1L....stands for LACK of sleep!

Law school isn't extremely hard. The work is not too hard to grasp. yes, in the beginning the work is different, confusing and seems to be written in a foreign language. After a month or maybe two, it is not confusing. You can grasp the concepts just fine but your sleep schedule disappears. I find myself taking naps. I have never taken naps in the day time. Now I look forward to my day time naps. They always tell you law school is a lot of work but that has to be the understatement of the century.


My schedule: Wake up, get my son ready for school, catch the bus, sit in class, study in the library, go to my next class, go home and prepare for the next day, go to sleep at some point and start over all over again. But...that is only if there is no meetings or events that requires my presence. Don't let me get to the importance of networking, which forces me to choose, networking or sleeping.....I have chosen networking and the connections I have made have been great but my sleep is near obsolete. 


My time is occupied for every minute of my day. That is what makes Law School so demanding. Everything has to be written down, and followed. I have a million planners, dry erase boards and calendars. Nothing is absolute. I can plan every second of my day but I will forget something until the last minute or hit with a last minute request which ruins my schedule.


Once upon a time I was a morning person. I got up at 6:30- 7:00 a.m. and would be sleep no later than 11:00 p.m. Now I have discovered insomnia, late nights up finishing my readings because I don't get home until late and must cook dinner and get my son ready for school and talk to my husband to stay married. Law School takes hard work and dedication which I have to give but overall it is time consuming and a huge mystery.


I need SLEEP!