Showing posts with label Creighton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creighton. Show all posts
I start my third year of law school tomorrow. Can you believe it? Because I for one, cannot. It seems like just yesterday I wrote this blog expressing my anxiety and here I am, August 19th, 2012, getting ready for my last year of school, ever. It's been a crazzzyyy, yet wonderful, two years so I know this one will only get better. My favorite thing I wrote from that blog post two years ago was "I've been given the most amazing opportunity to do something great, and tomorrow is going to be a great day. I'm ready world, let's do this." I was so optimistic about what law school was going to be, and I'm happy to report that it was all I thought it would be cracked up to be. Now, two years later, here we go again. Tomorrow is going to be a great day.
Touring Creighton two years ago.
B, me, Lys and Lynds two years ago.
B, Lys, me and Lynds two weeks ago.
My saving grace(s).
One of my favorite personal blog posts is the one entitled "Things to be Happy About." I wrote this post right after I graduated college, was living at home, just got my LSAT scores back and was trying to figure out my life. I was apprehensive about where my life was going, whether or not law school was a good choice for me, and basically just reconsidering a lot of things. I stumbled upon a website and it talks about everything you're happy about. It was a pick me up when I didn't even know I needed one. And it made me appreciate the every day things that I so often take for granted. So, here I am, 2 weeks away from starting my third year in law school. For the last two years, my life has been figured out. Law school, law school, law school. Now, starting this year, I have to re-figure parts of my life out. Where is life after law school? What kind of law? I'm going to be 26 when I graduate, where does that leave me? Where am I going to get a job? All those questions can really bog you down, so I think it's important to go back to the things that make me happy. So, here it is, my list of everything I'm happy about.
50 things..... in no particular order.
1. Law School: Even though I hate it at times, I love it all the same.
2. My mom & dad. They just celebrated 40 years together and are the best example of true love.
3. My brother & my sister, Camila. They just celebrated 3 months married. They are another great example of true love.
4. Erin. My heart. My sister.
5. Adam. My one true (human) love.
6. Henry My one true (animal) love.
7. Coti & Whitney. My best friends, my security, my persons.
8. Britt, Lynds and Lys. My law school life savers, wine drinkers, bachelor watchers and study buddies.
9. My apartment. The first place I lived alone and really made home.
10. My job. Even though its the hardest job I've ever had, its the most rewarding.
11. My iPhone. I know, that's cray, but I really love it.
12. Summer reading.
13. The Olympics. Besides the fact that I love the National Anthem more than anything, there's Ryan Lockte. Need I say more?
14. My steamer. I just got it. It's way better than an iron, and I love it.
15. My God. Forgiving, loving, strong, adoring, faithful and always there.
16. Friday-nights watching TV with Adam. Best part of my week.
17. Wine. Red wine, white wine, I don't discriminate.
18. Arizona, my home.
19. Carrie Underwood's Blown Away album. She speaks to me.
20. Henry kisses.
21. A good pair of flats.
22. Watching Adam cook.
23. Double dinner dates.
24. The Denver Broncos.
25. The strength of the human heart.
26. Blogging on a Friday afternoon.
27. My personal "K" coffee mug. (see photo below)
28. The paintings my mom paints for my apartment.
29. My dad's emails.
30. This lyric from Ho Hey by the Lumineers, "I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart."
31. My brother's sarcasm.
32. Erin's hugs.
33. Netflix.
34. My family in Omaha.
35. Free speech.
36. The smell of my dad's cigars.
37. My middle name, Grace. For everything she was and for everything it stands for.
38. The wonderful memories of my grandpa, Horst. RIP.
39. Long walks with Henry.
40. Being in love with my best friend.
41. My kindle.
42. Watching Boy Meets World in the morning and Friends at night.
43. Skype.
44. My new sisters, Nati and Juli.
45. Picking out a great nail polish.
46. Running.
47. Birthdays. Anyones, not just mine. Even though I do love mine.
48. Sundays. God's day. Fun day.
49. Weddings.
50. Knowing that with hard work we're all going to be okay.
Surprise #51. This quote my dad sent me in one of his infamous (#29) emails. "As sure as God allows His children to be put into the furnace of struggles, setbacks and disappointments He also promises to be there to help them through and come out with a whole new outlooks on life." -Charles Sprugeon
Happy Friday Friends, I hope you have lots to be happy about!
