Christmas Eve

Wow, the time has really flown by. It seems weird that after so much anticipation Christmas will come and go so quickly.

I've got a lot to do, but it's doable. Here's my to do list right now: clean room, finish wrapping presents, make sugar cookies (won't take so long because I found a mix in the pantry), possibly make another brownie pudding (one I made looks burned, have to see what Mom says when she gets home), fill out volunteer application for helping out in the nursery at church tonight, volunteer at 6 pm service (this will be interesting, I'm not around many babies these days). That's all I can think of right now.

I might also decorate my room a little more. Perry has a little Christmas tree that he didn't put up this year, so I put it up in my room today. It looks kind of funny with Perry's little Mickey Mouse ornaments and my Big Ben ornament (present from Megan), but I like it. I have some more of my own ornaments, but I'll have to find them.

There may be some family drama tomorrow do to my aunt being in charge of Christmas dinner and going to her house to celebrate. But I'm determined to stay positive. Jesus is the reason for season and I'm going to remember that. The details of our celebration don't matter.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Procrastinating

Right now I'm trying to write my bio for Megan. She's trying to put her movie's press kit together and needs a bio on all of the cast and crew. I have never written a bio before and it's taking me awhile to do. I've actually started writing it more than once, but I keep putting it off. I'd rather write bios for the other cast/crew; Megan said Daniella was having problems writing her and I immediately began to compose hers, which was sounding good if I do say so myself. I'm going to go back to writing mine because I have to get it done.

Shopping

I did some Christmas shopping tonight with Olivia, who I worked with after taking the bar, and we were quite successful. While I like Christmas shopping, it does stress me out and I start to feel like it's an impossible task to find useful gifts that people will like. But I've never had a year where I couldn't find a gift for someone. I'm actually doing pretty well; I still have over a week before Christmas. I'm going to keep a positive attitude, keep making progress and remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.

Catching up

I know I haven't posted in awhile and a lot has happened.

I spent a few days in San Diego with my friend, Lauren, and her family. It was awesome! We stayed at the Hotel del Coronado (beautiful) ice skated on the rink by the beach, had great food and visited Shamu.








Thanksgiving went well. We celebrated with some family that we usually don't see on holidays, such as my dad's cousins and his aunt. Susan, one of the cousins, does karaoke at rest homes and she brought her whole karaoke system with her. I never thought I would do karaoke at Thanksgiving. That was fun and a little strange at times. They made me sing "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic; that is such a sappy song. My mom pointed out that the songs I sang all had attitude and she's right: "These Boots Were Made For Walking," "You're So Vain" (it was so cute to watch my great aunt Elizabeth clap and sing along to this one), etc. Pictures are of my dad, Landon, Perry, my mom (who sang despite a voice that was practically gone) and Susan.









I got sworn into the state bar. So I am licensed to practice law. After the ceremony, my parents threw a little party at our house. It was fun. A lot of my friends and family came. My mom put together a table of my law school and bar prep study materials; yes, it's scary looking and that's not even all of it. Megan has most of the pictures on her camera, but here are two that I have.

And it's December, which means it's Christmastime! This is a picture of me and Megan in front of Disneyland's Christmas tree. I love Christmas and I'm so happy I get to celebrate Jesus' birth without studying.

Wooohooo!

I passed the bar!!! All the glory goes to God. While I was studying for the bar this summer, I daily felt like I wasn't going to make it. But I did make it and I now know that I made it through successfully. I have a great God and a great family and friends who supported me through all my studies. Thanks everyone!

I had a blast celebrating last night and really enjoyed hearing congratulations from so many friends. I'm still amazed that I have a future that doesn't involve studying and I'm so thankful. I get to have a normal holiday season and now I need to start looking for a job. Life goes on and it's great to experience.

Life and such

I haven't posted in awhile because I don't feel like I have much to say. As Friday gets closer, life has felt on hold and a bit strange. But God is in control and I'm calm.

I have done a few things since Halloween even though my blog doesn't reflect that. Megan and I have had a few adventures and a lot of fun: went to Fashion Island, San Diego. I went to Crystal Cove and the San Francisco Ballet with my mom. Abby is still really cute and good company. There's my life in a nutshell.

Halloween Fun

Halloween was fun! It was great to dress up like Penelope and Megan looked great as Rita Skeeter. I'm really proud of myself for pulling together my costume. I tend to get overwhelmed when working on creative projects, but I pushed through and got it done.

For Halloween Megan and I went to a church costume party. We got ready at Megan's house and it was interesting. Megan was using a set of curlers for the first time and I was using a straight iron for the first time, and both of us had good results.

The party was fun, even though we didn't know anyone, but I did see someone I went to elementary school with. A girl told me soon after we got there that she loved my costume and had wanted to dress up like Penelope. I pulled out my awesome dance moves and even got hit on by two guys, one of which asked me if I wanted to touch his sword (he was dressed like a pirate and yes, that was dirty). And later we got to see Lauren and her friend, Nicole, who worked hard in the haunted maze to scare us. So, my Halloween was a success! It's so much fun doing something different.