Rolling with the Punches
“Alyson, you need to learn to roll with the punches. This is the nature of the beast.” In other words, law is not always straight forward and perfectly planned. The head paralegal at the office I intern at was very clear about this fact, and her little nugget of wisdom could not have come at a more appropriate time. I should probably make it clear, she was not chastising me, but she was simply explaining to me, and my control freak ways, that I cannot control life, as she’s been struggling to comprehend. We have six weeks left in the semester, I’m prepping for my second go at the LSATs (Aren’t you jealous of my life right now?), prepping for finals (Because the day of the LSAT’s is the first day of finals. Once again, aren’t you jealous?), working approximately 25 hours per week, and helping to raise my god son, all while going to school full time. Basically, I’m lucky to get four hours of sleep per night. Basically, my life is a shit show. Throw in unforeseeable eve