Another great night with fabulous pictures, food and drinks. It's hard to believe we're almost 3L's!
Cheers to a great night :)
Lynds :)
<3 better half
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we love the photo booth :)
Tomorrow is the first day back to law school. I feel like it was just yesterday I was starting my 1L year, but I'm finally a 2L, hard to believe, I know, but I finally made it. Entering my first year there were so many feelings, anxieties and nerves. But starting tomorrow I feel good. I'm excited to be back with my friends and my peers. So, after such a fun summer it's time to buckle down and hit the books again. To all my lovely, fellow 2L's, enjoy your last night, have a glass of wine (or 3) and I'll see you in the AM. Let's do this.
[throwback aug. 2010]
Another great week, even better pictures. It was so fun to get dressed up with everyone I love and eat, drink and dance the night away... with a thousand pictures documenting the evening. Enjoy :)
Cheers to a great night.
<3
So, its the end of week 2. When I started this process I thought I was either going to swim or drown instantly. And to my surprise I've been swimming with the best of them. It's hard to believe that this is actually here. I feel like I've been waiting for this for years, the day that I would finally be in law school. I've been waiting for the day that I could tell people "I go to law school." And now, its here, and I absolutely love it. There's no better feeling then knowing you're exactly where you're supposed to be. So, while I know that some days are going to be harder than others, I know I'm finally in my place. Even though the adjustment to Omaha has been a little bit more difficult than I was hoping, I'm here, and I'm soaking it all in. Some days I'm going to swim, some days I'm going to drown, and most days I'm going to float along with everyone else. This is my place and I'm kicking ass.
On my second day of school, my Torts professor told us all this piece of advice,
On my second day of school, my Torts professor told us all this piece of advice,
"Law school is like rodeo, you know you are going to get bucked off, but see how long you can stay on." -Professor Melilli
"There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroads. The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. Of course, when faced with the unknown, most of us would rather turn around and go back."
Omaha, Nebraska. Home sweet home?
Wanna know what I've realized? Life is messy, life doesn't always go the way we've planned in it in our heads. Sometimes the life plan we've made for our lives isn't the 'right' plan. Sometimes God says, 'Stop, I'm in control, let me handle this.' That's what I'm realizing right about now. Wanna know what my plan was? My plan was to move to Malibu, go to school, meet a boy, get married, start a life, start a career, move to Arizona, or stay in California, start a family, done, done and done. Wanna know what God's plan for my life has turned in to? I moved to malibu, I went to school, I met a boy, I lost the boy, I moved home, I got into law school (hooray!) I'm now moving to Nebraska. I'm lost, uncomfortable, seeking security, I'm trying to make a new home, find new friends, locate new hangout spots, relocate while finding new everything. I'm trying to hold on to everything I have in Arizona, while subconsciously letting go in efforts of grasping on to what Nebraska holds. Life is messy. Life doesn't follow a prescheduled plan. But that's the exciting part. Life moves with us as we move with it. It's like the Malibu waves, it changes, it pulses, it stops... it flows, it's choppy, it's life. I've decided as long as I try my best to ride the waves, I'm going to be just fine. As long as I hold tight to what I know, family, friends, my God, I'm going to be okay. Stay focused, stay honest, stay me, I'm going to be okay. God's never going to give me something so impossible that I can't figure it out. So, here I am, 23, with no plan except to try my hardest. I'm going to succeed, I'm going to have a plan, I know I can do it, but that doesn't mean things aren't going to get messy in the process. But, I'm ready, a little mess is fun sometimes. I'm going to stop waiting for life to take me with it. So, ready....set....go. I'm jumping in to my life, even if I get a little messy, feel free to join me.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. -Nelson Mandela
My brother's so rad. He's always looking out for me. This is one of my favorite quotes and he sent it to me while I was in Boston, and it applied so adequately there, and it seems rather fitting now.
It just recently hit me that I'm moving to Nebraska. Ne-bras-ka. After finding directions via mapquest.com I found that Creighton University is 20 hours and 2 minutes away, and exactly 1277.93 miles away.
