The Future Figured Out

So I haven't posted for awhile due to illness and the general craziness of my life, but I'm back now and getting things back to normal.

So over spring break I had a very frank conversation with my parents about my future. As usual they weren't completely ignorant about the situation, but they weren't completely knowledgable either. However, like all of these conversations I have with my parents, it was an eye opening experience. I do believe that the one previous to this spring break involved me transfering schools from Milwaukee to Minneapolis.

So I've made the decison not to go for rabbinic school. Much to my mother's chagrin, she will not have both a son and daughter in the rabbinate. She will have a son who is a nice jewish lawyer, so that should make her very happy. She'll be able to brag about it at bridge group. My dad is excited because he knows that I've finally figured out what I want to do. I'm sure he's slightly disappointed that it isn't Major League catcher, but seriously Dad I was never that good at baseball.

So my original intent was to differ law school for a year, after this discussion with my parents I'm not entirely sure. My parents say that I shouldn't delay my life because it'll only make school harder on my. I'm not entirely convinced of this. My life is what I make of it... A year off between college and law school might seem to them to be putting my life on hold, but I think its exactly the opposite. I think that instead of holding me back it will give me a chance to gain some perspective. Its not holding my life because there is no pause button. If I take a year off that will be my life.

My parent's weren't the only ones who I discussed law school with. Dan Levin and I were able to have a good conversation about both his and my futures over drinks and then later over a long car trip. With Dan's experiences to guide me I feel much better prepared for the idea of leaving my comfort zone. Pretty much every time I spend time with Dan I'm glad he and I have become friends. East Coast Here I Come!

So here I stand about to fly. I'm getting ready close this chapter of my life. I know it seems like I'm jumping the gun on this one, but I'm actually not. I may not be close to graduation, but I'm about to start the LSAT stuff and then applications upon applications. I'm actually more excited about this that I ever was about applying to college.