2 posts tagged “washington d.c.”
My life feels so surreal sometimes.
Today, I was playing kickball in front of the White House. Well, closer to the Washington Monument than the White House, but it's still the same. We could see it.
And as we were getting ready to play, we saw three military helicopters flying over. Two flew over the White House and one landed right on the front lawn of the White House, where there were a number of people waiting. I'm guessing it was the President coming home. So strange that that's normal.
PMBR continues to not be exciting. At least my skills are improving. I got 20 something questions right today. Out of 50. Contracts. Big fun. But I feel like I at least learned something today, and that's good. We also got a copy of the suggested summer schedule for BarBri. It's absolutely insane. I don't know that I have the willpower to do 4 hours in class and then another 8 hours at home trying to study. My goal was to do about 4 in the afternoon - but then I won't get everything done that they suggest.
I guess the best plan is to just wait and see and figure out what works best for me.
Grades are slowly rolling in. So far, no surprises. I expect it'll be weeks before the scary ones roll in. But I know I passed and that's all that matters.
Running update:
1.84 miles today in 20 minutes, for a pace of about 11:07
4.5 miles this week, 41.7 miles this month.
I'm still behind in my goal to run 1000km this year. I'm about 11 miles behind right now, which isn't a big deal. To keep pace, I need to run about 12 miles a week, and I regularly do 15, so I'm sure I'll catch up in a few weeks.
In all my free time, I've been pondering everything I have to do before I move to D.C. All my security clearance paperwork is in, and the PMF website officially lists me as a hire, so it looks like I'm good to go. I have no concerns about my security stuff, having gone through various other types of clearances for the bar exam and previous jobs, so I figure that will come through pretty easily.
I put myself on a waiting list for an apartment. That's a little scary. I hope something turns up! I won't find out anything until probably July or so, and I have no clue where I am on the waiting lis (I wonder if I can call and find out), but it would really be nice to have everything settled.
