I was in the midst of solving a Contracts problem when the necessity of immediately updating my Xanga took precedence over my work. Go figure. It's been three months since I last posted, and all of the imminent changes I discussed have firmly taken hold. I sit here quite contentedly in my beautiful, spacious, sun-lit 10th floor DC studio apartment and the haunt of my windowless Manhattan existence is a very distant specter from the past. Life is pretty good. Everyone and their mother warned me about the humbling, grueling experience that your first year of law school will be. I don't know if it's because my expectations were consequently adjusted, or because the worst hasn't yet happened, but so far I'm quite enjoying law school. Because I took a two-year break from academia, I don't take school for granted anymore and I actually feel quite refreshed by it. Also, I always did well in the social sciences with minimal effort. It feels good to actually be challenged by it now, since this is where real growth lies. As for the relationship between me and Gaurav, it's weathering quite nicely. When I first got here it was really difficult, because I was experiencing new things without him, and because I was used to seeing him much more often. But more recently we've adjusted our expectations so that even though it's hard, it is getting easier. I feel really lucky to be with him because he is incredibly special in so many ways, and not too shabby on the outside to boot.  Hmm, not much more else to share. But I'm sure the urge for a follow-up entry will strike me the next time my desire to read Contracts reaches the same, low threshold. | 
