*sigh*
Two weeks into bar study--and summer solstice--brought with it my first tears of this challenging time. Stupid Property and its arbitrary laws. Definitely the devil's invention! Who else could come up with this stuff?? $400 dollars worth of tenant-caused damage means a right to evict with 24 hour notice and no right to cure. Material noncompliance with an agreement means 10 days notice and right to cure. Oh, but don't forget!, if you pay more than $2000 a month, well then of course you don't have the inferior bargaining power of us poor folk, and you can, thus, contract out of such legally-implied clauses. Geez Louise! Really!? I was not masochistic enough to pursue property law as a profession and I still have to commit all this to memory?
Gimme BJ Thomas, a good cry, a Guinness and a blogging session! I need relief!
Joe and I are very excited for the things to come. And those things could not get here fast enough. We are Anchorage bound in one week. A glistening pot of gold awaits me following my bar exam, which is at the end of July. Maybe I should say a glistening pot of bronze? Nah! I'll stick with "gold." I was hired by the Public Defender Agency in Anchorage! I could not have envisioned a better opportunity at this stage of life (truly!). The location is perfect: a "city" on the continental highway system with amenities, culture and easily accessible--and beautiful--nature. Lovely. The job is perfect: I enjoy the challenges and rewards of criminal defense (and will proudly and fiercely defend the profession -- something I've been finding myself necessarily doing as of late [A side effect of Law & Order pop culture? Ignorance? Likely both.]).
Today is the summer solstice. The longest day in Juneau is about 18.5 hours. It's back to work now. That work will afford me a guilt-free drive Out the Road this evening for a sunset with my love. Happy Summer All!
