The Countdown

Well, the countdown has begun. Ten days until school starts and I am already studying. I am relearning the difference between trover and detinue (is there one?), and trying to remember how to brief a case. So far, it's all good. In fact, it's wonderful. What fun to feel the excitement of the upcoming semester from the point of view of the student! Each of the past 9 years, after returning to Iowa City, I have watched the students return in the fall, and feel the energy of it all, from the sidelines. Now, I am in the thick of it again. I have my locker assignment, my parking sticker and my notebooks. I've been like a ghost, haunting the law school with various trips to buy books, sign up for classes, and vain attempts to wheedle the library staff into giving me a study carol early. No one else cares about this right now. The office secretary said, "Oh, the first locker assignment of the year. . . ." I want to go now. I don't want to wait another week. I'm like the runner in the blocks, with my head down. I'm ready!