Random Thought Wednesday - All About the Move

This random thoughts post is primarily devoted to the last two weeks, which I will affectionately refer to as "my own personal hell."

1. We'll start with the happy. WE GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL!!!! I am SO excited to be done - can you tell??

2. My biggest graduation concern was my hat, which is apparently called a "tam." I could NOT get my stupid tam on properly. I look like a complete disaster in the majority of the pictures (there is one Justin's dad took where it's actually crooked - omg). I graduated Magna Cum Laude from law school, but couldn't figure out how to wear my hat. Impressive.

The view from our roof. You can see the Washington Monument!!

3. Prior to graduation, the move happened. They packed us on a Friday, loaded on a Monday (Justin's birthday - poor guy), we drove up Tuesday, they unloaded Wednesday, we drove back to North Carolina for graduation on Friday, and back to D.C. following graduation on Sunday, which also happened to be our one year wedding anniversary. I feel stressed just recapping all this.

4. My youngest brother, Caleb (food truck partner in crime), probably thinks I am emotionally unstable after experiencing a move with me.  Cal flew up from Florida to help us move and witnessed several of my breakdowns throughout the moving process (because change and I don't get along so well). I imagine it's difficult to see your sister hunkered down in the kitchen sobbing for no reason, but he handled it well.

5. Frankly, he has no room to judge me.

6. Unpacking is not going well. We are still surrounded by boxes and starting bar prep, so there is little time to unpack. Occasionally, I will go on sprees where I just fling open boxes and put things in random places. This makes Justin crazy. He found a colander in the bathroom the other day. Oops.

Perry camped out under the sink during the move

7. Let's talk about Perry and the move. Perry does NOT travel well. Perry cannot take drugs anymore (see random thoughts incident from a  few weeks ago), so no one was quite sure how this was going to turn out. Long story short, it was bad. He made it to D.C., but he made the trip as painful as possible. And he got a bath when we arrived. Excellent start to our new life in the city!

8. After his bath, he promptly hid behind our washer and dryer. He subsequently got stuck. I hope this cat appreciates the lengths we go to for him.

Piper made a pillow fort when we slept on air mattresses

9. Piper, on the other hand, is loving our new place. One thing Piper does NOT love is the elevator. She crouches low to the floor and completely freezes while we ride. This can be a minor embarrassment when other people/dogs get on the elevator with us and Piper REFUSES to move from her crouching spot on the floor.

10. When the dust settled, I went on my first D.C. adventure with my friend, Nicole. I went to my first ever spin class where I felt like I was going to DIE. They also ranked your performance, but I did not realize there were two screens, so at one point I thought I did so poorly that they just removed me completely (this was not a pleasant feeling for my super competitive self). Apparently, I had just moved to the second screen (I ultimately came in 7th in case you were wondering). Then we went to brunch completely sweaty and gross, which is 100% acceptable in D.C. I'm loving this city so far.

11. Seeing this on a regular basis doesn't hurt either.

And that's it! I survived! Now, we have 9 weeks of bar prep, so if I'm not around as often, it's because I'm crying into my bar exam prep materials.