"A life lived in fear is a life half lived"

So here's how my morning started as evidenced by my text message to Nicole:

"So you know how I have that little problem about not being afraid to walk around naked sometimes?? Well let's just say there's some comcast xfinity people who're having a really good day in my front yard...."


Yeah.... it was bound to be one of those days.

Did the day get any better? Well that depends on if you take into account the fact that I had to work, study for a civ pro exam that is currently 60 hours away and for which I have decided in the interest of time management I would NOT make an outline for (yeah I know, fellow classmates, don't judge), and finish a memo on whether Charlie Sheen can collect $100 million in punitive damages from Chuck Lorre for the nasty remarks Lorre made. Can I just throw it out there that at this point in the night, 2 hours and 20 minutes until the memo is due, there isn't a thing in the world I could care about less than this memo, except for maybe Charlie Sheen himself.

Charlie, you locked a hooker in a closet.....and you want to know if YOU are entitled to an insane sum of money in punitive damages??? Seriously?? I'm finding myself having a Seth Myers SNL inspired "Really?" moment.

Work this morning went something like this....

1.) 30 minutes into my work day and already two co-workers have proposed that I kiss them. Nope, thanks guys, but I'm good.

2.) Afternoon conversation with co-workers

S: Megan, you should come to acrop with me and josh and mackenzeee
M: what's that?
S: well its a steak house, just remembered you don't eat meat... um but I am sure the have some veggie stuff, it also is a bar....and maybe a strip club
M: yeah....just googled that. As tempting as that sounds....since I don't eat meat and don't really enjoy naked girls....i'm gonna have to pass. But you 3 have fun!! 
S:your missing out on two of the most amazing things in the world!
S: meat and women
M: guess i'll never know......

3.) By the way, I LOVE my job! I really, really do....for those of you who so desperately want to know what I do for a living.....here's what a typical day may look like....

Yeah.....that design was all "this girl"..... Now that was last year's.... here's this year's

I wish I could take credit for the idea (ahem...Sam), but the igloo..that was all me!! By the way, the snowmen, yeah they're bobble heads of management! That's how we roll in the Wellness Center.


Please forgive me if I come off a little uneducated in this post, but this has been one of those days where studying has sucked all the intelligent synonyms and proper grammar from that spongy thing in my skull.


Which leads me to my evening adventures....notice how I skipped over the studying part? Yes, well you see that would be because after work and before evening adventures, I attempted to study. I even watched an extremely entertaining BARBRI professor explain personal jurisdiction for 30 minutes until.......I fell asleep. Have I mentioned how important naps are to those of us who work and try and go to school. Or in my case, go to school and occasionally try and work? They are VERY important....So important in fact that I find the majority of my time devoted to the study of this strange phenomenon called "sleep". 


My evening escapades included buying Trader Joe's. Yes you read that right. I think I may have accidentally bought the store. In fact I would joke about how I could feed a small third world country based on the purchases in my trunk, but since I'm trying to be a better person and all, I won't mention that (again). I did bring my textbooks to Peet's to try and study, but then Nicole and I decided being as how it was 8:45 and all, maybe it was time for dinner. After finding truly the most amazing vegetarian restaurant I've ever been to in my ENTIRE life (including The Other Side in Boston..if you haven't been there and you're a vegetarian, it's worth the airfare), we played around at Santa's house!

Now I guess it's time for me to stop drinking (again Trader Joe's is having a sale on Shiraz currently, $7.99) and start to study. You would think I'd be nervous by now. However, since law school is a mandatory forced curve, and seeing as how I've decided that this is going to be the year I do what I want and not what's expected of me, I'm resigned to my fate as a C+ student. Hey, I guess we can't all be 4.0's all the time. 


My nice friend Brad informed me that when I look back on my younger years, all I'm going to see in my rear view mirror are memories of books, papers, and CW. That was enough of a depressing thought to really make me rethink things. I thought about this so long and hard that I decided tomorrow is Festival of the Trees day! 


I've been thinking lately about how for the last 9 years, I've always sacrificed doing what I really want in order to do what I think I should be doing. 

So I leave you tonight with this compelling thought:


" A life lived in fear is a life half lived"


If anyone is feeling they're living a life half lived, I'll be at the Festival of Trees tomorrow at 4 if you want to join me for some life-living.


-M-


PS: On a serious note, I would really like to tell everyone that I work with how grateful I am for each and every one of you. Brad, Bridget, and Jenn, I don't know if any of you will ever read this, but you make my Saturdays the best day of my week! Nicole, I am so blessed to get to spend every Friday morning at work with my best friend 200 feet or just a phone call away. Mindy Loo! You're the best boss a girl could never even dream of! Who else would pay me to go shopping, buy me shoes, and provide valuable life advice. Josh, thank you for always making sure I'm fed and that I'm not drinking aspartame. Megan, you're a great listener and really good at not judging me too harshly! Sam, thanks for always offering to make me breakfast food ;). Bruce, there just are no words! It's going to be the hardest thing I do leaving CW when I have to go into the real world of not getting paid to decorate and do hw. I love you all!