I obviously care about grades. I certainly didn't intend to suggest that I don't care about them. However, I don't really feel like I have a whole lot riding on my grades.

The recent attraction has largely been playing with my spreadsheet, waiting to see what I would need to do to secure a cum laude distinction at graduation. That's not mandatory, of course. It's just something I figure would be nice to have. After this semester, I would have to really screw up a year of electives (I've got all required courses out of the way) not to get it.

Of course, it was "easy" for me. As I mentioned in response to your grades post, as a part-timer, I was never going to be transfering, and my low grades in Contracts (B- & C- -- I never could get the hang of Osborn) took me out of the running for the money in the top 10 students. However, I never lived the 1L life you described, either. I set out to enjoy this experience, and I would say that the only truly unenjoyable part is the waiting.