UD Law

Got my first acceptance!

It was a pretty short email, seemed to be a little bit copy/paste for all the other acceptances they hand out - so I don't really have a whole bunch of information. Within the next week or so I should be getting a more informative packet in the mail from them. I'm also hoping I get some money from them - cause at about $34,000/year - not including living expenses (which is something that will need to be figured out - commute from here is like 1.5 hours each way, or live with the parents, AGAIN, and have it be like 35 minute commute each way - and never see the fiance), not including books, etc etc....Kind of a tough pill to swallow....Anyway, getting about 10,000/year would make it a little easier on the loan application...And eventually paying it all back...figure at BEST $24,000 x 3(years) = $72,000 in loans...at worst were looking at around $150,000 - this include paying my half of the bills we currently have and car payments, and blah blah blah....

I'm like that kid from the movie 21, except not nearly as smart, I don't live in Boston, I'm not going to vegas to make money, I'm not currently enrolled at freaking M.I.T, I'm not applying to Harvard Med....So actually, what I'm really trying to say is, I'm nothing like that kid from the movie 21...horrible analogy on my part...

Oh well, for now, its celebrating - I guess we can work out the finances and logistics later on!

Winter Winter Winter....

Hey everyone, been a while since I posted. Life at work has been busy. For whatever reason the bank during this time of the year likes to come up with unrealistic deadlines - and I'm the one footing the 60 hour weeks. Either way - it should start to slow down, but I honestly can't say with any certainty. In the end, I get paid overtime, and while the extra cash is nice, so is eating healthy, getting to the gym, watching TV (instead of having the DVR maxed out on space), and generally enjoying laying around at night.

Oh well - I don't have any updates on law school. It's been over a month and change since I've sent in my applications...Seems like it's been longer - but it also seems like I should have heard something, at least the rejects. Haha, it's bad that I say this, but I'm banking on hard financial times for The State of California to "lower" their standards and give me a stretch of a chance to get into Santa Clara! Aw, who am I kidding? It's a private school....

So, in light of no law school news, I subsequently have no wedding plans update. We are waiting to see what happens there before we start picking dates and all that. But that doesn't stop the fiance from reading and researching. Which brings me to some of the heart of my post...COLOR!!!

For those of us in the Midwest/east everything is gray, and dead. As if the amount of snow we have had this year wasn't enough - we have to put up not even finding beauty in it. I've said this for years, it is only pretty if you're skiing in it - otherwise its a major P.I.T.A. Now that I got that out of me, I can get back to color. So the fiance and I headed over to the Franklin Park Conservatory as a potential place for wedding stuff. Oh, it was pretty - and the food...FANTASTIC....but not for a base price of $7,000 - without food or drink. Click on the food link - its a Cameron Mitchell restaurant....hahaha

Wow, I cannot stay on point - before I rant some more - here are some of the color pictures. I took many many more, but there were just a few that looked the best - I think...