A "Real" Update

So I initially started my blog as a platform for my sporadic updates about my life, law school, etc. Over the last two years it has turned more into a random conglomeration of ideas, thoughts and my daily activities (the last part is mainly for my mother). Anyway, I decided with so much going on in my life, it is about time for another update post... so here goes...

The next two months are going to be big for me. I turn 25, graduate from law school and move away from Houston, my home for the past three years. I am excited about all three but to be completely honest, I am a little nervous about all three as well. I have always looked forward to birthdays... all of them... I love trying to make my friends feel special and loved on their birthdays but I also love my own birthday (if you know me well that is no surprise... haha). But this year is a little different. I don't know why I see 25 as such a milestone, but I do. A quarter of a century is a long time to be on this earth and it makes me introspective (something I rarely am). When I inventory my achievements and goals, I am proud of what I have accomplished but I am also eager to see what the future holds.

Which brings me to my second milestone, I graduate on May 9th!!! That's right ladies and gentlemen, your friend is about to be an esquire. Haha! As far as what I hope to do with my third degree, well the last three years has brought me extreme clarity about the parts of law I want to avoid but I still see so many possibilities with my degree. I hope to live out a few of those possibilities, but for the immediate future, I don't know where I am going to be working in September. I am confident I will find a job that I love... or at least one that will lead me to a job I love. :) Law school has brought its share of joy and heartache but looking at it from the other side (almost), I am glad I endured it. (Though I haven't taken the bar yet... which is supposedly the hardest part!!!) My faith has been strengthened and I have been humbled through the journey, and for that I am abundantly grateful, but it has not been easy. I have questioned myself more in the last three years than in my entire life before law school. I think part of that is just getting older, but needless to say I am glad that the law school finish line is in sight. I am ready for the next trek the Lord has for me, whatever that may be.

After graduation, I plan to move back to Dallas to study for the bar. I also plan to get a job in Dallas after the bar. For those of you in Dallas, I am coming home and I can't wait to fellowship with you again! For those of you in Houston, I am going to miss you more than you know. Part of me is absolutely ecstatic and overjoyed to be going home! I have missed my family and good friends in Dallas so much over the last three years. Another part of me is already nostalgic about my life in Houston and wonders how my life in Dallas will be different. Still more of me is anxious about meeting new friends, finding a job, finding a church and on some level starting over. I love all the possibilities but it is still a little daunting. Regardless, I am confident that Dallas is where the Lord has me, so starting May 22nd, D-town will be my home once again.

As always (though sometimes much better than others) I hope to keep you all updated on the saga that is my life. I assure you all that my normal and non-deep posting will continue. Though, I am making a conscious effort to put in a "real" update every once in a while.