The End of an Era

I am writing you while sitting through the last class of my formal education. It is a little hard to process; I've always been a student, I don't know that I know how to do anything else (not that I have done this very well of late, as demonstrated by my lack of attention to class)! This is the end of an era. So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, adieu.

Let us have a moment of silence.....

Actually, it is definitely time that this era passed, given the lack of motivation I have had for my formal education over the last semester. I am rather proud that I even made it to this class, truth be told. I had to call friend and fellow classmate Mya en route to confirm that the fact that it is rainy and limited parking are NOT sufficient reasons to skip the last class of Trusts and Estates. Tempting , yes, understandable even, but not adequate.

So I am here in my back row seat, present only out of a vague sense of duty and nostalgia and googling pictures of ocean liners for this blog and manifestly NOT paying attention. The words "beneficiaries," "trustees," and "fiduciary duties" filter through from my professor's lecture every so often so I am assured that he at least is on topic and on track. He may be the only one. One of the benefits of a back row seat is you get to observe the monitors of all the students in front of you. Of the four rows ahead of me only one is open to notes (but she is a 2L so that really can't count). Even the conscientous Mya is less than engaged in the lecture; helping me in same search for blog images! (By the way, I should include here that Mya thoroughly approves the one selected. I am much gratified by this much coveted commendation).

All this to say that it is time that this chapter closed and this class ended.