I'm moving away from everything comfortable in my life to someplace I've never been, never seen and have no idea about. To say my deepest fear is that I'm inadequate would be the understatement of the century. It's one of my deepest fears, but what if, what if I am powerful beyond measure? I too can be liberated from my own fear. I know I can do this, I believe in myself, and as long as I hold true to that, my deepest fear will be nothing but a whisper of doubt in the back of my head.
Nebraska, here I come!
It just recently hit me that I'm moving to Nebraska. Ne-bras-ka. After finding directions via mapquest.com I found that Creighton University is 20 hours and 2 minutes away, and exactly 1277.93 miles away.
I'm moving away from everything comfortable in my life to someplace I've never been, never seen and have no idea about. To say my deepest fear is that I'm inadequate would be the understatement of the century. It's one of my deepest fears, but what if, what if I am powerful beyond measure? I too can be liberated from my own fear. I know I can do this, I believe in myself, and as long as I hold true to that, my deepest fear will be nothing but a whisper of doubt in the back of my head.
Nebraska, here I come!
Today was a great day. Today was a day of acceptance. That word is such a strange word to me, it’s such a strange feeling. That word changes peoples lives - it’s a weird thing because it causes people to go crazy. It caused me to go crazy for the last 4 months. Even if I didn’t acknowledge that - acceptance is what I was looking for, deep down it’s what I was persistently seeking and needing.
Today I was accepted to my first law school. Today I was told that I was good enough. Today God showed me a minuscule part of His humongous plan for my life. Today I did it, I proved to everyone who didn’t believe in me wrong, and at the same time I celebrated with those who cheered me on. I did it. It was a very emotional day for me.
For the last 4 months I’ve been, maybe a little grumpy, a little moody, some may say irritable. But for the last four months, if I may excuse myself I’ve been waiting to be good enough, to be acceptable. When that big envelope arrived in the mail today, I can’t even explain the feelings I had running through my veins. All I wanted to do was shout to the world that I did it. I instantly ran inside to tell my mom and dad and my fingers couldn’t text fast enough to tell my friends and family. I wanted to tell the world. I didn’t realize that I took a deep breath until I talked to Callie, she reminded me how smart I was, and how proud she was. She told me she believed I would do it all along, and that she was proud and it wasn’t until then that I broke down. I realized what those around me were saying. People are proud of me. What a feeling, what a great feeling. I am something to be proud of.
Today I was accepted to my first law school. Today I was told that I was good enough. Today God showed me a minuscule part of His humongous plan for my life. Today I did it, I proved to everyone who didn’t believe in me wrong, and at the same time I celebrated with those who cheered me on. I did it. It was a very emotional day for me.
For the last 4 months I’ve been, maybe a little grumpy, a little moody, some may say irritable. But for the last four months, if I may excuse myself I’ve been waiting to be good enough, to be acceptable. When that big envelope arrived in the mail today, I can’t even explain the feelings I had running through my veins. All I wanted to do was shout to the world that I did it. I instantly ran inside to tell my mom and dad and my fingers couldn’t text fast enough to tell my friends and family. I wanted to tell the world. I didn’t realize that I took a deep breath until I talked to Callie, she reminded me how smart I was, and how proud she was. She told me she believed I would do it all along, and that she was proud and it wasn’t until then that I broke down. I realized what those around me were saying. People are proud of me. What a feeling, what a great feeling. I am something to be proud of.
Today I was reminded that God knows what is going to happen. He is in ultimate control and worrying my life away is going to do nothing besides make me crazy. God allows good things to happen to those who wait, and to those who believe. It’s hard giving all that to Him, but at the same time, it’s the most peaceful feeling I’ve ever felt. So while, at this moment, I can’t exactly put into words what I’m feeling, I know that I’m happy and I’m proud.
Today goes back to all my blogs about doubt and haters and my own discontentment. Today makes the past year of uncertainty worth it. Today makes me realize that I am cut out for this and that as long as I hold on tight, this thing called life is going to be an amazing journey. Today I’m praising my God for His faithfulness, and I’m thanking my ‘cheerleaders’ for believing in me and being proud. I did it everyone, I was accepted.
Today was a great day.
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