Emancipated Student Practices Saying "I'm a 2L now!" Until it Rolls off Tongue Just So

I am enjoying my freedom immensely.

I went to work for a few hours today, then stopped by school to pick up the Law Review Write-on Packet. This is what I refer to as "The Paper" when I say I'll be done with school, because I still have "The Paper." The Paper is a competition to get on Law Review. Basically you work your ass off to write this paper, and then they select the best to be on Law Review. 20 people get in. Frankly, Law Review doesn't sound like much fun, but the profs make it sound like if you don't do it you'll end up selling corndogs on Nicollett Mall. So, anyhoo, The Paper is due May 23rd.

Anyhoo, back to business. After I finished the mamby-pamby stuff at work and picked up the other stuff, I went home and took a nap with the kitties. Car is such a fastidious cleaner, a real princess, and The Wiz is such a disappointment to her, I think, The Wiz is kind of like a teenage street girl, drug-addict-type, she's so skinny and mangey and really needy. Also she's not terribly concerned with cleanliness (and she farts) so Car cleans her off all the time. So I didn't get much of a nap because Car spend the whole time furiously cleaning herself and then The Wiz. And The Wiz is also kinda jumpy and you just feel kind of sorry for her. Right now she's freaking out in front of the speakers. She hates Mary Lucia. (Did I mention she is intuitive?) She's pawing at the speakers, she doesn't understand where the voice is coming from, but she knows she doesn't like it.

I went to run some errands, and unfortunately, Arc's Value Village is very close to the bank so I'm afraid I had to stop in. I bagged some nice summer shirts and about 2 yards of super groovy retro silk fabric, white with a red and black design. ($2.29). But I'm most excited about the towels. I've been trying to get my hand on these towels--(circa 1970?)--that have woven flowers in them--um, they're hard to describe. Anyhoo, I got two of them. I'm not quite sure what to make with them yet. A really weird quilt? A handbag? I think I'll make a little bag with them. Maybe tonight.

I made my favorite smoothie for dinner (1 c. orange juice, 1 frozen banana, 1 c. frozen strawberries, wheatgrass powder) and picked out a good book to read. It needed to be a decidedly not-lawschool-y book. I settled on Dave Eggers--A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. First I have to finish Stiff, though. I've settled into a comfy chair and poured a glass of Zonnebloem Pinotage, something Dave recommended.

I have a fun weekend planned. Tomorrow night, Julie is coming over and we are going to drink lots and lots of wine and conspire about crafty summer activities, and I think I have to teach her how to sew in a zipper. Sunday I am doing the AIDS Walk, then going to Kate's for Greta's college graduation party (Congrats, Doobs!), then Amy and I are going to Restaurant 318 in Exelsior to watch Joy Draglund sing. She's a jazz singer currently living in NY, I think, and is really awesome.