Today was a good day. Beautiful sunny and clear sky. I went to the doctor earlier this morning (Mom, aren't you proud of me?) and the health center is on the main campus. The law building is a few blocks off of the main campus, and though the distance isn't great, it feels like worlds apart. The law students rarely go to the main campus for anything (even the bookstore is slightly off-campus.) So even though UW is reknown for its BEAUTIFUL campus, I don't take advantage of enjoying it.

So I walked through main campus, and after my appointment (he gave me some medicine, and I'll check back with him next month - don't worry, Mom, the chest x-ray showed everything looked fine) I walked over to the Student Union Bldg. It's called the HUB (Husky Union Bldg) and it's HUGE and TONS of students (though it's not really crowded) are hanging out, chatting, eating, reading, studying, etc. It's newly renovated, so it's really clean, bright, and many really nice food selections. I bought a Torrefazione coffee and bagel and the NY Times and sat by the ceiling-to-floor windows of "The Atrium." What a perfect spot. Sun on my back, delightful coffee, the newspaper and several hours before I needed to be at the law school again. What more could a girl ask for?

I felt so absolutely content to be there. So much more like the undergrad "college" feel to it. I wondered what it would have been like to go to undergrad here... meeting with your friends here, grabbing lunch, reading the Bible with your accountability buddy (as two girls at a table next to me were doing.) Wow, I missed college life. Thinking back on the Berkeley days... hanging out at Caffe Strada, reading my Poli Econ text, knowing that if I made it down to Sproul Fountain around lunchtime, I'd be sure to run into a few friendly faces.

Sigh. Law school is just not the same.

Go CAL!