And Then the Bar Exam Happened and I Started Life Again

Well, it's finally over.  I finally sat for and finished the Texas Bar Exam.  All of my answers and my hopes and dreams are with the Texas Board of Law Examiners and if all goes well I will officially and finally be an attorney this November.  And if not, I'll be leaving the country to become some kind of beach bum.

This is what I packed for lunch in my hotel during the bar exam.  Hopeless foodie.

The bar exam was one of the longest and strangest journeys I've ever been on.  It literally gave meaning to the phrase "living under a rock."  I really had no idea what was going on in the outside world for three months.  But it's over and aside from several (two this week) nightmares about either the test or the results, the bar exam is a distant memory.

The next three photos are from the 4th of July and the only decent break I had over the summer.  That lovely girl is my sister.

I call this photo, "These are a few of my favorite things"

Jason and I had the traditional post-bar trip planned but he started a new job and doesn't have vacation days yet so we had to cancel it.  I'm hoping to get something together soon.  He probably deserves it more than me after putting up my crazy self all summer.

We spent a Saturday afternoon at Rahr & Sons Brewery in Fort Worth, Texas.

So I had a about 10 days off after the bar and spent them largely laying around my house and watching tv.  I had "Frat Boy Friday" the day after the exam ended and it was probably the most glorious day.  I covered up all of the windows in my living room (totally adult like), got out my extra down comforter, ordered pizza at 11am, and spent the entire day watching tv (and a 4 hour nap).  Then I slept for the next 20 hours.

Central Market had the Hatch Chile Festival, which is my absolute favorite foodie time of the year.  Jason and I binge eat hatch chilies for 2 weeks straight and then crave them for the rest of the year.

I'm back at work and that's been an entirely new adjustment in itself.  As soon as I came back, I moved from legal clerk to associate attorney (sorta).  We work about 10 hours a day and I'll be wearing full suits pretty soon.  I didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but it's kind of nice to actually feel like I may be starting to arrive in the world.  It's kind of crazy though.  One day I'm wearing pajamas and eating macaroni and cheese for lunch at 5pm and the next day I'm scheduling client meetings and working on pleadings.  I wasn't thrown into adulthood; I was catapulted.  Ha.

I've started listening to instrumental jazz music and we got a cappuccino machine at work.  Boom.  Instant adulthood status.

School started last week, and that was kind of surreal.  I have been a student for almost my entire life, and to know that I'm not going back (ever) was almost mind boggling.  But then I look at my completely free weekends and congratulate myself that its over.

Now spending my nights reading my Kindle and drinking tea instead of spending them reading textbooks or hanging out at the Dedman School of Law.

This was last Sunday.  Jason and I had a picnic at the park and then laid around in the the shade.  He took a nap and I read a book.  That alone is enough to convince me that not being a "student" is awesome.

 I'm planning on revamping my blog over the next couple weeks.  Thanks for everyone's patience over this summer and I'm very much looking forward to more frequent posting!

Texas Bar Exam: 33 Days and Counting and other randomness (and some crafts!)

Hello friends.  I somehow managed to crawl out from under the Barbri books and while waiting for my next round of caffeine to kick in, I figured I'd say hi.

Bar prep is hard.  

It is seriously the most exhausting thing I've ever done.  Sometime I just gaze ahead at the seemingly endless amounts of material left to cover and then memorize and I doubt whether I'll ever get there.  But at the same time the summer is flying by at warp speed and that pesky little test known as the Texas Bar Exam is approaching at an alarmingly quick pace.

Can you wish upon a fortune cookie saying?  

My dreams these days consist of me reciting elements in my heads and paralyzing fears of failing.

And then I received this little ditty in the mail.  Two thoughts raced through my head simultaneously "guessI'mofficiallyapproved and crapcrapcrapcrap."

It hasn't all been bad.  (Yes, it has.  I'm just trying to look on the bright side.)  I took one night off to check out this new place in Dallas called Mutts.  It's a restaurant/bar AND a dog park.  Yogi got to run around for 3 hours and I got to enjoy some fresh air.  It was glorious.

And lastly, I spent a couple hours whipping up some gifts for my college's roommate new baby boy.  Their family is very much into baseball so I thought baseball themed shoes were completely appropriate.  I wrote the saying using my newest favorite nib.  I've been doodling the saying for several months.  I think it turned out pretty cute, although I'll probably make some changes the next time around.

And that's about it.  I hope everyone else is having a glorious summer of pool time, outdoor activities, and more fun than you can shake a stick at!  I have a lake break coming up for the 4th and I can hardly wait.