Things are happening

If you're wondering why I haven't blogged, it's because my life has been incredibly boring as of late. But, finally, things seem to be picking up.

I got a job! A low-paying job with the local government, but a job nonetheless. I actually decided to wait until February for the bar, so I'll be doing my time in intake before I can become a baby prosecutor. That's the plan, anyway, hopefully I'll enjoy my time there so I can make an informed decision.

With my free time, I've taken up cooking. My two specialties at this point are chicken parmesan and jambalaya. And by specialties, I mean, I was able to follow the recipe from foodnetwork.com exactly. Score!

We found a dog park here with an adjoining lake not five minutes from Stephen's mom's house, so we've been taking old Swarlos there pretty much every weekend, and he loves it. Today was probably his greatest accomplishment yet. He got to play with a dog his own size, bully a much tinier dog, and, get this.... he swam in the lake! I feel like a mommy who actually taught her kid to do something, instead of just throwing a stick out into the lake until natural instinct took over, but considering Swarley was afraid of swimming the last two times we took him there, this is quite the accomplishment. Gold medal in doggie swimming and fetching for Swarley!

Speaking of gold medals, have you guys been watching the Olympics? Normally I follow the Olympics with little more than indifference, but these games have been pretty amazing. How about Michael Phelps winning the gold last night by one one-hundreth of a second? Booya. America... Fuck yeah!


And finally, see here for all the pretty little toys we have.

Out of my MIND

Well, it appears that Stephen has given up blogging, so I guess I have to make up for his absence. Here's a witty joke about being super awesome and totally sweet! Actually, he can probably make those jokes. Stephen interviewed a bunch of places, and ended up being offered like five jobs. He's currently working at Franklin University in Columbus, which seems to be going well. We're finally settling here in Columbus, and I'm actually learning my way around without getting lost too much. Hooray!

As for me, I'm currently job searching and studying for the bar, hence the title of this post. It's... not fun. I'm at the point where I've realized there is absolutely no way for me to know everything that is going to be on the bar. It's also pretty tiring to get the "Let us know when you pass the bar" responses from employers. Pleeeease employ me!

Oy. Also, we went to North Carolina with the whole Schreiber family earlier in June. There was a lot of yelling from the children, and also every kid had a turn throwing up on their parent. I think that delayed our having-kids-plans a few years. I'll post a picture later, since apparently they're all in Stephen's super-sweet new Macbook. Super awesome McSweetSweet.

Holy Frijoles

Wow, people. So much stuff has happened, that I don't even know where to begin. I think I'll go chronologically backwards.

1. Stephen and I are all moved to Columbus, Ohio! So long, Texas. Your winters were good to us. Now, the only problem is, what the hell do I call my blog? It started out as a law school blog, but I suppose it's now going to be about updates and family pictures of vacations and stuff, so... give me a name. I'll put it up, I swear.
1. Also -- we got Mario Kart on Wii. Which is pretty addicting. Rainbow Road is impossible.
   
2. I graduated! That's right, as of last Saturday, I am Lizett, J.D. Or perhaps Esquire. Or I think it's Goodwife for ladies. I don't really know. Do I have to pass the bar to be an Esquire? Hmmm...
   
3. On another graduation note, here's a totally super sweet professional headshot of me after graduation. You know you want to hire me
4. Oh yeah, I got a haircut! A major one. Like, seven inches? It's taking some time to get used to, but I rather like the feeling of short hair. I may keep it up, depending on how it decides to freak out in rainy weather.
5. Ummm... we got married? Yeah, that happened...
   

So there you go folks. I'm not making any promises about updating, but you should keep checking back. And also, name my blog.