saturday snapshots.

notre dame law school graduation, class of 2014

mass at the basilica :: commencement at the joyce center

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strange to reflect on some of the many the changes that have come since i started this project 365 days ago.  i met my guy, and built a relationship that has made it worth the effort that distance requires. i passed classes i am still not sure i understand, and i received a giant piece of paper that promises me - in latin - that i actually graduated law school. i moved back to california and began to make a home for myself in my little apartment. i studied more than i ever have in my life, and passed the california bar. i committed to giving up potato chips, soda and candy for lent, and in doing so found myself on a journey to a healthier me, complete with a newfound joy in walking, green smoothies, health-blogs that use words like paleo and grounding, an obsession with coconut oil, and an appreciation for a whole new world of foods.  i took an oath and became a licensed attorney. i have helped, a bit, with the process of moving different grandparents to new homes. i worked a fellowship, and got hired by real law firm, starting next week. i put myself out there to make new friends. i started using my sewing machine, and persevered even when my straight lines weren't exactly straight. i traveled, to seattle, chicago, new orleans. this life is a good one, friends.

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it seems oddly fitting to finish up my last week of this challenge in the same place i started it. even though when i started it, i had no idea i would be back a year later (and walking through slush in the darkness of early morning at that).  

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wearing my new sweater, my face shining with hope that we might have a great game. alas, it seems the irish sort of forgot to show up :/

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bar-passing pressent from m&d...my face does not properly express my delight!

bonus shot:

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spent the morning on campus at notre dame, saying hello to old friends and feeling slightly nostalgic for law school...it's definitely better from the outside!  spent the evening meeting new people and celebrating the best news...i passed the california bar exam!!!

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note to self: driving on busy freeways during three rounds of overtime is not a good plan. repeat, NOT a good plan. anyone else wish the irish could have brought it home a little sooner this weekend?

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fighting irish football, and proof that he was at least sitting in front of the screen, if not actually watching.  he maintains that he looked up some during overtime

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slow day. took some time to just be, before getting anything done. it was much needed, the time spent soothing my soul with slow sips of coffee and thought-provoking words from women around the web.  wrapped it all up with a bike ride to dinner to watch the irish win over michigan state!

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commencement announcements. holy moly, this might actually happen. {if i can pass tax.}

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leaving the law school at dusk on a saturday night. {and no, i don't think i've ever spent this much time at the law school.}

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what sunday looks like in my world: mexican food & studies

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sba sponsored shenanigans: law school assassins, where people kill by throwing socks at each other and stay alive by wearing socks on their hands. {side note, someone got killed in front of ashcroft. true story.}

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notre dame football. already looking forward to next year, but i surely will miss watching it from here.

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sunday studying. at the law school. this is a first for the year.

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law school commons at lunch.

ndls.

there's a little magic about notre dame...
{kevin white}

sit.

we are the music makers,
and we are the dreamer of dreams,
wandering by lone sea-breakers,
and sitting by desolate streams;
world-losers and world-forsakers,
on whom the pale moon gleams:
yet we are the movers and shakers
of the world forever, it seems.

{william edgar o'shaughnessy}