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A new regimen.

I started weight-lifting. This is something I’ve never really done before even when I was competing in pageants. And I’m not quite sure one lifting session = new lifestyle change. But it’s a beginning. My old college roommate, Christine, always said, “If you do something for 21 days, it becomes a habit.” Day 1 of 21, commenced.Since I started law school, enormous change #1, I decided to throw a few other crazy things into my life – just ’cause.

So I scheduled out a gym routine. Monday and Friday: Cardio and Yoga. Tuesday and Thursday: Weights.

Yesterday was Tuesday. I got two law school buddies to come with, one to show me how to do the weights, and the other to struggle along with me so I would feel better about my pitiful attempts. Hassan, my free personal trainer as of Tuesday, made Amanda and I do pull-ups first in our “back and triceps” workout session. Pull-ups are the single, hardest thing I’ve ever had to do with my body. I accomplished 4 sets of 7 assisted pull-ups each.

I also went and got a liquid protein supplement to easily increase my protein intake since I’m a vegetarian and can’t stomach the thought of eating 8 eggs a day or drinking protein shakes. The drink is foul, but contains no fake sugar (which I also can’t stomach) and is easily downed in a shot glass. Especially with a coconut water chaser.This morning, I rolled out of bed because I woke up and literally couldn’t sit up or move my arms. My muscles are sad, withered sacks right now.

Hassan said legs are next tomorrow and he promised pain.

xoxo,

Jenn

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My first cold call.

Before Michael took over with a sailing post yesterday, I hinted about possibly being cold-called on Monday in Contracts class.

Totally happened.

What is “cold-calling”?

It’s when law professors pick a student, out of a class of perhaps 80-ish others, with whom to discuss a case. This can go one of two ways. Either the professor is super intimidating and a complete hardass and insists on sticking it to the poor first-year student who has no idea what “consideration” is, or it could go the way my cold-call went, which is completely fine.

Of course I got a little nervous when my professor picked my name out of the seating chart and asked me about the facts of the case. It was Cook v. Coldwell Banker by the way. But I know it’s his job as a professor to question the way I understood the case and to start a discussion. So I wasn’t too thrown by his probing questions. I should’ve stated my opinions with a little more conviction, but it’s disorienting to try and remember everything you prepared the night before while keeping track of what the professor is asking as well. And reply to questions intelligently of course.

Still, not too shabby. I think I made a few good points.

Phew. Like M has said, only 90-something more weeks of law school to go!

xoxo,

Jenn

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