Loss of the Blog V Card

I must admit, I have never been the one to want to blog. Honestly I thought people who did it had wayyyy to much time on their hands, that was until today. I was sitting in Crim. Pro. (Law School Class) and looking over at a friends blog, Blaire Wood, when I realized, where else can you just say what you want and people who want to listen will read and those who won't, well they won't.

Since this is my initial blog I figured I would tell you a little about myself. I grew up in a small Alabama town that has a great past. The town is Alexander City, Alabama. We are known for two things, 1) We are the home of Russell Athletics, and yes everything in the town is named after Russell. From the place you are born, Russell Hospital, to the place you go to high school, Benjamin Russell High School, to the place you by hardware to build a house, Russel Do-It Center, to the place you look for realestate or buy a home, Russell Lands, to the place you buy clothes, Russell Retail, and I am sure I am missing a few along the way. 2) we are known for OUR lake, Lake Martin. It is the best man made lake in the state of Alabama and one of the best in the United States. Multimillion dollar houses line the shores of this beautiful lake, huge catfish, some the size as Volkswagens, swim the waters, and one of the top golf courses in the southeast, Willow Point, calls Lake Martin home. Alex City, as the locals call it, was a great town to grow up in. It was like any small town though, everyone knew everyone and with that came the "everyone knows everyone's business."

After High School I went to THE University of Alabama where I majored in Finance and was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. These were truly the best 4 years of my life and I now know why some people take the victory lap and make it the best 5, 6, 7, 10 plus years of their life. I made great friend for life and went on more dates than I would want to admit. Unfortunately my time at Alabama didn't result in a National Championship, SEC Championship, or for that matter even a SEC west division Championship. The years I was there, the football team was a little down to say the least, but we did have one great victory, which was my junior year over the University of Florida, which my best friend Nick Dolyes missed do to a drunken Friday night, we will never let him live that down. There are many stories from college that I am sure will come out in future blogs, but for now this should be enough to wet your tongue.

After college I wasn't just ready for the real world, so I decided to go to law school. After I received a 75% scholarship to Jones School of Law in Montgomery, AL I packed my bags and headed south, ok it was only like 120 miles south of Tuscaloosa but it was south. Law School has most definitely been the most difficult road in my life. Everyone who has been to law school will probably agree with that. Within the first two months of law school I went through a grandparents near death experience, a break-up with a girl friend, a virus that wiped me out for at least two weeks, and oh yea this was all during year 1 of law school. Needless to say though I wouldn't trade the lessons I have learned over the last year and a half, I made it through my first year of law school with a decent GPA, high enough to keep the scholarship, and I was highly active in school activities such as SBA 1L Sec. B Senator, SBA Treasure, 1L Moot court Tournament quarter finalist, etc, and I am now almost halfway through my second year. Montgomery, AL is definitely not where I won't to end up, I can not get out of this town quick enough. I am not sure where the road after law school leads, but I hope it is towards Georgia, as that is where I hope to find a job after law school.

I look forward to writing future post and hope you all enjoy reading them. As I said at the beginning you can read if you like and you can stop if you like, but I have officially lost my blog v card.
MJS

Quote of the Blog:
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln