The First Week of November

So what did you think of Ross' last post of what it's like to be a law student?? Pretty crazy stuff, and things are just getting more and more intense. I do have to say that I have even started learning some legal things by helping him study with his Law in a Flash flash cards. He keeps telling me that I should just quit working and start going to law school with him. I said ya right....I can remember some of this stuff because I am not required to regurgitate it back up weeks later on an exam. I can remember it just as something interesting to me that not many other people know.

Looking back, the first week of November was a good one. We started the week off with Ross' birthday on Monday. Unlike for my birthday, we weren't able to go spend the evening at Disneyland since I started a new work schedule. Maybe I should rephrase that last sentence....I was not able to spend the evening at Disneyland because I started a new work schedule. Ross went up there after class and got his free $72 gift card for going to the park on his birthday. And then he went and rode some of my favorite rides and thought he would share the moment with me by taking pictures and sending them to me while I was sitting on the phone at work watching the clock. At least he was able to have fun and enjoy the park on his birthday like we did on mine. It was just a bummer that I was not able to join him. After I got off work, we did enjoy dinner at a yummy Mexican restaurant. I have to say though, you always seem to question the quality of the restaurant when you walk in and are the only people there besides the one waitress. No matter how you look at it, the food was very good.

As for the new work schedule for me, I started my original shift of working 10am-7pm Mon-Fri. I do have to say there are some goods and bads to this new schedule. The good sides are that I can sleep in a little longer in the mornings and enjoy being a night owl, I can get ready with Ross in the morning and not worry about waking him up, I have time to eat breakfast and sometimes watch a full hour long TV show, and the traffic is really light on the drive in. The bad side is that I have to stay at work until 7:00 at night and by the time I get off, the sun has already gone down and the evening is half over. But I guess one of the other good things I forgot to mention is that Ross usually has dinner made by the time I get home; one last thing I have to think about at 7:30 in the evening. I knew there was a reason I kept him around.

This past Sat Ross surprised me and got me ballet tickets as a late birthday gift. So we went and watched Giselle danced by ABT (American Ballet Theatre) at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. It was nice to see a professional ballet again. And Ross enjoyed the music so much that it put him to sleep. Yup....he dozed off, just for a moment though, and the guy sitting next to him noticed it too and decided to write about it on his Twitter page. Oh well, at least he came with me and I got to enjoy the ballet.

In about two weeks my parents will be out here for a long weekend and thankfully, I was able to get that Friday off from work to spend with them. When I first started working, I was told I wouldn't be able to have any time off. But since the company hired about 30 more people within the last month, they were able to open up more vacation time. So I put in my request again and I was able to have Friday off. I had tried to get both Friday and Monday off but wasn't going to complain when I got at least one. So now we need to sit down and figure out what we are going to do when they get out here. Right now we are thinking about the San Diego Zoo and/or Catalina Island. A lot will depend on how much studying and homework Ross will have since it is getting closer and closer to finals.