Longest Week Yet

This week has been the longest week yet. Here a St. Mary's there is a competition between the four sections of first year students. This week is that week. It's called Battle of the Rattlers but I think it should be renamed to "This is why you shouldn't have run for SBA" or maybe, "Hell Week for 1L SBA Senators" or even, "Let's see how far behind you can get in a week." Well, it started off Monday with a competition after school. Didn't finish till 5:45 then an SBA meeting till 7. Tuesday we had Basketball and it took all night. Yesterday was Football and again we didn't finish till about 7:30. Tonight was something called Red Mass where the legal community comes together and asks for God's blessing over the new Judicial year. After that they celebrate by having a big reception where there will be free food and lots of drinking. Ironic huh. I can see how there's such a high rate of alcoholics in the legal profession. It starts in law school. My friends party pretty hard. They drink to unwind, to celebrate, to forget. I can imagine that finishing school and getting out into the real world where they have to deal with clients and student loans, billable hours and partnerships only makes it worse. I thank God all of the time for the discipline that my parents instilled in me as a child. I've got my hiccups just like everyone else, I'm grateful that a vice like smoking or drinking isn't one of them. I need to get back to work. I just wanted to give everyone something to read. I've noticed the the posts haven't been nearly as creative as in the beginning of school. I notice more and more that the pressures of Law School sap some of the life out of you. Constant pressure. Constant.