This is a quick update.

Well it was brought to my attention that I hadn't updated in about 2 months. Which you are right. But life has been a whirlwind. I have managed to fill my summer with lots of busy-ness and thus far it has been a roller coaster. Here's a little glimpse...

Internship at Brackett and Ellis in downtown ftw. Loved it. I was challenged, encouraged, and reaffirmed that this is the track my life is leading me down (law that is). I enjoyed the firm a lot and all the people I met. I became incredibly close to the other interns and would like to consider them my 6 week clerkship family. It was actually refreshing to be up in FTW for the first time in a while. There was a certain level of familiarity with everything that helped in my confidence while up there. I also enjoyed living at home. Now this won't happen again, but for the 7 weeks that I was there it was fine.

Lauren and Dave's wedding. It was wonderful, beautiful, incredible, and awesome. I had a great time being MOH and am blessed with such a great best friend as Lauren.

Lubbock to visit Liz for a week. It was a lot of fun i have to say. I came to realize there is really not a lot to do in Lubbock. But Liz and I mananged to fill it with fun. I am blessed to have such a great little sister who is beocming a lovely young woman (corny I know).

Now i'm in the H for a whole week. The first week I've spent here at my apt since i left in the middle of May for FTW. So far I managed to fill my weekend with lots of fun and am excited for this next week of catching up with friends I haven't seen in two months and those that I have! Crazy how fast this summer is flying by. Only one more month till I start my last year of school EVER. Phredd is doing well I have to report. He is a great fish who manages to be able to go days without food.

Well since I probably wont' update for a while again, here's a brief synapsis of what I have coming up -- Oregon Coast for a week w/ the family (first real vacation in a lonnnggg time!), Illinois for 4 days for my wonderful Baylor roomie Sarah's wedding to Michael, and then a week off, and then my last first tday of school!!

(sorry for the superificiality of this post... if you have kept in touch w/ me this summer, then you konw the real indepth stuff)

Until I decide to post again,

Much love.

Kudos: Amazing family and friends and support and encouragement.

Dang: Ppl who backup into pretty grey Xterras.

Jump start into life.

I'm sitting here, in my parents house, the house I spent all four of my high school years in. Yet now I am 24, have been out of my parents house officially for 2 years and unofficially for 6. But still for some reason when I am here I still feel like I am in high school. Not in a omg why do I feel like I'm in hs. But in a nice, relaxing, I could get used to this again sort of way. I'm not going to argue w/ my mom when she wants to do my laundry or iron my shirts. And its something new to have my dad come down and make sure I'm awake at 6 am for work. (something he did all throughout highschool and well every year of my life prior to college). Its a nice break from the independent Sara lifestyle I have established. Don't get me wrong, I love that lifestyle, and I will be pressing play on that part of my life once this 6 weeks segue is over. But for right now, I enjoy coming home at 6 pm and having a meal already on the table for me. And its fun getting to spend time w/ my parents as a (gasp) adult. As my dad said last night, i am staying at the Banks B & B.

I started my job at "the firm" as I will refer to it. I have a desk in an office on the second floor that looks out onto an old abandoned building, and I love it. This is my first law firm gig in my life and considering I am a 3L in law school, I know that's a bit hard to comprehend. The last week and a half have been eye opening and challenging and reaffirming. Let's just say I realized I could write a paper, that in law school took me 3 weeks to write, in 7 hours. And I am also appreciating the firms willingness to woo myself and the 4 other clerks with fancy lunches, happy hours, and dinners. I completely plan on demonstrating my steller bowling skills (thank you Baylor U and a $1000 bowling lesson) at our firm bowling party in three weeks.

Other than that things are peachy. I, like Elaine, have caught the shopping bug and I am having to restrain myself. And I get to see Mike in less than a week...yes one week...less than 7 days...if you know me well enough you don't even have ot ask if I am excited. Let's just say, its been 7 months.

Well guess I will wrap this saga up.

Much love.

Kudos: Paychecks and getting to see Mike so soon.
Dang: 6:20am.

This is me relaxing.

I guess I should do a little update now that finals are over. Thank goodness. So here ya go

• Turned 24.
• Took 3 finals.
• Confronted my really loud neighbors at 4:30 in the morning, in my pjs.
• Experienced the wost back pain in my life, in the middle of finals, yea that was really fun.
• Cleaned my apt finally.
• Became a 3L, as in a third year law student, as in this time next year I will be graduated from Law school, an attorney, a lawyer. About to take bar classes, then about to take the Bar, that's right that test deserves a capital B.
• I move to Fort Worth for 6 weeks in 4 days.
• I start my job a week from today, doing lawyerly things.
• I get to see Mike in less than a month!!!!!!!!!!!

