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[vicarz]

Well. I attended my last class last night. I was driving home when it occurred to me that I have attended law school for the past year, having never missed a single class, kept a decent class rank (34%), while working full-time, and while keeping up a gym regiment that includes lifting & boxing. Until this latest health issue, I was improving strength, more rounding my strength to full-body, and vastly improving my boxing skills (stamina was falling though). I still am doing well at work, taking on more complex cases and duties. Now as for how I'm doing in school, that's yet to be seen as my exams are 4/23, 4/28, & 5/3. If any one of the activities were diminished, the others would 'score higher.'

I'm kinda proud. Didn't know I had it in me. I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing at all, but I'm just amazed that I can do it. Neat.

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[littlekitty78.livejournal.com]

good job, ace !! I'm proud of ya. :) I still should call though every once in a blue moon to check the body and see how ya holding up. ;)

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Heh, me too. I'll grab you some food soon!

[coronalrain.livejournal.com]

it is a weird feeling isn;t it and damnit you should be proud. hell some people can't handle school all by itself so managing all those things is a huge accomplishment. and i am kinda jealous... there is a part of me that keeps thinking i should have gotten out of this field and gone into law school. i would probably be better at it... but hey maybe after i am done this degree.. hahaha

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten about that. I had a hard time getting a 3.5 in undergrad myself, now here I am in a top law school doing it fairly well while working!? How things change.

There is a glut of lawyers, and while they do make good money the hours they work really don't make it worth it.

[coronalrain.livejournal.com]

hahaha.. i don't think the hours i will endup working will be worth it either.. at least some days i don;t... i always oscillate back and forth about it.. who knows?

[jennbits.livejournal.com]

This is how I felt after I got my undergrad. Oddly enough, I didn't feel as though I'd really accomplished anything by getting my b.s. because I had already established a career. To me, the feeling of accomplishment didn't come from actually attaining the b.s. (although there is some pride in that I don't feel any different now than I did before I got it because i'm still at the same job) i was pretty proud of having accomplished it while working and taking care of all of my other responsibilities.

congrats on another semester down.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have spent most of my life working on goals, then totally devaluing them upon achievement. Now I try to reward myself just a little along the way. I think I'm prouder while I do something than when the results are achieved.

Thx!

[railwaymadness]

Hooray for Jose!
I'm not sure how you would judge "the right thing". As long as you're still amazing yourself, you've got to be doing something right. Not that you should care what I think, but I find your accomplishments impressive.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Right thing - worth it in terms of ratio of efforts and results achieved. I may just add this to my collection of unused college degrees - how silly!

Thank you :)

[msdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I'm not at all surprised. To me you have always seemed to have the determination and fortitude to succed in whatever you set your mind to. That's one of the things that I've always respected about you. I've watched your progress through LJ, and even though I am not surprised, I am quite proud of what you've done. Congrats to you, and keep up the good work!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm just too stoopid to quit?

Thanx hon.

Wow - you're on LJ!

[thefeline.livejournal.com]

Rock on. Very cool! I know that it must be pretty darn tough and I know that you had to make sacrifices in order to maintain that balance. I'm proud of you.

I sure hope that the medical thing gets cleared up soon.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

What, the scabies or that other problem? OH! You mean my MushMouth lip?

Heh - I seem ok, and have an early May appt. with the allergist. I've been advised to get the blood test based on a recent 'prick test' that showed no alleergies a while back.

I am functional - I'll bitch more about my physical prowess after exams.

[thefeline.livejournal.com]

Swollen body parts aren't exactly comfortable. I'm wondering if it was a drug allergy reaction to whatever they put you on before. That's just odd...it's got to be an allergy to something. I've had both tests done...the prick and the blood draw...oh...and the inject allergens into sections of your skin test. Eh..not fun. I'm not sure if the prick tests cover medications. I thought they pretty much covered pet dander, dust mites, mold, trees, grasses and such?

I hope they figure out what's wrong so you can get back into the gym and well feel better. :)

[vicar.livejournal.com]

The gym is a seperate matter - I'm still not feeling right in the right pecs. I'm not sure what to do about it, but I'm thinking of carefully experimenting with light weights. It's boring to talk about.

Whee!

[thefeline.livejournal.com]

When you've got more time aka...May...might draft you into helping me with the light weights stuff ;)

I just hope everything gets back to normal with you physically soon :) I worry...but what's new? ;)

[lilybleu.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty fantastic. :) You've done great, Hon. And yay for a break from classes!!!