Grades.

Law School/Mama:
The new semester starts tomorrow. I didn’t get my grades from first semester last Thursday. They were alright. They didn’t completely suck, but I definitely didn’t do as well as I wanted to.

2008 was full of firsts and it was completely imbalanced. I spent so much time feeling guilty, overcompensating and then shutting down, only to start the cycle over again, that I didn’t do very well on the parenting end or the student end.

I’ve gotten many compliments on AB from her hair to her politeness. But get her back home in the apartment with just me and she can just turn into a little terror. Aside from the normal toddler tantrums, it is my fault due to my lack of consistency and routine (which I believe also contributed to my alright grades).

Law School/Mama Grade: C+

Lit Star:
This aspect of my life fared a bit better as I met a couple of awesome authors and read more than a handful of awesome books. However, my writing fell completely to the wayside.

My sister and I have made a pact for 10 submissions in 2009. 5 by the end of June and another 5 by the end of December.

The New Yorker has declared January National 2666 Reading Month and I have wholeheartedly jumped on board. I got the boxed set of three paperbacks for Christmas which has proved much less daunting than the gargantuan hardcover one volume of 900+ pages.

Outside of my school work, I will be writing and reading everyday. I apologize in advance for what are likely to be a good deal of mundane and frankly boring posts, but hopefully there will be some good stuff buried somewhere in there.

Lit Star Grade: B-

Bottom line: I’ve got a lot of work to do.