At a crossroads

I guess because a *few* months have passed since I last updated, that means it's time for an update.

I've been back Home for more than four months now, and I sit and wonder where I will be in another four.

I don't think I had the same return culture shock as I did the last time I was abroad. There are several reasons this could be: 1) I didn't return to "classroom" instruction - I had an externship this time; 2) I wasn't returning to where I had been immediately prior to being abroad - so the return culture shock being two-fold may have cancelled itself out; or 3) I was not returning to a plate that was quite as full this time.

At times, it still feels a little strange to be home, but that's not always a bad thing. It doesn't feel as hard to reconnect with people; in fact, I think I've seen a greater variety of old friends in the past four months than I have in years. I've gotten back into the theatre scene. Although I'm sad to say I'll have to put that on hiatus again with my attention needed elswhere in the coming months.

I have a few weeks of balancing fun with getting my life in order - with a trip to D.C. and graduation in Malibu thrown in for good measure - before I hit the review books (quite possibly literally) and classes for the Bar. If I thought I had no life during law school, I'm really not going to have one until that nasty test is out of the way. Thankfully, I have the ethics test passed and no longer have to worry about that one.

But the road doesn't end with passing the Bar - I still have to find a job. Scratch that - a career. Knowing how much the Bar alone will be stressing me, I'm really not looking forward to the joblessness that awaits once that it over. The past three four years have, for the most part, been an uphill battle, but the end of the battle still looks very uncertain. :/