1. Studying. Including, but not limited to, reading, writing, researching, homework, law cases, research methods cases, case studies, etc.
2. Enjoying Chapel Hill! Every Thursday night my program has happy hour at a different place downtown in Chapel Hill. Which is nice because it helps you see your colleagues as people and not just fellow workers. Plus you get to get out of the house. PLUS you get to know all the cool places in Chapel Hill.
Also, I finally made it over to the Old Well. The tradition of the Old Well is that you have to drink from it on the first day of classes and you'll graduate. Or something like that. (Opposite of the Arch at UGA, where you can't walk under it until you've graduated.)
3. I got to see parts of UNC's bid day! I must say, UGA knows how to do bid day. These girls tried, but I had to shake my head a little bit.
This is how UGA does it:
4. I got to see Duke! As part of my program I may take a class or two there and on Sunday they had a concert of Mozart's requiem in honor of 9/11. We headed on over there but the chapel was full. They had set up speakers outside and there were hundreds of people gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel to listen.
As much as I hate to admit it, Duke (the "four-letter word" as us Tarheels call it) is actually a beautiful campus.
As we were sitting on the grass listening to the wonderful music, everyone was quiet. There were some solemn faces and lots of closed eyes, soaking it in. Some people brought their kids and I couldn't help but think that they had no idea what was being remembered. And I couldn't help but think that my 12-year old self didn't understand it when it happened. About 45 minutes into it, a little girl in the corner by the speaker caught my eye. She was dancing.
It was a strong testament to what a breath of fresh air the innocence of a child can be. And it's a small reminder that beautiful things can come out of very ugly things.
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