Sick day

Ugh. I have some sort of flu/cold bug. Missing a whole day of classes stinks.

Yesterday I was still well enough to go to a luncheon with the Election Law Society, a student group that started at W&M last year because of the intense interest in all the controversy surrounding recent elections. For the most part, Republicans worry about voter fraud and Democrats worry about disenfranchised voters. Anyway, the National Center for State Courts is based in Williamsburg and is actually located right behind the law school. This week there is a conference featuring chief justices of all the state supreme courts, and we got to have lunch with them. I sat with the chief justices of Alabama, North Carolina and Montana, among others. Coincidentally, all three are women. I also met Marsha Ternus, the Chief Justice of Iowa, and the first woman to serve in that position. She's from Vinton and graduated from Iowa and Drake Law.

So many people are talking about the presidential race, and I've become quite obsessed with it. Virginia votes on Feb. 12, a week after Super Duper Tuesday. Exciting stuff.

We're busy getting ready for the Spring Break trip to New Orleans, which is March 1-8. I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet — most likely either community organizing or manual labor. Should be a great experience. There are 21 of us going as part of the Student Hurricane Network.

While many people have wrapped up summer jobs, most of them have done so because of personal connections. The rest of us are still waiting to hear about potential interviews, and should know something soon.

That's as long as I can concentrate today.