Headed off to LA to see the brother and sisterinlaw, play with baby cousin and go to Disneyland with Sarah, SuHan and Lin. Should I be going, seeing as I'm leaving for Korea in a week and have a ton to do? Probably not. But oh well!! Southern California here I come!!

Some pictures from the last couple weeks...

Some of the awesome girls from my section...














My study group... yay for small asian girls!














Went to DC and saw THE BABY PANDA!!!













Much to do before I leave for Korea, eek!

I'm back in DC, hanging out in the ol' apartment. Love it. Miss it. CSung is the most rockin' awesome former roommate, and DC is a fabulous city. Why did I leave???!!!

Finals ended a week ago... crazy! It feels like they ended a long time ago... but it also feels like they ended yesterday.

I went to my old work today. I can't believe it's been a year since I left. It was really fun seeing everyone, catching up and remembering what it was like to work and earn an income. People asked me how my first year went. I mainly answered that it went well. Because it did.... athough the answer is subject to change upon receival of grades. Anyways. My first year did go well. I really liked my classmates, I really liked my classes, and I really liked bitching with everyone about the classes I didn't like. First year was not at all bad (excluding the last three weeks, when I wanted to stab a pencil through my eye. I'm trying to block it from memory). But I digress. Anyways, the year flew by.

Back home on Wednesday. Leaving for Korea on June 6. Much to do before then.

I kind of feel like law school sucked out all my creativity. And I didn't have much creativity to begin with.

Stick a fork in me cause

I

AM

DONE!!!

It was painful. And I am drunk as I write this. But I'm so glad this year is over, and can't believe it's done. Thaaaaaaaank goodness.

STRESS.

I feel like I'm going to puke.

This test is going to KICK MY ASS.

Almost done. Almost done. Almost done.

Today is May 13.

HAPPY 28th BIRTHDAY MINSOO OPPA!!!!















It's been a big year for Minsoo



















Here's to another great year.

Also...

Happy Birthday David!














Birthday buddies. Man, you guys are getting old.

Interesting article from 20/20 about birth order... I'm posting the part that I thought was most interesting...

Does Birth Order Determine Personality?

By JOHN STOSSEL

The Neglected Middle Child

... But, there is at least one point on which both sides agree: middle children get the worst deal.

According to Conley, middle children are "25 percent less likely to be sent to a private school than they were before, and they're five times more likely to be held back a grade."

Ellen Cowan agrees that being in the middle "stinks." Her older brother gets a better deal because he's going to be first at everything, like prom and graduation and college, she says. And her younger brother, well, he's in a better spot, because he'll get to be the last in the family to go through these milestones. She even said "there's no point" to being a middle child.

Both her brothers agreed. Neither of them said they'd change spots with her.

Ellen's mother sensed that Ellen needed something more and she's trying to make it up to her, partly by doing something with Ellen every week. It's a good idea, say many experts, for parents to do this with any middle child.

Conley said middle children need "time where they're not being compared, at least in their own heads, to their older, or to their younger siblings. Time where they can get the individual attention from their parents."

So while the claims about first-borns and last-borns may not hold up. Parents should be sure to take care of the middle child.

Worst. Test. Ever.

After it was over I felt like either crying or throwing up.

Three down, one to go. And this last one is a BEAST.

Torts was a beast. It was so hard. I didn't even have to time to get up and go to the bathroom during the test because I couldn't afford to lost even a minute. By the end I thought my bladder would explode.

Two down, two to go.

On to contracts.

Civil Procedure? Check.

One down, three to go.

It's hour 5346380498525980428534058 of studying. And my first exam hasn't even started yet.

I just hope I don't burn out too badly before my last exam. Cause that one is going to be a monster.
Time for bed. Let's see what weird dreams I have tonight. Woooo.

Finals start this week, so I've pretty much been spending 12 hours a day in the library. I also cut off access to the school wireless network, so I'm internet-less while I'm at school. It's a drastic step, but drastic times call for drastic measures. I'm getting scared, but I'm just going to study my booty off, and then whatever happens happens.

So besides school, all in all this has been a really rough week. Last Saturday a little girl from my church complained of a headache, and they took her to the hospital where they found she was bleeding in her brain. The half hour surgery ended up talking an hour and a half, and but Sunday evening her parents were told that she was brain dead. They took her off of life support on Tuesday.

All week I've been unable to stop thinking about this little girl, her family, and how incredibly sad it all is. I went to her funeral on Saturday night, and just seeing her mom, dad and little sister broke my heart. There's some consolation in knowing that this little girl is in heaven, and that she lives on through the little kids who were saved by her parents donating her organs. But all that just seems to small compared to the huge grief of her family and of our church family.

As I study for finals, and watch my classmates stress as if these exams are the most important thing in their lives, I'm really aware that school and exams are not be-all-end-all things that I sometimes make it out to be. Life can change in an instant. Shouldn't I have an attitude that reflects that? So i'm grateful for all the blessings in my life- my friends, my family, being able to study and learn. I've done nothing to deserve any of this, it's just a gift. I'm not going to stress out about finals (or at least not stress out too much). I'm going to study by butt off, work hard, and after that, it's out of my control.

Talk about melancholy. But like I said-- it's been a rough week. Please pray for the Cho family.

And I'm off to the library.