Busy, Busy, Busy

Weekly update.

Brady had a great week/weekend. First- Brady found out that he was selected to be on "Law Review"-which is the most prestigious law journal at TTU law. I don't know how to explain it-but it's a huge deal that he was selected. Brady is super excited, and I couldn't be more proud. Yay Brady!

While working for a federal judge this summer, Brady had to be "sworn in" in order to stay and work for this judge. Here are the pictures from this process-doesn't he look good in a suit?!

Apparently this judge has an annual hiking trip to the highest peak in Texas. On Saturday morning I received a text from Brady saying, "I'm on top of Texas!" :-) And here he is!

While Brady enjoyed his weekend on the peak of Texas, I traveled with my parents, and Abraham, to Dallas to visit Stacie & Darek. It was a busy weekend to say the least- here were the highlights.

Friday:
1. Drive to Dallas with Dad, Mom, Abe.

Saturday: 

1. Elaborate trip to Dunkin' Donuts with Mom ($20 later)

2. Downtown Farmer's Market: 12 tomatoes, 5 mini cucumbers, and ~5 peaches later. 

3. Taste of Dallas: aka Taste of samples. We ate-we sat-we got hot-we left. Mmmm. 

4. Visit to Crate & Barrel: 1 year post wedding- I got the chance to use our wedding gift card thanks to Stacie & Darek!

5. Visit to Ikea. The trip started out great: as seen below.

5. Continued. Then I decided to buy some shelves at Ikea that we quickly found out did not fit in the car. 

5. Continued some more. Thank you to Stacie, Darek, and Dad for their patience. Thank you to Mom for the ikea hot dogs to settle the nerves. That's what you call teamwork. 4 hours later- we finally left Ikea. 

Sunday:
1. Quick Trip to Abilene: Good News: Drew (my cousin) is engaged! Yay!! So excited for Drew and Bryn!!

2. Finally home. The addition of the new shelves: huge success. 

It was a great weekend! Busy- but eventful! 

The Longest Summer.

To All,

This is our first blog. Ever.

Hopefully we will be able to clarify where we are, what we are doing, and how we are handling it.

This is where we are as of July 7, 2011:

Brady is currently living in Midland for the summer from Mondays to Fridays. For the first 6 weeks of the summer, Brady was able to "clerk" at an oil & gas firm, and now for the last 6 weeks, he will be an intern at the office of a federal judge. Not to brag, but Brady has excelled at this whole law school thing. He would not find it amusing if I posted his stats, but they are impressive- so take my word for it.

I, Janaye, am currently working full time at a hospital here as a Registered Dietitian. The 3 goals to accomplish by the end of Summer 2011: 1-Start new job, 2-Pass the RD exam, 3- Write my thesis. #1 and #2 are complete. Pretty much while Brady is away during the week, I work on whatever is next on the list. The summer needs to end, and these tasks need to be complete. As soon as possible.

Abe, the boxer dog, is adjusting well to the heat here, except it takes him about 45 minutes to cool down from a 10 minute walk. He currently shows his dislike of Brady's absence by not eating much. He pretty much eats all day every day on the weekend when Brady is here, then hibernates/stops eating during the week waiting for Brady's arrival.

So that's where we are. Is it September yet?