First day of school

Well, it was my first official day of law school today - notice I don't say "full," because I only had two classes, but I did spend almost all day working on things relating to school, so I guess I didn't do too badly.

So, as you might guess, this photo is of me on my first day of school ever - my entrance into the first grade. My mom took this picture of me and my sister, and there I am: beaming with my fancy shoes and new backpack full of school supplies, ready to take on anything.

And here I am again - sans the fancy shoes. I've got good walking shoes now, for long treks to and from the train station. I do, however, have a new backpack. It's not quite as flashy as the one I had in first grade (which I LOVED, by the way), but it'll do.

And there is quite a story with the backpack. Dave and I bought it today, to replace the torture device shoulder-strap laptop bag that we bought from Best Buy. I was walking around downtown like I had a gimpy leg or something, the way this thing made me tilt and bend and ache with racking pains. Obviously I needed something a little more balanced & comfy, what with the laptop and heavy casebooks I will be toting around.

Anyway, the point of this post was not to complain about the shoulder bag, or to rave about my new backpack (although I certainly could - it's so great!). The point was to back up my earlier post of the day, which is that I'm really excited about something new.

And also - time really flies. I guess it doesn't seem that long ago that that photo of me was taken (and it certainly doesn't seem that way to my mother - see her blog post on the subject). But, I think I have a better backpack now - if not better shoes.

By the way, this was my 100th post. Hoorah for me and my prolific writing obsession!