Lucky to be coming home again
I fell off the livejournal wagon so long ago that I don't even know where to begin. So much has changed and so much seems to be on the horizon. I certainly don't want to jinx myself, but at the same time, I want to acknowledge how incredibly happy I am.
So, first off, Kris and I are a week away from our first wedding anniversary. Just writing that makes me giddy. It really feels incredible to have someone so close to me, every day. Someone who actually wants to be with me, to love me, to hold me, forever. There are times when it all seems to good to be true. Times when I look at this woman, sitting across from me on the couch and wonder, "what on earth did I do to deserve her?" I realize this sounds cheesy, but it's so true! [I can also picture Kris' reaction to this comment being something close to "whatever!"] Kris can roll her eyes and deny this all she wants, but that doesn't change it for me. I feel like I have gone through so much to get to where I am now. I never thought it was possible to find someone who understood me, who challenged me, who made me feel loved, and who pushed me to be a better person. And yet, Kris embodies all of those. The intensity with her has always been amazing - and it still is, even as we settle into married life. There is still that charge for me. That desire to just take her in my arms, touch her, and carry her away from everything that is weighing her down. Anyway.... ha. I'll finish those thoughts in my head. ;)
But really, I feel blessed to have her and honored that she chose to share her life, her world, her past, her future, with me.
The other good bit of news that definitely needs to be documented is that I PASSED THE BAR! The results came in on October 16th. I found out through my father, of all people. I had mentioned to him that they would be posting the results that week on a website and he went and found this site and began monitoring it all the time. So he called me at work the afternoon of the 16th and said "go check that website you told me about." I knew where he was going with this, but I played along. He was so excited and I think he felt like he'd won a prize for finding it, just as important as the prize of me passing. As soon as I found out I called Kris. She was so thrilled!! We were both just smiling from ear to ear, dumbfounded by the news. My dad had asked if he could call my mom and tell her and I let him have that, seeing as he was the one to discover the news first. :)
I was sworn in before the Supreme Court of Virginia on October 27th. Kris and I drove down to Richmond and the swearing in took place at the Convention Center. The whole thing took a few hours, since we had to sit through a couple of speeches, as well as everyone's name being individually announced. It was surreal, tho. All this hard work. Countless hours of studying. And in a moment, it was all over. I crossed the line and became a lawyer. Pretty crazy.
Here is a shot of me in front of the "photo op" they set up:
So really, life has been great. I get so much more time at home with Kris now that I'm not studying for the bar, or going to class. It's as if I am getting a whole new view of the world. What else could a girl want?
So, first off, Kris and I are a week away from our first wedding anniversary. Just writing that makes me giddy. It really feels incredible to have someone so close to me, every day. Someone who actually wants to be with me, to love me, to hold me, forever. There are times when it all seems to good to be true. Times when I look at this woman, sitting across from me on the couch and wonder, "what on earth did I do to deserve her?" I realize this sounds cheesy, but it's so true! [I can also picture Kris' reaction to this comment being something close to "whatever!"] Kris can roll her eyes and deny this all she wants, but that doesn't change it for me. I feel like I have gone through so much to get to where I am now. I never thought it was possible to find someone who understood me, who challenged me, who made me feel loved, and who pushed me to be a better person. And yet, Kris embodies all of those. The intensity with her has always been amazing - and it still is, even as we settle into married life. There is still that charge for me. That desire to just take her in my arms, touch her, and carry her away from everything that is weighing her down. Anyway.... ha. I'll finish those thoughts in my head. ;)
But really, I feel blessed to have her and honored that she chose to share her life, her world, her past, her future, with me.
The other good bit of news that definitely needs to be documented is that I PASSED THE BAR! The results came in on October 16th. I found out through my father, of all people. I had mentioned to him that they would be posting the results that week on a website and he went and found this site and began monitoring it all the time. So he called me at work the afternoon of the 16th and said "go check that website you told me about." I knew where he was going with this, but I played along. He was so excited and I think he felt like he'd won a prize for finding it, just as important as the prize of me passing. As soon as I found out I called Kris. She was so thrilled!! We were both just smiling from ear to ear, dumbfounded by the news. My dad had asked if he could call my mom and tell her and I let him have that, seeing as he was the one to discover the news first. :)
I was sworn in before the Supreme Court of Virginia on October 27th. Kris and I drove down to Richmond and the swearing in took place at the Convention Center. The whole thing took a few hours, since we had to sit through a couple of speeches, as well as everyone's name being individually announced. It was surreal, tho. All this hard work. Countless hours of studying. And in a moment, it was all over. I crossed the line and became a lawyer. Pretty crazy.
Here is a shot of me in front of the "photo op" they set up:
So really, life has been great. I get so much more time at home with Kris now that I'm not studying for the bar, or going to class. It's as if I am getting a whole new view of the world. What else could a girl want?