One week down...

I SURVIVED MY FIRST WEEK!!!
Law school is nothing like undergrad. As an undergrad, I rarely went to the library, I barely studied, and classes were way easier.
Here, I'm in the library almost every night, I study seven or eight hours a day, and classes are more demanding than anything I've ever done. Your attention can't stray in the slightest, professors could call on you at any moment, and if you're not paying attention to what your classmate is saying, you might miss the whole point of that class period. Being mentally "on" all of the time is the biggest challenge, and can be exhausting.
The other challenge is being able to make yourself sit down for eight hours a day to study. The people I study with and I have found an awesome study room in the library that has comfy chairs that make it a little better.
The books are big and I'm having a blast writing all over them.

Even though the classes are hard and being called on in class can be intimidating, I'm loving this. The logical process of finding a rule, and applying it is exactly how my brain works. I'm figuring out what the different professors are looking for and am getting faster at briefing the cases. I know that I've only survived the first week, but I'm actually really enjoying law school. Go figure.

Along with figuring out my classes, I'm figuring out how to handle my apartment. I've been cooking a little bit, and I've been pretty proud of the results. I'm planning on cooking a bunch tomorrow in preparation for the week, because I really have no desire to make an actual meal between my study sessions. Here are some examples of my great culinary creations:

Rice and chicken with soy sauce. Yes, it's simple, and yes, it's in a giant mug, but it was satisfying when I finally got around to each at 10:30 p.m.

I've decided to call these pancake puffs; they're just pancake batter baked in a muffin tin, but they reheat really well.

Life is good. :)