BACK TO REALITY

It feels so good to wake up in the morning and not hate my life! I took my last final of my 1L year exactly a week ago and I could not feel more relieved and refreshed! I have spent each day lounging around, eating milk and Oreos, reading, and catching up on my shows. My life won't be mindless once I start my first summer internship next Monday, so I'm taking advantage of being able to bum around. One of the things I really want to get back in to is working out. I started working out hardcore around Christmas break but then got really sick with bronchitis in February and didn't feel better til mid-March, by that time I was knee deep in my appellate brief and trying to figure out how to study for finals. I turned in my appellate brief and got busy with finals studying and never had time to even walk around the trail in my Dad's neighborhood. Now, I don't have any excuses what so ever - just pure motivation to be the cutest intern at the Supreme Court of Texas come July.

As excited as I am to get away from school for a few months, I have to admit that I really miss hanging out with Kate and Kaytlyn in our study room on the 5th floor. Last summer, as I was mentally preparing for this new chapter of my life, I told myself a million times that this was the beginning of my career and I needed to view law school as my job. I tried to tell myself that this was not the time to make friends but to make connections and treat my schoolmates like co-workers. That didn't exactly work out. Although I felt like I had enough friends from undergrad, I still made space in my heart for a close group of people. The group may not be as big as it started off as, but I'm glad I'm left with people so caring and supportive. I can't imagine going through this past year of stress, ups and downs, disappointments, and Luby's without Kate and Kaytlyn. I can't believe I wanted to close myself off from everyone, if I would have stuck to my plan I would not have met some of the most amazing people I've ever had the privilege to call my friends.


I've been back in Houston for a year now and another chapter of my life has just begun this past weekend. Jesse graduated from Texas A&M on Friday and moved back to Houston the next day! We haven't lived in the same city since high school so I'm sure we're not going to know how to handle living near each other again. As much as I'm glad to finally having him back, I had gotten so used to our nightly phone calls and texting throughout the day. Now there isn't any need for that because we can see each other whenever we want (that is, until he starts his job and I start my internship).

Jesse moving out of the fraternity house.

Just a few weeks ago I blogged about hating life and fearing impending death from over studying and now I cannot help but feel blessed for all that God has given me. Everything is back to normal now!