Things were exciting that first week Ross went back to class. For one class, they had to put on or participate in a mock trial…from start to finish. Everything was as authenticate as could be from an actual court room layout, a real judge, witnesses, and even jury selection. And what made this more exciting was that I got to participate! The case was about an armed bank robbery. There were four attorneys total (two for each side). Ross was one of the prosecutors and I got to the play bank teller who was robbed. Even though the students had to do most of the work, I felt like I was more nervous than they were. And to add to the nerves, I was the first witness called! Thankfully Ross practiced with me (since he is the one who questioned me) which made me feel a little better. However, during the cross examination I started to get nervous again afraid I was going to say something wrong. But on the re-direct examination, Ross was able to fix anything I messed up. Once my part was done I got to watch the rest of the trial (which was more fun). Once the closing arguments were done (which Ross did awesome at), the lawyers and judge waited in the hall while the jury deliberated.
I stayed in the room to listen to the jury. The final verdict was a hung jury (8 guilty, 4 not guilty). But a couple said they were swayed by Ross’ closing argument and that he presented a good case that the guy was guilty. While the lawyers/students waited in the hall, one of the student’s father was there watching (who is an attorney also) and told Ross that he did an amazing job and that he could walk into a court room that day and have no trouble winning a case. At the end of March, Ross attended a National Law Review Conference down in San Diego for school that lasted 4 days. So while he was down south learning ways to improve the Law Review program, I got to spend time socializing with my girl friends…which meant happy hour and coffee time.
A week and a half ago we got all dressed up, nice and fancy to attend the annual Barrister’s Ball. This year it was held at a hotel in Costa Mesa which was about 5-10 minutes from us. Last year it was about 20 minutes away. The week before the event Ross took me out shopping to quite a few stores to find a new dress. I eventually found one for a reasonable price…a cute little red dress which worked well with the theme; Sin City, black white and a little bit of red.
Last Friday was the last intramural sports event which happened to be themed volleyball. Ross' team dressed in 70s attire and had an awesome time! This past Saturday we went to a Law Review Awards Brunch. It was mainly to honor and recognize the graduating students. But it was still fun being. Ross had a great time dressing up and taking pictures.For Easter, it was just the two of us again. But this year we actually cooked an Easter dinner which included a 10 pound ham. That’s right….10 pounds. Tonight will be the third meal I make with left over ham. After our big meal and kitchen clean up, we relaxed for a few hours to let the food digest and then we continued with the Easter tradition of coloring Easter eggs. Yes even at 28, I still like coloring Easter eggs. Brings back great childhood memories and sparks good conversation.
This week we have one last big event to look forward to…FINALS! Ross has three finals this semester. Two are on the same day and just happen to be scheduled for the first day of finals (Monday, May 2). His last final isn’t really something he needs to study for which is good so he can focus all his time on the two big ones coming up. After finals are done, he will start his externship at the District Attorney’s office this summer. So until more excitement happens, that’s all that has been going on with us. Enjoy the new pictures.
