Home for the Holidays

Oh Boy! Have I been busy, or what?! I can't believe I haven't written a single thing since Halloween! Well, I am now on the other side of my first semester of law school. I am 1/6 the way to being a lawyer! It was a tough semester, and I worked my fanny off, but I still absolutely love, love, love law school. I cannot believe how quickly the semester flew by.
I am now, allegedly, well-versed in Torts, Civil Procedure and Contracts. Much to my surprise, Contracts ended up being my favorite course. One of my study mates said during the last few days of cramming that Contracts is common-sense, and that makes it easier to know what the answer is. It really is the most straight forward and seems to follow the "looks like a duck, quacks like a duck" kind of approach.
So what have I been up to? I wrote another paper since we last spoke, studied my fanny off for about 70 hours a week, assassinated 3 3-hour final exams (at least, I prefer to think of as dead,) moved into a new apartment, made sushi with my hubby, wore an ugly holiday sweater and drove 15 hours to Colorado.
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Ugly Holiday Sweater Party
These get-togethers have become a popular way to celebrate the tackier side of the Holidays. I got a sweatshirt that has two cats on it wearing Santa hats, wrapped in a Christmas quilt, with the phrase "Wishing you a Warm and Cuddling Christmas." Andy struck gold when he found a vest with Christmas teddy bears and rocking horses and some other fun goodies. He also strung battery operated lights through his button holes. Priceless.

Sushi Night
For our first anniversary, paper is the traditional gift. Andy gave me a beautiful journal, and I gave him a sushi cookbook and some sushi accessories. We had an spontaneous idea of putting them to use the other night, and the results were divine. We used various mixtures of tuna, crab meat, avocado, cucumber, carrots, shitake mushrooms, green onions and HOT sauce. We can hardly wait to test some new combos again.

Our New Home for the Holidays
Andy and I were able to move into our apartment in Plymouth, MN, December 1st. Plymouth has been selected as the best city to live in in the US by Money Magazine several years in a row. We like it so far. We still have LOTs of boxes and a few stray items straggling in, but it feels like home. One of the first things I did was put up the Christmas tree. We are both very excited to be settling in now that we've been in MN for a while.

Back to my old Home for the Holidays
I have 3 glorious weeks to max and relax before the next semester begins. I drove out to CO on Friday, and have been doing a little shopping, a little Kookin' and Bakin' and am just loving the down time. I had a dinner with both my parents and my brothers last night for the first time in ages. I couldn't be happier. Well, that's not true: Andy wasn't able to ask for time off over the holidays, so he's taking care of our Marcelle the Cat in MN. I really wish he could be here, and then I would be the happiest I could be.

I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your love, laughs and support as I've started this chaotic journey. I am blessed to have you in my life.
May your Christmas be filled with many Merry memories and may the New Year bring you Peace, Love and Happiness.

Kelli