The weather here is absolutely freezing!! I thought it was cold last weekend when it hit -20 celcius, but tonight it is scheduled to hit -26 celcius. Its getting to thermal underwear, 6 layers, artic coats and spending as little time outside as possible! It is a good excuse to just stay in bed. So last week I was absolutely physically and mentally exhausted from New Orleans. so nothing much exciting happened. I am taking 4 classes this semester Adoption law, ...

Tuesday We were able to get started and get going pretty early and get our heads. I had my first client come in to sign her papers. She was just so excited that after 9 years of separation she was finally going to get divorced. It was a bit stressful and nerve wracking with her being my first ever client, but eventually we got it all signed and notarized and she will now be divorced in 10 weeks. It is exciting, but also a little depressing helping people to end ...

Sunday We rolled up to the busses in Chicago at a very early hour of the morning , tired, bleary eyed and ready to change the world! We were prepared for a very long 15 hour journey through 5 states. We took off from Illinois, and Illinois seemed to go on for ever and ever. I had not understood what people meant by the great plains, but when we had driven for like 5 hours with nothing but fields and grass and farms as far as the eye could see it started to see...

So its been a bit quiet here this week, I suppose its all part of the cultural exchange - learning about US exams. Its all a little stressful!! I have 1 done and 3 to go. They are a little different from home, in particular they operate under an honour system and so there are no invigilators in the exams. I thought it was so weird that everyone sat there in silence doing their exams and no one even thinks to cheat! They also all use laptops to do exams and so the...

No new photos and not a lot of news this week. Most exciting was that yesterday we had our first winter storm and proper snow in Chicago. It has been bitterly cold and according to the Americans we havent seen anything yet! We've a cold front of Arctic air moving down this week so it is only going to get colder. Every day I put another layer on and I start resembling a Michelin man. Thankfully everyone else in Chicago looks similarly unfashionable!! Its getting...