Warning, Extreme Laughter May Follow

I've been reflecting back on some of the fun moments of 1L (yes, there was some fun), and I recollected an early morning laugh fest with my good friend Rachel Gordon. One of her friends sent her the following link in early October and we managed to laugh so loud and so long that I nearly peed my pants. Profanity warning for the faint of heart (my mother reads my blog, so I have to say that). This is entirely out of season, but maybe you'll revisit it come fall and have a good laugh again: It's Decorative Gourd Season!

The Beasts

I LOVE summer. Granted, I wish I didn't have to work at all, but I LOVE not having to go to class, read for hours on end, and deal with a crazy schedule. I also love that my husband is a teacher, so he's around all summer long. It is so nice to come home from work and hit the pool with Adam or snuggle up on the couch with the animals. And speaking of the Clevenstine beasts, to the right is Zooey, our newest addition and my Christmas present from Adam. She is a ferocious beast who eats ANYTHING and bosses the other animals around. Below is our whole crew, which we are so grateful for. Lesson of the month? "Whatever you do," DO NOT put cheapo supermarket flea medicine for dogs of your cat. He WILL start having seizures and nearly die, and you WILL feel like a horrible human being! Luckily, after many baths and hours of forced snuggling, Mr. Nemo is just fine. I knew he was fine when he spent three hours trying to get the hair on the back of his head to lay down flat. (It was sticking up funny after his bath). When your cat's diva tendencies come back, his health is no longer a concern.

Foxy, Nemo, and Zooey dominate our couch... so much for our new furniture staying animal free and beautiful!

It's Been Awhile

Well, I finally figured out how to get my blog to stop showing up as a pile of html code. I am NOT technologically savvy, so this took waaaaay too many tries, but now I'm back. In recent news, we had a fabulous trip to Italy. The amazingly talented Jess Cornett took some beautiful photographs- check them out HERE.

Isn't my best friend the most beautiful bride? Seriously, I have been to a lot of weddings in the last few years- in fact, the year we got married Adam was in 6 weddings! And every bride has been stunning, but I'm going to have to give Em the gold. Maybe it was the simple lace sheath, maybe it was the Tuscan sunset, maybe it was the fact that everything in Lucca has a golden glow, but she was radiant. And Nick didn't look half bad either! No seriously, it was like watching movie stars get married. Not to mention our whole trip was unbelievably fun. "Whatever you do," take amazing vacations with amazing people. You'll never regret it!

In other news, one of my other best friends (yes, I am 25 and allowed to have more than one best friend) is heading to Haiti. Please send out good thoughts and prayers for Melody Rogers over the next 3 weeks. She is being incredibly brave and heading to Haiti to help with relief efforts. It is hot, rainy, and there are still rubble and bodies everywhere. NOT an easy trip, but a tremendously important one that anyone who knows her should support in prayer! Melody is not exactly an outdoorsy type (we bond over this mutual love of the indoors and general laziness), but what she IS is compassionate. Mel has a heart for the hurting that I've rarely seen, and I have so much respect for her willingness to be uncomfortable in order to help where it is really needed. So many "mission trips" are simply manufactured, cushy experiences intended to benefit the people on them and not really serving anyone at any great depth. Not so, in this case. I truly believe that Mel and her travel companions can have a great impact in the lives of people with very broken lives.

Now that I've blogged about 2 of my friends, I guess I should blog something about what I've been up to. I have been spending my summer interning at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a large law firm in midtown Atlanta. As a rising 2L, there's not much I know how to do, but I'm learning a lot. I will say, however, that I really just want to take the summer off! Law school year 1 has left me utterly exhausted and wanting only to float around my pool on a raft all day. If only... what I am going to do is go take a nap right now. Yes, at 4:00 in the afternoon. Next blog post: how I almost killed my cat.