1)It's a boy (eventually): Amy found out that she's having a boy. They'll be two years, 9 months apart, but 3 school years apart. Older sister, younger brother. Seems to have worked out well for Amy and I, so that's good. So Keira will have a little brother, very exciting.

2)"Driving" in Queens: I pulled up to a red light yesterday at a very busy intersection, (Queens Boulevard and Hillside Avenue, for anyone familiar). I was in the straight lane, and there was a turning lane to my left. A BMW pulls up next to me in the turning lane, starts creeping forward, then just guns it through a red light at a busy intersection in the middle of the day, because he saw a break in traffic.

People think traffic laws are optional in Queens. the number of lanes on the road are merely a suggestion. In one lane of traffic, you can have people pull up next to you on BOTH sides at a red light if you leave room, and try to get in front of you when it changes. It's not because I'm a slow driver, that people are trying to get around me. They just want to be in front of you because they can. Left turns from the center or right lane are totally acceptable. Double parking on busy roads, completely blocking off lanes is also regular practice. It's really frustrating sometimes. Not so much the guy running the red light, that has no effect on me, but the person trying to make a left turn from the right lane, when I'm in the center is irritating when it's a regular occurrence.

3)Gassy: Along the same lines of driving, I had stopped working for the semester when finals started, so I hadn't gotten gas in over two weeks. I finally filled up my tank yesterday and it cost me $65 with regular.

4)Please Choose the best answer (A-Yes, B-No, C-Maybe, D-I Don't Know, E-No One Knows): Last Thursday, I took the hardest exam I've ever taken; Administrative Law. It's like a completely separate body of law within the law. It was difficult, but I knew what I was doing, and I felt good about it, even though I felt completely drained afterward.  As my first exam (of four) I felt like once that was over, the rest would be a breeze. Wow, was I wrong. The exam I took last night (Professional Responsibility) was ridiculous. I can't even say it was a hard exam, it was a legitimately unfair exam. There was not a single question that I was sure about. The heading of this paragraph was actually one of the sets of multiple choice answers. One of the questions was "[Insert Hypothetical situation] based on Justice Kennedy's dissent in [obscure case we spent 15 minutes on in one class] what would he say about this?", Another question was "In Guy#1 and Guy #2's article, Guy#1 took the stance that..." when it was an article he handed out in class, but we never discussed. And then of course, for any question that was actually about the law, we had to choose the "best" of five answers that were all reasonably correct, or all completely incorrect. At least I could make informed choices on those, but sadly, they were only a small part of the test. Two of the three essays were reasonable, but the first one was more of an evidence essay. Anyone who took evidence already had a serious leg up on that question. This exam did not in any way test our knowledge of Professional Responsibility and ability to practice as ethical lawyers.

I literally kept laughing during the exam. I couldn't help it, this was just such a ridiculous situation. I was actually distracted in the middle of the test for a minute, thinking about whether I'd want to spend the money on a summer class, or attempt 18 credits to make up for the fact that I was clearly failing this one.

Luckily, in the aftermath, everyone else felt the same way. Even some of the best students I know said they were only sure about a couple of the questions. This kind of test is just unfair, because it doesn't reward preparation, it doesn't reward knowledge of the law, it rewards knowing the Professor's opinion, and what he thinks are the noteworthy topics loosely related to this area of law. I have never heard so many students say they were going to write letters to the Deans after an exam.

This exam is going to be a total crap shoot. The person who prepared the most and knew the law the best has an almost equal shot at getting the "A" as the person who prepared the least and was just guessing. Now, how many thousands of dollars did we all just pay for that? (Update:  That single class cost me $4,125)

Two more exams to go still, Thursday and Friday, then I'm done. I wasn't too nervous about these last two, but after assuming that about last night's exam, I don't know what to think anymore.