Life Update

I'm back! After a whirlwind few weeks, I am ready to jump back into blogging. I got married on July 16th and it was a dream come true. We then went on our honeymoon to Disney World and Universal Studios. We had a blast!

Now it is back to the law school prep grind and getting our little blue house put together. Here are the 5 things I am working on this week:

1. Thank You Notes
Weddings are great and our guests were SO generous. Now I need to take a chunk of time and write a thank you note to everyone. It will be time-consuming but worth it to give thanks to each and every person who helped us celebrate.

2. Settling in Our Home
My husband has been living in our house since we bought it in May but I have only now moved in full time following our marriage. There is a lot of things to do and organize and decorate. It is starting to feel more homey but it is still a work in progress. Some fun DIY projects are in the works :)

3. Orientation Reading
Law School orientation is coming up quick and I have some cases to read to prepare for the mock classes. It will be a good time to get to work on my reading skills and perfect my highlighter process of note taking.

4. Blogging
Time to get back to blogging for real. I have a ton of blogging ideas not I just need to sit down at my desk and get to typing!

5. Relaxing
I only have a few more weeks before school starts and I do want some time to relax. This weekend my husband and I are going to a baseball game with an old high school friend and we hope to check out the local zoo next week and find a good dog park. There must be some time for fun and relaxation amidst all the preparation and work.

So that is what I am up to! Hope everyone else is enjoying these last weeks of summer!

How I Got a Full Tuition Scholarship to Law School

Let's get real; the road to law school is HARD. College is hard, the LSAT is torturous and applications can drive you insane... not to mention the waiting game and choosing process. I can say personally that I highly underestimated how difficult it could be to make my way from Undergraduate Freshman to admitted law student. Most things I put my mind to in life I accomplished easily and with flying colors. This was a challenge I did not expect but one I am also proud to say I accomplished. 

I was lucky to have a wonderful undergrad advisor who guided me through the process as much as he could. I will never forget the end of my first semester of college when he told me that if I kept up my work ethic, I would end up getting a full ride to law school and have my choice of schools. I laughed and called him crazy at the time but in my head I decided I would settle for no less and try my absolute hardest in the process. 

Flash forward 4 years and here I am, sitting here writing a blog about law school while admitted to a great school with a full ride scholarship redeemable all 3 years as long as I stay in good academic standing. Want to know how I did it? 

Here's to the Girls Raised in a Horse Barn

Here's to all the girls who were raised in a barn.

The girls who learned the beauty of a sunrise because they had to get up early to feed the horses.

The girls who understand the calm serenity of the sound of horses munching hay in the stillness of a cool morning.

The girls who can shovel poop like nobody's business.

The girls who treat 1200-pound animals like their own personal puppy dogs.

The girls who consider every barn cat, dog and even some squirrels to be a part of their barn family and every single one has a lovingly bestowed name.

The girls who spend their summers in jeans, T-shirts and boots.

The girls who have the whitest legs around and pretty mean farmers tans.

The girls who spend their days covered in sweat, poop, dirt, hair, hay and love every minute of it.

The girls who go from cleaning out a water tub to eating a sandwich without washing their hands and don't even think twice.

The girls who share their food with their horses just because they give you the big, brown, begging eyes.

The girls who can make just about anything out of bailing twine and duck tape.

The girls who can drive a tractor, back a trailer and work a Bobcat as good as any guy.

The girls who love the mixed smell of fly spray, fresh hay and sweaty horses because that is the perfume of our summer.

The girls who go days on end without a stitch of makeup because our horses love us no matter how much mascara we have on and sometimes makeup is just too much work.

The girls who skip pool parties and summer barbecues because of horse shows and barn chores and have no complaints about their choices.

The girls who have spent hours in a hay loft stacking 75-pound bales of hay in 90-degree heat because horses have to eat.

The girls who wear their dirty cowboy boots and Cruel Girl jeans everywhere because they just don't care what people think.

The girls who have taken their horse swimming when the days just get too hot.

The girls who may have eaten dirt, horse grain and hay as children but turned out OK anyway.

The girls who spend the night in the barn when their beloved horse is sick or expecting a baby.

The girls who have napped in their horses stalls when necessity dictates.

The girls whose lives revolve around their animals.

The girls who live and breath the air of a old barn.

The girls who wouldn't change it for the world.

Here's to the girls who were raised in a barn. We know we are better for it, we wouldn't know what to do without it and we wouldn't live our lives any other way.

How I am Preparing for Law School

51 days until I start law school.... that blows my mind. Needless to say, I am on the backstretch of the preparing for law school stage. This summer has been dedicated to two things: my wedding and preparing for law school. Now that my wedding is just 2 weeks away and most of the prep is done, it is time to shift some of my focus to law school and how I must prepare myself for that. Below are the 10 major ways I am preparing for law school. 

Why I Started Blogging in Law School

I started this blog throughout my Law School applications process. Right around the same time I was finishing my last semester of undergrad, buying a house, moving to a different city, finishing up wedding preparations and we had a new puppy. Doesn't sound like a good time to throw blogging into the mix does it? Yeah well, it probably wasn't in hindsight but my reasons for starting a blog hold true still today.

I started this blog as an outlet for thoughts, ideas and just a place to share my own unique voice. I love writing; I always have. Being able to use that in a creative way that is all my own is a nice outlet for me. It is almost therapeutic. When my family and friends get tired of me talking about London, I can blog about it and I know there is someone out there that will love to read it.

There is also something so awesome about knowing that I can share my own unique thoughts with the world in just the click of a little orange "publish" button. In this great big world, I am just another blonde girl who had some horses and dogs and wants to be a lawyer. But on my blog, I am a writer, a sharer of ideas, an inspiration and a voice all my own. I find it motivating; Blogging about Law School keeps me excited about Law School. Blogging about my house gets me motivated to finish that DIY project I have been putting off. It helps to hold me accountable for all the random ideas that flow through my head and gives me a place to share them.

My final reason for starting this blog was to help future law students in their roads to Law School. I searched the internet high and low for Law School bloggers and came up pretty empty. There were a few blogs but nothing was really giving the voice and input I was looking for. So when you can't find what you're looking for, make it yourself! I started this blog in the middle of applications and choosing a school so it is a true representation of my Law School path- from beginning to end. I hope that my voice and my experience can help some future law students to be better prepared and feel like they understand the path better than I did starting out.

So there it is; my random reasons for starting this blog. It is more than just a Law School blog; it is a blog for my thoughts, ideas, projects, life lessons and for my voice to shine. I hope it makes you smile, think or at least not be bored.

Cheers for now!