That's about all the updates I have. I know it was general but that's all I am in the mood for. I'm just enjoying having free time and getting to be able to run errands, sleep, hang out w/ friends, and enjoy my week off.

Much Love

Yay: No more school, no more finals, getting to see Mike in no time :)

Dang: um there really aren't any right now. i guess.... cleaning out my closet.

This is me stressed.

One word - Finals.

May 3rd, 4th, and 9th.

May 9th at 10 pm I will be free.


Much love.

Yay - Birthday in a week :) Yay Cinco de Sara!

Dang - 264 closed book question exams.

This is me realizing i'm old.

Do you ever have a moment when you realize that maybe you are getting older? Well, take for example this conundrum (sp?). Some times I have these moments where I see someone who is vaguely familiar to me. I stare at them at them a little longer, and realize that yes in fact I do know this person. But here's the tricky part, suddenly I can't remember which portion of my life I know them from. Did I go to HS with them at good ole Martin High? Or maybe met them at Memorial Cafeteria? Or do I merely know their face b/c I see them in the halls of UH HS (otherwise known as my law school)? SO i sit and catalog in my head why i know this face until I come to some sort of conclusion of where they have fallen in my 23, almost 24 years of life. I only bring this up because as I sit here in the red room study area, a guy keeps passing by that I know I know, but I haven't yet determined which are of my life... Which only makes me wonder if he is thinking the same thing?

Much love.

Kudos: JULY!

Dang: Finals. Yes, this will continue to be a dang till May 9th.

This is me confused.

Dear Mr. Dumbass who Keyed my car,

Thank you so much for leaving me a nice surprise yesterday morning. It is good to be reminded every now and then of the quality of human beings in this world. I was starting to think that everyone was nice and friendly. But alas you helped me realize that no, there are truly people in this world that will take their key and leave a nice car length long scratch on someones 2005 xterra. Was it the BU emblem that pissed you off? The Law student license plate cover? Or maybe the color grey of my car? Whatever it was iI'm so very excited now to spend $100 to get rid of the nice scratch you left as a present for me on my car.

Sincerely,

Sara

Ok had to get that off of my chest. Blah. Other than that, things are looking up. I had a fantabulous time in the Burg w/ Elaine and Brian! Didn't want to leave at all. We were the perfect symbol of tourists! Now I have to start studiyng for finals. Which will be over in three weeks! Mike is coming back to the US for two weeks in July! UM.. yea. my bday is in three weeks too. Don't froget :) haha.

Much love.

Kudos: Two phone calls this week already!
Dang: Finals.

This is me with a headache.

I hate drama. Yet drama always seems to find me. I can't handle it right now. School takes up too much of my brain. That's all I am going to say about that.

The lady who took my blood last week bruised me and all my friends who she took blood from. Hm...

I'm going to Williamsburg this weekend to visit Elaine.

Friends. Good friends. I like good friends. Good friends who don't call me selfish.

I get to see my family on Thursday and Friday :) YAY!

I put my two week notice in today at work. No more secretarial work for me. Halleujah. (sp?)

My birthday is a month from tomorrow, take note, and write it down.

I still have a crush on an army boy.

I think my overall tolerance for people is decreasing, not sure why.

April and May are my favorite months and i'm pretty sure I will like them even more when I am no longer a student *one year away btw.

I still don't have a trash can to put trash out in.

My apt complex is going to get yelled at by me tomorrow afternoon. Be scared.

I like new shoes, but they always seem to hurt my feet.

Rangers and 'Stros are both sucking it up so far, come on guys.

My spinning instructor kicked my butt last night. And yelled at the girl who decided to talk on her cell phone in the middle of class. Quality.

The guy in front of me in class likes to play online computer games.

I think staring at a computer all day is giving me an incessant headache.

I am wearing bright pink nailpolish. And i like it.

I have seriously tried to make an effort to get up on time every morning but for some reason I just end up waking up at 8 am anyways. (I set my alarm clock for 7:16 am).

That's about all my ramblings for today.

Much love.

Kudos: Fam and fun visits.
Dang: headaches and drama- somehow related I think.