Books Open and Goodbyes

August 12, 2011
At night, I drive into the city to meet her and get Italian food. It’s a good meal and then we go to Fat Cat. We play some Foosball where she beats me again and then we sit around. We then play ping pong, but she’s tired from not sleeping recently. I started beating her despite her a few days ago winning 4-5 games against my 3.
I split up with her at Time Square while I go to Hell’s Kitchen. The bar is really cool and Scott, Bola, and Jenn are there. We hang for a bit and it’s pouring really bad. On the way to getting food in Greenwich, we see all the people in the club area waiting outside the club with nowhere to go.
We finally get some food after driving through a ridicuclous storm. They get Artichoke whereas I get Thelewala. They’re blasting Indian pop/hip hop music that I’m jamming out to while waiting for a lamb roll. Delicious stuff.
The drive back was quite an experience and dangerous, but after driving slow on the highway and some treacherous issues, I get home fine.

August 15, 2011
Wow, the first day of law school, well orientation at least. For some reason, anticipation messes up with my sleep and I’m up by 7:00AM. I shower, take my time, and I’m in out the door before 8:00. It takes me 15 minutes from my street to parking. That’s pretty sweet.
I sit down with some people and have part of a bagel and chat. We then go to the auditorium for stupid speeches. Then the seminar starts where the small class of 1Ls, 180 people or something, is split into groups. The group is about 20 people and we go over some cases, how to write a brief, pretty easy and basic stuff.
Then comes a lunch break, then some cool Q&A with the 2Ls. Then it’s back to more seminar where I start dozing off because it’s boring and I didn’t get enough sleep.
The stuff is pretty basic and it’s an ungraded orientation, what BS. Ela and Julia are coming over to stay the night before their flight tomorrow so fuck it, I want to hang out and screw this shit. I tell my professor that I won’t be able to make class and I want to hand in the work/find out the next day’s assignment. She doesn’t comply that tells me to see the Academic Dean, ugh.
I go home and call the office. I’m told to email the Dean and I don’t get an answer, screw it. I pick up Julia and Ela at 8:00 something and we pick up some sushi and beer. Ela brought a bottle of Jager so we drink beers and take shots while watching Tom Green’s Japan Subway Hour and Balls of Steel on my TV. My mom drops Bye to say Hi, but then I find out that my aunt, cousin, and grandma are staying over because their apartment has been painted and the fumes and such.
The three of us move to my basement, which is finally pretty fixed up. It needs paint and some more furniture and such, but the bar is nice and set up. We hang there listening to some music, drinking more, and playing drinking games. I start birthday business because Ela’s birthday is in two days. A slice of cake with a candle and her birthday gift.
We call it a night by 4:00. I finally wake up before 1:00 to get ready to drop them off. They then get their stuff ready, we grab a quick bite at Subway and then we pack up the car and head out to JFK. I drop them off, hugs, and Goodbyes. Ela has a nice Farewell card for me.
It slowly set in, but sucks actually saying “Goodbye” indefinitely to your best friend. I’ve never really had to do that before. Hopefully I’ll one day end up in Germany or she’ll visit America again. I’m going to miss her.