Pomp and Circumstance!

Thanks to Stacy, I can finally put in some pictures!

May 11th

Annie and Shelby showing their support...Shelby loved my cords (which symbolized the two clubs I was active in: Organization of Women Law Students and J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

Thank you, Dean Morgan...now please hand over my diploma.
Proud husband
Dionne showing some support!
Of course the parents were there too!

May 12th

Good ol' Dee

The happy grad couple! :)
Proud parents again
The Snyder clan saying Congrats and Goodbye!

May 11th was my law school graduation, and May 12th was Elliott's and my university commencement. At the law school graduation, we just had law speakers and it was just private for the law students. At the university commencement, I was hooded with my fancy purple velvet hood as they called my name from the stage. It was pretty cool to be in the front of the group, since, you know, law students are most important. haha. Then Elliott's name was called too (way later in the ceremony), and I hooted and hollared...then we made like bandits and left for Florida! I will say that it was quite weird not to have any dintinguishing honors in law school, like suma, magna, or just plain cum laude. I've had honors all my life, but I just didn't quite make the grades this time around. But, you know what? Graduating from law school is a pretty cool honor in and of itself! GO SNYDERS!!

BAR/BRI

My bar review has officially begun. I picked up my books yesterday...all 30 pounds of them! This is going to be an intense review, and I'm sure I'll refer to a thing called "BAR/BRI" in my posts, so I thought I'd tell you what that is. It is a bar review company that makes all these lovely books and has a class in an effort to help me retain all of this information so as to pass the Bar. I will be in this class until July 13, and reviewing every subject will be my life for the next couple of months. I can hardly contain my excitement....I'm sure that my excitement will come to the forefront when I learn that I have passed the Bar and can then start making some MOO-LA!! :)

Hello Florida!!

Well, we finally made it! We are officially Floridians...well, maybe not "officially" since we haven't changed our licenses yet or our voter registration, but still... We have a 3 bedroom apartment with a one car garage! I feel like I'm totally living it up! I have space!! It's my first garage, and I'm loving it! I will post pictures of it...as soon as I learn how to post pictures without making them humongous! (Anyone want to tell me how??) We live right next to a big pond, which is absolutely beautiful. All the ducks (which look like turkeys, by the way...wierd) had their ducklings. As a matter of fact, I was walking toward the pond with Tinkerbelle and Elliott and said "AHHH!! There's an alligator!" But Elliott just started laughing and told me that is was a duck with all her ducklings behind her. Once I got closer, I could see them. It was really cute. I guess I'm just paranoid that an alligator is going to eat my dog because just after I got here, Annie called me and told me that on the news there was this guy in West Palm Beach, FL (which is pretty close to me) whose dog got eaten by an alligator in his neighborhood pond! I think Tinkerbelle heard that story too b/c she is terrified to go outside...poor thing. Perhaps it doesn't help that there are ants EVERYWHERE here, and on our first day here, she went to go potty and stepped in an ant pile...now she hates the grass (since it bit her in the ass). She's getting better now.

I've had a bit of a hard time adjusting to living away from family and friends. It's not so bad when I have things to do, but when I'm not doing anything, I get sad. It doesn't help that I am sick and have no energy to do anything now...I just sit here, blow my nose, cough up a lung and think about "home." I'm trying to have a great attitude, and I really do love it so far, but I just wish I was here with all my same friends and family. Yeah, that would be better. I know I'll make friends quickly, but it doesn't make my first week any easier knowing that.

Speaking of new friends, a nice couple invited us over for dinner on Sunday. He's an optometry student. They had two other optometry student couples there and another single optometry student. It was really nice to meet other optometry students. They are all really nice and seem like we will become great friends in the next few years.

Anyhow, this is getting long. I promise I'll figure out how to do pictures. Love you all!

In the beginning...

Well, after reading many other blogs, I've decided it is time to create my own. Since we are moving to Plantation, Florida in 5 days, I think this will be a great way to keep in touch. Hopefully, I can entertain everyone else like they entertain me. :)