So quickly time away flies! Already headed home from my brief vacation, and back to the books, because the summer term starts next week. Bankruptcy, Moot Court and Criminal Procedures...did I bite off too much for a summer term? All of this is in the hope that I can arrange to take next summer off or with only 1 class so that I can get away on a fantastic trip to central Asia. I miss my adventures on another continent and I don't want to wait for 4 years to go by for the next one. We only have today, and that is very much more clear to me now than it was in my 20's, when life stretched out before me, long and limitless.
I went to Washington this week, and got a very brief glimpse of the Supreme Court in session, which only made me want for more. The whole trip made me realize anew that I need 9 lives to do all the things, and be all the people I want to be. Such a lust for life, but not enough time to live it all. It's tempting to run away, but what I want includes what I have right now, strangely enough. I like the life I have, I just want more-more of it and more of others. This trip turned out to be as introspective as they all are, and that is useful in many ways.
I got a library card for the Library of Congress while in DC, and went in the Law Reading Room. What an awesome breadth of possibilities that pointed out to me. So many kinds of law, so many interesting fields. It's not that I was unaware of them, but it was an in-your-face reminder. And again, a painful reminder that I have only so many years to do whatever I'm going to do, so I can't afford to get it wrong. No wandering allowed in this respect, unlike the wandering I did on the streets of DC.
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