Went to the casino this week with my friends Anar, Sahar, and Jess. I took $200 from the ATM, telling myself I’d be okay if I lost it all. Anar sat down first, with $100, at a $15 table. He lost $45 in about ten minutes. Told me that he was done, that he had to get up early for work, that I should play quickly so we could go home.

So I took the $200 to a $50 table. Lost the first hand. But then I got a blackjack, which paid 3:2. $75, in other words. Then I got another blackjack. Then another. I’ve never had three blackjacks in a row. You stand a 1 in 20 chance of getting a blackjack on any given hand, meaning the odds of getting three in a row are 1 in 8,000.

I took my $200 up to $1,000. And then the pit boss came over and started acting real friendly. Gave my friends and me comps to the fruit and cheese buffet. (Which was awful, by the way. 2 different bland tasting, unrecognizable cheeses and fruit possibly from a can…) I took the $1,000 down to $675. And then I got up to go.

“You all done?”

It was the pit boss.

“Yes,” I said. “All done.”

“You sure? You don’t want to live dangerously?”

I couldn’t believe it. Are casino employees even allowed to directly, verbally encourage people to gamble more? Is there some kind of law against this? Should there be? I was pretty upset.

But you can only be so upset after you win $475…

My last-ever law school exam goes down in 17 hours. Law school exams are typically three hours long…and I swear, they’re the fastest three hours of your life. Before every exam, I go through the same mental ritual: I think, Three hours is so long… like watching 6 back-to-back sitcoms; I’m going to be so bored. And then the exam starts, and then I answer a few questions, and then the proctor calls “Time” after what feels like eight minutes. How are exams for you? Does the time fly by…or do you feel every minute of it?