Close enough

I am now 99% sure that I'll be back at LSU next year for law school, for a number of factors.

A.) Attending LSU will provide minimal debt (scholarship + low cost of living = little loans) allowing me to pursue any kind of career interest (public interest, lawyer-reporter, etc) without having to worry about paying back $100,000 in loans.

B.) Alabama and Chapel Hill still haven't gotten back to me and LSU's first deposit deadline is April 15.

C.) Baton Rouge wouldn't be an awful place to spend three more years.

D.) They seem to be very interested in accommodating my needs as a law student, and it seems that the school is on the rise. Plus I think Louisiana wouldn't be that bad of a place to wind up in the end.

Sound good enough to you? Me too.

I am however, disappointed in LSU's no-work policy for first year law students. Other law schools around the country allow you to work up to 20 hours a week to help augment the price of law school and get experience. I was hoping to freelance for a few publications in town. It seems I will have to keep my journalism skills honed in other ways, for a year at least.

I also have contacted the Manship School about taking some of my electives in Journalism graduate courses, which the school and the law school have been very receptive to.

My recovery from Wisdom Teeth surgery is coming along nicely. Last night I cut my sore teeth with the first solid food I'd really eaten in a week by going out to dinner with an LSU Law professor and a few other prospective LSU Law students at a swanky local restaurant. I got the fish, seemed easy enough. Hoping I can move on to more solid foods this weekend.

Breland flies in to D.C. tomorrow morning, just in time for the Cherry Blossom Festival to begin. It really is a beautiful time here in D.C., I'll be sure to post pictures after our long weekend.