I'd Rather Be...

Doing anything but studying the law of Trademarks and Unfair Competition. I'm sure you guessed that by my out-of-the-blue blog post after 2 months of no blogging. I have a crazy exam schedule this semester. Three exams in 24 hours. Guess I decided to go out with a bang! I take my Family Law exam Tuesday from 6-9pm. Then my Trademark Law exam Wednesday morning from 9:30am-12:30pm. Then my Law & Religion exam Wednesday afternoon from 2-5pm. I'm not sure yet exactly HOW I'm going to do this...but in all likelihood I'll survive. And will then be recovered 4 days later enough to take my Criminal Procedure exam.

That's how it always happens. I get super stressed with all the studying and stuff I have to do...don't think I'll ever get through it...and then. I do. My faith in this fact has grown strong over the years. I've been through lots of semesters and finals. This, though, is my last one. Hard to believe. And soon I'll be married, buy a home, and begin my career. Every way in which I can justify feeling like a kid still is disappearing within the next month. Crazy. But I'm so excited! I'm so ready to move on to this next chapter in my life! And I can't tell you how blessed I feel to be marrying Spencer.



I remember back when we were dating (I can't believe I just typed that...cause we are STILL dating...shows you how long it's been)...anyways...awhile ago when we were starting to get serious about our relationship, we'd have conversations and Spencer would say things like: "Well, if you're on my team...." then go on to say how it would be. (Hinting at marriage in a subtle way since he hadn't yet formally discussed it). That marriage analogy of "teammates" pops in my head a lot when I think about Spencer. He's the best teammate ever for me because he fills in where I lack and helps me to be my best. He's very optimistic and positive (provided he's not talking about the Jazz or the Beavers ;). I tend to worry and focus on risks and problem that could occur (this no doubt has been multiplied by my law school training...that is how we are taught to think). But I appreciate so much Spencer's optimism and consistency. He is a rock in my life. I know that I can achieve or conquer anything with him. He is my one and only. The most supportive man I can imagine. And that is really saying something considering that more than half of the time, all of that support comes from 2100 miles away.



On another note, I miss Gracie too.



I love that when asked who her favorite aunt is, she says "Carn" (at least when I ask her, she says that).

And that whenever I leave she says "Carn? Come back soon?" It's so funny to watch her knock eagerly (though trying to be patient) on the bathroom door saying: "Treece? Tweece? (my Mom's name is Teresa) It's Grace." Can't tell if she gets the "r" in there all the time or not.

I love that she calls my dad (her grandpa) "Pow". I'm sure it makes him feel like Batman or something.

I love watching the Mavericks play the Suns on TV with her while she chants "Lets Go Jazz." She brings such joy to my life!


Finally, I am going to miss DC. I've enjoyed my time here so much! I've loved living in close proximity to all this excitement. I'm so happy I came to GW for law school! I would do it all over again. People ask me if I'm going to miss DC and if I'm geared up to move back to Utah. I tell them that I will miss DC but that I can't wait to move back to Utah! I've enjoyed these three year immensely, but I'm just tired of being away from everyone that I love.





I'm coming home soon!

Spencer made me promise him once that I would never write a blog post dedicated to how much I love him and how wonderful he is...I may be breaking that with the above text, but my defense will be that the post covers multiple topics (school, Spencer, and Grace), and that it reveals more about me than it does about him.