The Day Has Finally Come ...

Ok so Lori may have used this post title to announce her pregnancy (YAY!!!) but in this context it means something quite different: I am DONE with law school!! After three long, crazy years I am done. All the exams and papers that have been the focus of my life for so long are now in the past. I don't know who is happier for me to be done, me or Joe. Did we really ever think we'd actually be here???!? It is hard to believe. I finished on Wednesday night and the past few days have been wonderful! We've had a lot of things planned so there hasn't been a lot of sitting around time but it just feels so good for my mind to be free to think about normal, everyday things (like what to wear to graduation!) instead of being constantly forced to focus, focus, focus. Ok so now to the other news: Joe is DONE with dental school!! What a relief for him. He has worked crazy hard as well and we are both so excited to be finishing together. In case you want to actually see our excitement I've got this to prove it: Lori found us these crazy 2009 sunglasses in honor of our upcoming big day (and said we should probably take a picture for the blog since it has been neglected for months). Yes it definitely has and I am so happy to say I am BAAAAACKK!!!

Here is a picture of me and my darling prego sister-in-law. I'm excited I get my life back in time to start helping her get ready for this new baby girl!! (Ok it's not really getting my life "back" but more like allowing myself to have a life outside of school. I'll definitely admit I'm the one who chose to devote myself to school all the time. But I love law school and sadly I just don't know another way to do it!)

Although I don't have many pictures of all the fun we've been having so far (going out to a celebration lunch, hitting up an awesome birthday party, spending time with great friends who will be moving away soon, playing soccer, and washing the car) I have a few random pictures taken on today's beautiful Sunday afternoon walk. We were playing a friendly game of catch which suddently seemed to get a little rough .... I think this picture is hilarious because Joe is coming at me full speed and the look on my face is like I'm terrified out of my mind or something - maybe about to break down into tears.

Evidently he didn't really have violent intentions because here I am smiling.

Then Caitlin (my sister-in-law-in-law, or something like that) came in for the tackle. Don't worry I got her back later on.

And last of all here we are looking tough. Maybe?

Ahhhhh it is so nice to sit on the couch and blog again. I am already starting to block out the sheer craziness that has been my life for the past few months and will be ready to go at it again in a few weeks!! Good thing because although I've just about got my J.D., I still have to pass the BAR in order to add "Esquire" to the end of my name. Oh joy! But I'm not worrying about that at all, I'm just thinking about these next couple of weeks and how fabulous they are going to be! I can't WAIT to hang out with my parents and in-laws who are coming into town soon. This kind of occasion calls for some serious party time!!!!! Life is great!