kids, a jerk of an ex-husband, a troublesome brother, a sick mother, a full-time job, and law school). She gave birth to her youngest Jakey, on a Friday night, and was back in school on Monday! (that's dedication for you).

Today, she was sitting on the cube adjacent to mine in the library, and every hour, she would call her one year old child - just to hear his voice. She wants to know what he is doing, what he did throughout the day, what he said...aching that she is missing the early, yet best moments of his life. Wondering and hoping that he'll wake up for her when she goes home after midnight, just so she can have a few minutes with him. She will need to leave early again in the morning.

Through the four years of law school, I've seen her cry. I've seen her tired. I've seen her pull through class with very little sleep. I've seen her worry about work, then worry about the case she didn't read for class, then worry about how she is going to read the next case for the next class when she has to work and she needs to drive her oldest son to his baseball game.

She is always so articulate, always worked hard. She tells me some day she wants to be someone important, and I keep telling her, she already is.

When I want to complain about the things I do and life I have...I look at her and feel this rush of shame, because really, I have got nothing on her.

Dog Rules

1. The dog is not allowed in the house.


2. Okay, the dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.


3. The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.


4. The dog can get on the old furniture only.


5. Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with the humans on the bed.


6. Okay, the dog is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation.


7. The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but not under the covers.


8. The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation only


9. The dog can sleep under the covers every night.


10. Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog.

Volunteers Needed - Bichon Fur Kids Rescue

We have several furkids stuck in shelters this week because we have been unable to find foster homes for them. It's really unfortunate that they have to stay there and that the shelters can't even give them a bath or give them a few much needed hugs. All they can reallydo is feed them and keep a roof over their heads until someone cares enough to come rescue them. We want to do that! I'm attaching their pictures in the hope that you or someone you know might be able to help us rescue them. Please CALL US at 858-408-1937 if you can help. If you have a friend that might be able to, please ask them to go to our web site and complete our volunteer application. That can be found athttp://www.bichonfurkids.org/volunteer.

With your help we might be able to rescue these wonderful furkids and get them readyfor their forever homes.

Bichon FurKids Rescue

http://www.bichonfurkids.org/

"Making a Difference in a Dog's Life"

Results of Your Type A Personality Test

Personality Type
Your score = 94 out of 100

What does your score mean?
You seem to have a Type A personality. Type A personality is characterized by an exaggerated sense of time urgency, competitiveness, anger and hostility. People who share certain characteristics with you are often concerned with the acquisition of objects and generally dissatisfied with the world, including oneself. You don't know how and when to relax. People probably get tense around you, and they tend to feel threatened in your presence. Continuous stress and allowing unexpressed feelings to pile up are not good for your health. You should start learning how to relax, to let go, and enjoy life. Work on your communication skills. Try to take it easy and be lazy sometimes. It might be hard and it would take some effort, but you certainly know how to pick up a challenge.

Hah!