Illegitimate Sun

I can’t come to Canada and not spend money at IKEA.

In order to fit all my stuff into Amy’s tiny, tiny apartment while I’m staying here – some adjustments had to be made.

Most of you know that I have shed most of my possessions in order to make this abrupt change in my life. There are a couple of things of which I refuse to abandon. My slowly re-growing professional wardrobe is part of this collection.

To fit this in, I bought a Malm dresser and rebuilt the closet to include a second bar.

I also put in an new GORM bookshelf and extensions for my previous double bookcase. I have a lot a books and mixing in the law school tomes creates a overwhelming amount.

So, most of my stuff is now out of the way and in a safe place until I figure out where I going to be in a couple of months.

For all those wondering, I managed to finish law school a semester early. This took a slavish devotion to the 17 hours of classes I took this semester and the 50-odd hours of reading that accompanied them.

On top of this I worked for 15-20 hours at the Missouri Attorney General’s office. I worked on prosecuting cases of discrimination for the department assigned to the Missouri Human Rights Commission.

Immediately following my six finals, I loaded up the car and drove across Missouri, visiting my Grandmother in Jefferson City and my Mother in Nevada. From there, I raced an ice storm to Kansas City where I attended the wedding of Josh and Susie.

As soon as the roads thawed, I raced back to St. Louis, cleaned the apartment and had a tearful farewell with JennyR and I began the long trek to Canada.

Crossing the border was uneventful. I received a 6-month visitors pass. Registering Pop’s heirloom was actually the most difficult part of the crossing. No one knew whether I needed to register it or not. Finally they decided to register it simply because I already filled out the paper work.

My arrival coincided with Xmas. Amy made a great dinner of gourmet ham and herb roasted potatoes.

To come, the madatory visit to IKEA.