Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello World. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.

I'm a little behind the news. Bar results came out. I passed. It was stressful. I almost didn't check the website. My BF ended up checking for me. And the results page was cryptic so he had to read it twice before he was sure it meant anything.

A lot of people I know did not pass. The statistics for this exam are not yet out. But looking at past results, the pass rate has hovered around 50%. It has been even lower for the February bar. This past February, the pass rate was about 48%. The year before that, it was 38%. Rough.

It is a tough exam. My heart goes out to all those that did not pass. Don't give up. Don't talk yourself out of taking the exam in February. I don't know what to say exactly. But I believe in you!

I'm still unemployed. Today, I finished writing a cover letter for a grant. This grant is for people who are volunteering. That would be me. I am still volunteering at a government agency, in the public sector, as an advocate for public safety. That reminds me I need to reword something in that cover letter. The institution that is giving out this grant (my school) is very defense oriented. Therefore I need to align my objective with their goals. Some creative massaging of words. Massage. Massage.

It turns out that I accomplish very little work when I'm at home. Is it the cold? Is it the perpetual distraction of kitty? Or is it something else? I went to the BF's work today and punched out this cover letter. Yesterday I spent the whole day lousing around my house, accomplishing nothing. I did make some bread dough for thanksgiving tomorrow. And played tennis with my father. And bought some groceries. But none of my efforts went towards accomplishing the reason for taking the time off.

For lunch today (yes, it's come to that: describing what I had to eat, and how I ate it) I walked 0.3 miles to a mexican taco shop on Middlefield Road and bought two $1.25 tacos. The total cost came to $2.73. I walked away with a bag of food: two tacos on a plate, a bag of corn chips and a container of salsa. It was more than enough food for me. And the salsa. Was beautiful. It was a bright red color dotted with green flecks of cilantro. There were some translucent onions floating among the red tomato. And the spicy burn came from something I could not see. Invisible spice! The tacos were served on two corn tortillas each. I saw a woman in the back pressing handmade tortillas but I guess my order didn't deserve those. Or I have to ask for it specifically. And I don't speak Spanish AT ALL. The chicken atop the tacos was all white meat, diced. The quality of the meat was very good. I got about 3 oz of chicken total. It was served with a slice of lime and a disc of radish. I ate both tacos which was a bit too much for me because it was 1pm when I ate and I had about 8 oz of greek yogurt immediately prior to the tacos. And 16 oz of hot water.

I have been playing tennis these past few weeks. It's terrific exercise.