I can BREATHE.

Well, there you have it!  Three years of law school DONE!  I took my last final on Monday night and yesterday I spent the day in a stage of euphoria... just before the reality of work sets back in but while the reality that I don't have any homework or anything to study for is staring me in the face.  It's a great feeling!  Too bad it won't last for long. I start my first summer class in a week and a half so I will once again have to hit the books.  But let's not focus on that just yet!

When you tell someone you have finished 3 years of law school, if they have ever known anyone who goes to law school, they assume you are DONE DONE.  (Like studying for the Bar done.)  Because a typical law school program is 3 years.  Of course, I am doing the "part time" program (and I put that in quotations because you still have to take 10-12 hours per semester AND take summers if you want to finish on time) which takes 4 years to complete.  So, while those who started at the same time as me but in the full time program are now graduating and preparing for the Bar exam, I will return to school for one more year.

But right now? Right now I am FREE!  I can BREATHE!  Last night, Nick and I headed out to a delicious dinner.  On Thursday we may be going to a concert.  This weekend I am determined to find something fun to do with Breighton (since last weekend all he saw was me hunched over a dining room table studying all day long).  And next week I hop on a plane for a quick trip to Louisiana to celebrate my niece graduating from high school, see my whole family, enjoy some boiled crawfish and drive through daiquiris and spend some much needed time with one of my very best friends.  It's gonna be a good week and a half.  That's for sure.  

BREATHE...