Update: I'm Still Alive! (Barely...)

It's almost 6am and I am getting really tired of studying for this test... Add that to some seriously severe weather, and I am exhausted.  So consider this a much needed mental break!

Sometimes/a lot of the time I get unmotivated and want to give up when something becomes difficult and tedious.  But then I remember the dreams that I have and what I need to do in order to get there. 

Getting what you want isn't easy, but getting what you deserve will happen almost every time.  It's when what you want IS what you deserve that dreams can become reality.  

Tropical Depression

So I've been told that South Florida is experiencing what they call a "Tropical Depression"!  Well I would definitely agree because the past week has just been gloomy and rainy.  Seriously cutting into my tanning... I mean studying... time!  But as far as what a real Tropical Depression is, according to my Weather Channel app it's like a mild hurricane.  Well good thing this storm that's headed for Florida has upgraded from a Tropical Depression to Tropical Storm Andrea!  Which still really means nothing to me, being from Michigan, but again my app says that it's more intense than a Tropical Depression but less than an actual hurricane. 

Well obviously there would be some type of tropical weather emergency while I'm in Florida so to my friends and family, feel free to divide up my things if I don't make it out alive.  If you can find anything of value it's yours to keep!  I guess this is my official tearful goodbye!  But all joking aside, Andrea's not even headed to the east side of Florida so we're just going to get a bunch of rain...  Oh well back to studying!  The LSAT is on Monday so I won't post again until after. Wish me luck!

Rainy Days

Well it has been raining for the past few days here in Florida.  And when it rains it really pours!  The pool is even overflowing.  The good news is that I have been able to avoid the sun so my sunburn could heal but the bad news is that it is getting increasingly hard to study in this gloom. 

To give myself a little inspiration to study I have recently picked up a new addiction and it comes in form of the TV show Scandal.  I normally stay away from shows that are about lawyers because I don't want to give myself unrealistic expectations.  But I watched one episode of Scandal and was immediately hooked!  I watched all of season 1 on Instant Netflix and then got the free week of HuluPlus to watch season 2.  I justify this as my study break instead of being in the pool so it all balances out in the end!

If I can be like Olivia Pope one day then I will definitely make sure to do well on the LSAT hahah maybe this is why I don't watch shows about lawyers...  Oh well I am almost finished with my first LSAT book then I am going to take some practice LSATs.  Its coming up quickly though! I just want to be able to say I did all I could and feel confident about that when I take the actual test. 

I Need A Margarita

So I've been spending the last few days outside as much as possible!  Going from studying, to laying out on the raft in the pool, to swimming in the pool, to cleaning leaves out of the pool, to playing with my aunt and uncle's little corgi pup, to running around the neighborhood, to doing yoga from some tutorial videos I found on Hulu, to maybe a little more studying... It's just impossible to study in this environment!  I've found that 11 o'clock at night is the best time to really get work done.  It's a bit cooler, (but still in the 80's!) and only the sound of crickets can be heard outside.  I can put on an 8tracks music playlist in the screened-in back porch and really get down to focusing.  I mean, right now there seems to be a fiesta going on across the little lake that my aunt and uncle live on.  I can smell barbecue and hear loud Latin music and it really makes me want a margarita.  I am definitely getting some studying done though, I'm about half way through my first book.  The LSAT is 2 weeks from tomorrow so hopefully I can really master the balance between "fun in the sun" and "studying in the sun" by then.  But seriously it sounds like they have a live mariachi band performing over there...

Anyways, tomorrow we are going to the beach bright and early because my aunt and uncle both have work off for Memorial Day!  I'm going to pick up some cans of some type of alcohol that's not beer (I really don't like beer!) and my tanning lotion and spend a day on the ocean.  Then we're going to grill some hot dogs and I'll force myself to have a Corona and lime with my aunt and uncle (their favorite).  Then we plan to top the day off with some watermelon and the Florida sunset!  That's all for now and I'm sure I'll post some pictures tomorrow.