Insanity

My life right now is too hectic to be enjoyed. I'm paying the price for procrastination and puppy-time over the past month. My schedule for the first three weeks of December looks like this:

December 6 Oral argument at the Ninth Circuit in behalf of a civilly committed sex offender who was given an antiandrogen that caused severe osteoporosis. For this I have a practice oral argument today at 5, Monday morning, and all day Wednesday. Also, unlike my tax grade, this impacts someone besides myself.

December 10 Tax final. I haven't read for tax since September. The class is four credits. Kill me now.

December 13 State and Local Government final. Ditto on the reading, though I have actually paid attention in this class so I feel a little better about it. Also, it is multiple choice. Which, I guess, who knows.

December 18 Ethics final. Also multiple choice. Also I have a twelve-page "reflection" about "professionalism" in the legal world due this day.

December 12 now, but will be moved to the 21, my final opinion for Supreme Court is due. It's the Guantanamo detainee cases. One of the main questions is whether the writ of habeas corpus would have extended to the detainees in 1789. Fun.

As I write this I've been up already for an hour and a half feeding, bathrooming, and playing with my dog. There is at least six inches of snow on the ground and its falling fast. It feels like a day for drinking hot cocoa and reading mystery novels. I hope it snows like this in about three weeks.