Legally Blonde: The Musical!

Can you see how giddy I am to see my favorite movie brought to life?

the teenagers we stopped to take our photo evidently didn't realize we were posing in front of the sign for the purpose of capturing its contents. Thanks anyway.

 

 

 

You probably wonder what I've been up to since the end of April when I posted last. After we got Andy all graduated, it was time to pack, pack, pack, and sell off and give away most of our stuff! I spent the better part of two weeks wrapping everything up at school, packing, and getting ready for my own graduation. My wonderful family drove out for the graduation festivities, and to help us (a lot!) with our move back to Colorado. The weekend was wonderful, despite all the hard work packing and cleaning, and then the fun was all over and it was time to unpack in our new place in Colorado and start studying for the bar exam. And that is pretty much all I've done since May 17th. Seriously, I've been a very boring person. I have taken ONE day off (really, just one). On the upside, I usually call it quits by 5 or 6, which means I can have dinner with Andy, and sometimes, even with friends!
This week has been particularly brutal because it is my last week of regular class meetings for my bar exam preparation course, meaning that I have 6 consecutive days of class, ending with an 8-hour class on Saturday. Evil. As a reprieve, Andy treated me to tickets to go see Legally Blonde: The Musical! It was so fun! Elle Woods, the original Legal Blonde, overcomes insurmountable odds to succeed at Harvard Law School. It's a darling story of the hard work and heart carrying the day for the underdog, who finds her own way. Even though it's basically the same story as the movie, the music was really fun, and of course silly. One of my favorite lines that is not part of the story in the movie was "With the chance you've been given, you have to be driven as hell!" It was a great reminder that with great power (and opportunity), comes great responsibility. Even though I'm already exhausted from studying, I owe it to myself and to the privilege of the opportunity I've been given to work hard, not only to pass the bar but to be a great attorney when I'm done. It sounds cheesy, but seeing the musical was just the uplifting energy boost I needed to get through the next four weeks!
Now, I'll be crawling into the bar studying cave soon, so you may not hear much until after July 25 when I'm finally over this last (I hope) hurdle!
I hope this finds you all well and enjoying your summer.
With love,
Kelli