Happy New Year!

I know this is a little early, but I'm going to busy later with my friends so figured I would post now. I suppose a lot of you are making New Year's resolutions, but I don't really see the point of that. If you want to be or do something different, why not just do it? Why wait until some random point in time? If something is important enough to you to make a change when you realize you want that change, it is more likely to actually stick and not be forgotten in less than a month, as most "resolutions" are.

I've accomplished so much in 2008, it is hard to know what I would resolve for 2009 even if I had to. I am now legally free of a very negative and harmful influence in my life. I took and passed the California Bar Exam on my first try. I'm completely happy and content in my personal life. There is the little matter of finding a job, but finding one is not a resolution. I will just do it. I already have one interview scheduled in a couple weeks, so I'm not really worried about that.

The Fresno Bee has a weekly page for kids called Scoopy Squad. Yesterday's edition asked kids "What are your goals for the new year?" Most answered with something whose results will be very difficult to determine, such as "be a better soccer player", "behave better on the school bus", or "be a better reader". Miriam in Kingsburg had the best response though- "I am going to help my mom make pancakes." Ok, Miriam, I'm cheering for you to make your goal this year. And everyone else- whether you make a resolution or have a goal for 2009, I'm cheering for you too. :)

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a special time with family and friends! :)

3 More Weeks

Happy Halloween! I'm not feeling that well, but I am going to a costume party tonight. I don't know why, but everyone who is going has made a big deal out of keeping their costume a secret. Once they started that, I couldn't very well tell them mine. So I'll let you in...I'm going as a pirate wench. Very nice, huh? :)

Public service announcement of the day: don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tomorrow!

Two Trials in Two Weeks

Over the next 2 weeks, I have 2 trials. First, next week I have a bench trial for a violation that occurred in one of the national parks. Then the following week, I will be working with my boss on the previously mentioned unauthorized access IRS case for my first jury trial. Since Monday is a holiday, I'm planning on working a lot of this over the coming weekend.

Since I probably won't post tomorrow:

Happy New Year!

This greeting card is 99 years old, but I loved the "dawning of a new year" that it depicted.

When I think about 2008, I realize how different it is going to be from the last couple of years. My law school experience will be over in 4.5 months. I'll be taking the bar exam. Hopefully, I will pass and begin working as an attorney.

It's going to be a year filled with firsts and lasts, and of finding ways to not leave certain things behind in the process. I'm excited, hopeful and anxious. Let's go!

Merry Christmas!

He Is Risen!

Happy Easter! Have a blessed day!